John D. Shank

Interactive Open Educational Resources

A Guide to Finding, Choosing, and Using What's Out There to Transform College Teaching

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2014!

Sponsored by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), this one-of-a-kind book demonstrates the best tools, resources, and techniques for discovering, selecting, and integrating interactive open educational resources (OERs) into the teaching and learning process. The author examines many of the best repositories and digital library websites for finding high quality materials, explaining in depth the best practices for effectively searching these repositories and the various methods for evaluating, selecting, and integrating the resources into the instructor's curriculum and course assignments, as well as the institution's learning management system.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781118277454
• ISBN-10: 1118277457
• Artikelnr.: 37718568

Autorenporträt

John D. Shank is an instructional design librarian for the Information Commons at the Thun Library, Penn State Berks in Reading, Pennsylvania. He has a decade of experience working with instructors and directing the integration of interactive learning resources into web-enhanced, hybrid, and online courses.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: Transforming the Learning Experience through New Forms of
Instructional Materials in the Digital Information Age ix About the Author
xv PART ONE Interactive Learning Materials: Setting the Stage 1 ONE
Interactive Learning Materials: Engaging Learners in the Emerging Digital
World 3 TWO Defining an Emergent Class of Educational Resources:
Interactive Multimedia Modules, Simulations, and Games 11 PART TWO Finding
ILMs: A Digital Exploration 19 THREE The Discovery Process: The Art of
Discovering ILMs 21 FOUR The Pioneers: Searching Online Educational
Repositories in North America and the United Kingdom 35 FIVE The Educators:
Searching College and University Educational Repositories 61 SIX The
Entrepreneurs: Textbook Publishers, Entertainment Media, and Educational
Software Companies 83 SEVEN The Exhibitors: Museums, Professional
Organizations, and Governmental Organizations 95 PART THREE Choosing and
Using ILMs 111 EIGHT The Selection Process: How to Choose and Evaluate ILMs
113 NINE The Implementation Process: How to Instruct and Engage Students
through ILMs 129 TEN The Assessment Process: The Impact of ILMs on Student
Learning 143 Epilogue: HowFaculty, Librarians, and Instructional Support
Staff Transform Learning with ILMs in the Future 155 References 163 Index
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