Web Exploration Activity:

“Exploring Online Tools and Resources for Student Motivation, Interaction, Collaboration, and Assessment”

Curt Bonk, Indiana University and CourseShare

cjbonk@indiana.edu; http://mypage.iu.edu/~cjbonk/

August, 2007

I. Online Courses and Course Materials:

1.      Expert Videos: Harvard Business School (December 16, 2002).  Moving Beyond the Classroom With Executive Education: Distance Learning: What the Experts Think (view 2-3 of the videos) http://hbswk.hbs.edu/pubitem.jhtml?id=3217&sid=0&pid=0&t=innovation (also see Harvard Business Online: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/home/index.jhtml?_requestid=34529)

2.      Merlot.org: http://www.merlot.org/Home.po  (peer rated teaching resources)

3.      Connexions (Rice University): http://cnx.org/

4.      Jorum: http://www.jorum.ac.uk/

5.      Careo: http://www.careo.org/index.html  (searchable Web-based multidisciplinary teaching materials for educators across Alberta, Canada and beyond)

6.      MIT Open Knowledge Initiative: http://www.okiproject.org/

7.      Xanedu (article coursepacks): http://xanedu.com/

  1. The National Engineering Education Delivery System is a digital library of learning resources for engineering education: http://www.needs.org/needs/index.jhtml?path=/public/premier/

9.      Florida Virtual School: http://www.flvs.net/ (K-12)

10.  Digital Books: http://www.digitalbookindex.org/search001a.htm

 

II. K-12 Web Resources:

  1. Eduscapes: http://www.eduscapes.com/ from Annette Lamb
  2. Virtual School Report
    1. http://www.virtualschoolreport.org/virtualreport.asp
    2. http://www.virtualschoolreport.org/PDFs/VirtualNews903.pdf
  3. Technology Integration Resources: http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/curriculum/tech/tech_int.html
  4. Best Practices of Technology Integration: http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bstpract/
    1. Ideas: http://www.remc11.k12.mi.us/bcisd/classres/intideas.htm
  5. Technology and Instruction Interwoven: http://its.leesummit.k12.mo.us/
  6. Technology Integration, Unit Planning: http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/curriculum/tech/proj_plan.html
  7. Technology Integration Projects: http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/busyt/tech_integ.shtml

 

III. Student Readiness Resources:

1.      Oklahoma Community College: Online General Orientation

a.       http://www.okc.cc.ok.us/Distanced/OnlineOrientation/documents/SuccessfulOnlineLearning.htm

2.      Illinois Online Network: Self-Evaluation for Potential Online Students

a.       http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/selfEval.asp

b.      http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/StudentProfile.asp (what makes for a successful online student)

3.      WebCT: Student Orientation Center

a.       http://www.webct.com/oriented/viewpage?name=oriented_orientation_program_home

b.      http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/selfEval.asp (Self Evaluation)

4.      How to be an E-Learner, Learning Circuits

a.       http://www.learningcircuits.org/2001/may2001/elearn.html

5.      World Wide Learn: How to Choose an Online Course

a.       http://www.worldwidelearn.com/elearning/elearning-evaluation.htm

b.      http://www.mnstate.edu/distanceed/ELearning/stud_info/SuccessfulLearner.htm

6.      What Every Student Should Know About Online Learning
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/reid.html

7.      What Makes a Successful Online Student?
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/StudentProfile.asp

8.      Self-Assessment for Distance Learning http://oregonone.org/DEquiz.htm

9.      Distance Learning Quiz – Personal Use: http://www.distance.wsu.edu/prospective/DDPquiz.asp

10.  Distance Learning Readiness Survey, Indiana University East http://www.iue.edu/academic/tlc/destudentsurvey.htm

11.  A Profile of Participation in Distance Education: 1999-2000 http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2003/2003154.pdf

12.  12 Learning Interventions that Combat Technophobia http://www.learningcircuits.org/2000/mar2000/mar2000_elearn.html

13.  Getting Ready for Distance Education http://www.adprima.com/dears.htm

 

III. Teaching and Instruction Websites (mainly from Illinois Online Network)

1.       An Online Course in a Nutshell
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/nutshell.asp

2.      Assessing Learning Objectives Bloom's Taxonomy
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/assessment/bloomtaxonomy.asp

3.      Instructional Design Resources
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/id/index.asp

4.      Instructional Strategies for Online Courses
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructionalstrategies.asp

5.      Faculty Summer Institute
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/institutes/fsi/

6.      Faculty Trainer’s Institute
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/institutes/fti/

7.      Key Elements of an Online Program
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/elements.asp

8.      Learning Styles and the Online Environment
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/id/learningStyles.asp

9.      Online Education Overview
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/index.asp

10.  Pointers & Clickers – ION’s Technology Tip of the Month
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/

11.  Self Evaluation for Potential Online Students
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/selfEval.asp

12.  Strengths and Weaknesses of Online Learning
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/strengthAndWeak.asp

13.  Strengths of Online Learning
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/strengths.asp

14.  Tips for Online Success
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/tips.asp

15.  Weaknesses of Online Learning
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/weaknesses.asp

16.  What Every Student Should Know About Online Learning
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/overview/reid.html

17.  What Makes A Successful Online Facilitator?
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/instructorProfile.asp

18.  What Makes a Successful Online Student?
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/pedagogy/StudentProfile.asp

 

 

IV. Constructivistic Web Resources:

  1. Funderstanding: http://www.funderstanding.com/constructivism.cfm
  2. George Lucas Educational Foundation and Edutopia: http://www.glef.org/

a.       Subscribe to newsletter and/or magazine: http://www.glef.org/subscribe

  1. Southwest Educational Development Lab (SWED); Tapping into Learning: http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tapinto/

b.      Constructivism and Tech: On the road to Student-Centered Learning: http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tapinto/v1n1.pdf

c.       Knowledge Under Construction (double issue): http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tapinto/v3n1.pdf

d.      Learning is an Active and Reflective Process: http://www.sedl.org/pubs/tapinto/v3n2.pdf

  1. Mathematics Education: Constructivism in the Classroom: http://mathforum.org/mathed/constructivism.html
  2. Constructivism (Martin Ryder, Univ of Colorado at Denver: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/constructivism.html
  3. Foxfire Schools: http://www.foxfire.org/
  4. Jacqueline Grennon Brooks, jbrooks@notes.cc.sunysb.edu, In Search of Understanding: The Case for Constructivist Classrooms
    by Jacqueline Grennon Brooks, Martin G. Brooks
  5. Integrating Constructivism with Online Learning Components http://www.cwu.edu/~media/cwuonline/constructivism.html
  6. Constructivism and Online Education http://edpsychserver.ed.vt.edu/workshops/tohe1999/online.html
  7. Online Learning Environments, Teaching and Learning Online http://64.71.48.37/teresadeca/webheads/online-learning-environments.htm#Teaching
  8. Disney Learning Partnership (http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/index.html)  Workshops Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning (with partner 13 Ed line Online—Public TV) http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/index.html)
    1. Concept to classroom: http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/month2/
    2. Creative Gallery: http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/learning/gallery/index.html
    3. Creative Classroom Series: http://disney.go.com/disneyhand/learning/creative_classroom.html

If you would like to receive a copy of "Creativity in the Classroom: an Exploration," "The Power of the Creative Classroom" and/or "Teaching in the Creative Classroom" for your school, please send a letter on school letterhead, briefly explaining how you would use the materials for professional development, to:

The Creative Classroom Series
c/o Disney Learning Partnership
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank, CA 91521

If you would prefer, you can also e-mail your request to us at Learning@DisneyHand.com.

 

V. Blogging Web Resources:

1.      Stephen Downes, More Than Personal: The Impact of Weblogs http://www.downes.ca/post/31449

2.      Blogger, FREE: https://www.blogger.com/start

3.      EduBlogs: http://edublogs.org/

4.      Weblogs Tools: http://chnm.gmu.edu/digitalhistory/links/pdf/chapter2/2.9a.pdf

5.      Pitas: http://pitas.com/

6.      Intro to Weblogs: http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/13183hotline/

7.      Moveable Type: http://www.movabletype.org/

8.      Radio Userland: http://radio.userland.com/

9.      Live Journal (free and open source): http://www.livejournal.com/

10.  Free-Conversant (http://www.free-conversant.com/)

11.  H2O: http://h2o.law.harvard.edu/ViewProject.do?projectID=65 (communities around ideas at Harvard)

 

VI. Interesting E-Learning Web Resources:

1.      Explorers Web: http://www.explorersweb.com/

2.      Online Higher Education Notebook: http://www.uis.edu/~schroede/sources.htm

3.      Human Intelligence: http://www.indiana.edu/~intell/

  1. Virtual Archaeology:
    1. http://www.ku.edu/~hoopes/virtual.htm
    2. http://www.americanarchaeology.com/aawelcome.html

5.      The Museum of Unworkable Devices: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/unwork.htm

6.      Einstein Archives Online: http://www.alberteinstein.info/

7.      Just-in-Time-Teaching: http://webphysics.iupui.edu/jitt/jitt.html (Sampler: http://webphysics.iupui.edu/jitt/jitturls.html; Another sampler: http://webphysics.iupui.edu/jitt/resources.html

8.      Curt Bonk Stuff:

a.       Course on Online Pedagogy and Evaluation: http://mypage.iu.edu/~cjbonk/p600syl2.html

b.      The Bobweb (Best of Bonk on the Web): http://www.indiana.edu/~bobweb/ (creative thinking, critical thinking, cooperative learning, and motivation resources)

c.       LibraryShare (digital libraries): http://www.libraryshare.com/

 

VII. Web Tools for E-Learning (Most Free):

1.      Concept Mapping Tool—SmartDraw (free trial): http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/concept-mapping.htm?id=125370

2.      IMHC Cmapping http://cmap.ihmc.us/

3.      VideoPaper Builder 3 http://vpb.concord.org/

4.      4D-Elearning by Thiagi http://4d-elearning.com/

5.      Concept Mapping tool--Inspiration (90 days free): http://inspiration.com/ Inspiration is a fairly inexpensive and popular piece of software that allows for mental mapping, project planning, and visual thinking through a set of easy-to-use drawing and diagramming tools.

6.      Hot Potatoes (Half-Baked Software-Free): http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/

7.      Virtual Tour of Oxford: http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/oxfordtour/

8.      CyberFashion Show: http://www.sfu.ca/sfufit/

9.      Learnbydoing.net (chat tool with visuals from Stanford): http://www.learningbydoing.net/

10.  Moodle (a free replacement for WebCT): http://moodle.org/ (from martin Dougiamas, Western Australia)

VIII. Interactive News:

1.            Web Log of Interactive Narratives: http://www.interactivenarratives.org/

2.            One world Expeditions: http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/expeditions/

3.            Narrative: Enron Example: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/enron/

4.            Instructives: How Tornados Form: http://www.msnbc.com/modules/tornado/default.asp

5.            Instructive: Train Accident: http://www.unav.es/malofiej/entries/9/020-1/accitren.html

6.            Explorative: Building Bodies (Becoming Human): http://www.becominghuman.org/

7.            Simulative: Printing Process: http://www.moma.org/whatisaprint/flash.html

8.            Simulative: Introduction to Sailing: http://www.macgregor.net/sailing/

9.            Mount Everest (by climbers): http://www.mounteverest.net/

10.        E-Learning Post, Interactive Visual Explainers http://www.elearningpost.com/articles/archives/interactive_visual_explainers_a_simple_classification/

 

IX. Simulations and Labs:

  1. ExploreCornell Beetle Science: http://explore.cornell.edu/scene.cfm?scene=Beetle%20Science
  2. Voltage Simulation http://jersey.uoregon.edu/vlab/Voltage/
  3. Cells Alive (Biology): http://www.cellsalive.com/howbig.htm
  4. Engineering Lab: http://vlab.ee.nus.edu.sg/vlab/
  5. Virtual Chemistry: http://www.chem.ox.ac.uk/vrchemistry/
  6. Frog Dissection http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/Frog2/Dissection/Setup/setup1.html
  7. Internet Psychology Lab: http://www.ipsych.com/  (Ed Psych:  http://epsych.msstate.edu/)

8.      Business Scenarios: WisdomTools: http://wisdomtools.com/

9.      NCEE National Budget Simulation http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/EM306/flash/popupActivity.html (EconEdLink http://www.econedlink.org/lessons/index.cfm?lesson=EM306)

10.  SimuLearn http://www.simulearn.net/leadership_training/leadership_training.html

 

X. Fun, Games, and Sounds:

1.   Games2Train (Marc Prensky) (games and simulations) http://www.games2train.com/site/default.html

2.   Thiagi: http://thiagi.com/ (interactive resources)

3.   Quia: http://www.quia.com/web (it has a lot of different features, so teachers can easily create web pages, hangman games, puzzles, quizzes, surveys.... and so on.  Free for 30 days.

4.   http://www.puzzlemaker.com (The puzzlemaker.com web site is a wonderful tool for designing puzzles. Puzzlemaker has ten different types of puzzles you can use. The directions for using puzzlemaker are simple and easy to follow. It takes me about fifteen minutes to set one up.
" When I allow students to create their own puzzles they are self-directed learners because they are in control." TICKIT teacher 2000-2001

5.   greeneclipsesoftware.com EclipseCrossword lets you create crossword puzzles easily, in a few minutes. Just add water,

6.   Sound Files: http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/Weather.shtml

7.   Sound Files, Musicloops: http://www.musicloops.com/

 

XI. Learning Styles:

1.         Index of Learning Styles: http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSpage.html

2.         Learning Style Indicator http://www.ttuhsc.edu/SOM/Success/LSTIntro.htm

3.         Exploring Your Own Learning Style: http://www.studygs.net/selfassessment.htm

4.         Learning Style information: http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/learning/styles.html

5.         More Learning Style information: http://www.geocities.com/jeniskanen/4mat.htm

 

XII. Online Communities and Virtual Teams:

2.         Tapped-IN: http://www.tappedin.org/.  TAPPED IN™ is the online workplace of an international community of education professionals. K-12 teachers and librarians, professional development staff, teacher education faculty and students, and researchers engage in professional development programs and informal collaboration with colleagues.

3.         StartWright (virtual teams): http://www.startwright.com/virtual.htm

4.         Virtual Edge for Teams: http://www.virtualteams.com/

5.         LearnScope: http://www.nswlearnscope.com/

6.         There.com: http://www.there.com/ (world of conversations, fashion shows, parties, etc.)

 

XIII. Electronic Mentoring

  1. Electronic Mentoring Web site
    http://www.iearn.org/circles/mentors.html     
  2. Ideas on Educational Telecomputing and Telecollaboration (from Judy Harris, now professor and Pavey Chair in Educational Technology at The College of William and Mary)
    http://www.2learn.ca/Projects/Together/judi.html
  3. The Intercultural Pen Pal (must register for IECC)
    http://www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/
  4. MyLanguageExchange.com
    http://www.mylanguageexchange.com/
  5. Global Network Academy
    http://www.gnacademy.org/ 

6.      E-MATH 
ed.gov/pubs/emath
E-Math provides a listing of email-based mentor programs that promote interaction between community members and classroom students in order to improve students' mastery of math, science, and technology. 

7.      Math and Science Education Resource Center
www.ee.udel.edu/InfoAccess/Scientopia/index.html
Scientopia encourages discussions related to science, math, and engineering among students with disabilities. Community members, students, and enthusiasts on broad topics participate in discussions intended to generate critical thinking and communication skills. Each discussion is led by a student mentor who also trains a successor to take over the discussion at the end of a two week term. 

 

XIV. Synchronous and Asynchronous Conferencing Tools:

1.      Centra: http://www.centra.com/

2.      Wimba: http://www.wimba.com/

3.      Livemeeting (Placeware) http://main.placeware.com/

4.      WebEx: http://webex.com/

5.      Nicenet: http://www.nicenet.org/           (free asynchronous conferencing tool)

6.      Raindance http://www.raindance.com/rndc/index.jsp

7.      Discuss: http://www.discusware.com/discus/index.html (free discussion board)

8.      Ultimate Bulletin Boards http://www.ubbcentral.com/

9.      GroupSystems: http://www.groupsystems.com/ (Brainstorming and decision making)

10.  http://www.groove.net/ (Groove Networks, Inc. provides desktop collaboration software that accelerates business activity both within and across company boundaries by providing a 10X improvement over email alone for getting work done. ) Version: Groove Workspace v2.5g
Build Number: 2.5.7.1777  Platform: Microsoft Windows 98/NT/2000/ME/XP

 

XV. Lists of Conferencing Tools:

1.      A List pf conferencing tools :http://cgi.resourceindex.com/Programs_and_Scripts/Perl/Bulletin_Board_Message_Systems/(this link to a list of 85 or so bulletin board message systems)

2.      A List: http://thinkofit.com/webconf/ David Wooley's massive Web site of conferencing software for the Web. Description: Conferencing Software for the Web: A comprehensive guide to software that powers discussions on the Web Forum Software - BBS Software - Internet & Intranet Groupware Software for Virtual Communities - Virtual Teams - Message Boards - Collaborative Workgroups

3.      http://thinkofit.com/webconf/wcrelate.htm  (A link from Wooley's site.  Description: Conferencing Software for the Web Related Resources)

 

XVI. Electronic Survey Tools:

1.      SurveyKey: http://www.surveykey.com/
Produce customized professional looking online surveys, polls, tests, questionnaires and feedback forms in just minutes

2.      SurveyShare: http://surveyshare.com/
Survey share combines the power of the Web and e-mail to help you collect and organize your information needs.

3.      SurveyMonkey: http://surveymonkey.com/
A powerful tool for serious primates of all species. SurveyMonkey has a single purpose: to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and easily. Find out what everyone is talking about...

4.      Zoomerang: http://www.zoomerang.com/
(create free Internet surveys)

5.      InfoPoll: http://infopoll.com/

6.      Surveys.com: http://surveys.com/

7.      Vovici, Web survey tool: http://www.vovici.com/

8.      iNetSurvey.com: http://inetsurvey.com/

9.      KeySurvey.com: http://www.keysurvey.com/

 

XVII. College and University ePortfolio Web sites:

1.      E-Portfolio Resources: http://www.education.uiowa.edu/resources/

2.      Alverno