MERLOT Free Webinars

MERLOT is now offering free one-hour webinars to help you understand how you can best use our website. The schedule is published here.

MERLOT Videos and Podcasts

There are many videos available on the MERLOT Channel on YouTube. They are categorized in the play list, so you can select the topic you want. Please go here: http://www.youtube.com/user/MERLOTPlace#p/p

There is also a variety of video and audio materials that can explain about MERLOT practices, policies, and processes you can find here:

Overview of MERLOT
All about MERLOT Videos
MERLOT Award Winner Videos (from the MERLOT International Conference)
Conference Presentations

General MERLOT Information

Overview of MERLOT:

To view an overview video of MERLOT, click below for the media player you have available.

All About MERLOT videos:

Do you wonder what the Executive Director of MERLOT has to say about some of the compelling issues of online learning? Here is a collection of vingettes all about MERLOT from an interview with Gerry Hanley.

MERLOT Classics Series

These are a series of webinars that were presented by MERLOT Classics winners from 2008 and 2009. The authors discussed their websites and how they can be used by faculty. These recorded videos can be used in faculty development workshops.

• Texas Language Technology Center - World Language Classic (http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=363999) 
• Connecting Concepts -Biology Classic (http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=83572)
• Demos with Positive Impact - Mathematics Classic (http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=80956)
• Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling - Faculty Development Classic (http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=86124)
• Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution - History Classic(http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=77298)

MERLOT Award Winner Videos

At the MERLOT International Conference, MERLOT Award winners present their material in a general session. See some of the past winners and hear what the authors had to say:

2008 Award Winner Videos

• 3DMolSym
• Outbreak at Watersedge
• Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
  

2007 Award Winner Videos

• Access E-Learning - Faculty Development Award Winner
• Faraday's Law - Physics Award Winner
• Lingu@net Europa - World Languages Winner
• QuestGarden - Teacher Education Winner
• Raid on Deerfield - History Award Winner
• Rice Virtual Lab - Statistics Award Winner
• VR Molecules - Chemistry Award Winner

2007 Award Winner Videos

• Teoria.com - Music Award Winner
• PhET - Physics Education Technology at the University of Colorado - Physics Award Winner
• MecMovies - Engineering Award Winner

MERLOT Presentations

CATS 2009 Conference presentation
Barbra Bied Sperling, Manager of Technical Development for MERLOT presented virtually at the CATS 2009 conference providing an overview of MERLOT, its features and functionality.  To view the powerpoint and listen to her talk, go to, https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2009-05-07.1310.M.89C278B6CC7C07DD1FE68174401886.vcr

TechEd 2008 Conference presentation
Dr. Sorel Reisman, Managing Director of MERLOT, gave a talk at the 2008 TechEd conference outlining MERLOT's position and actions with regards to Creative Commons. To view the powerpoint and listen to his talk, go to, http://www.screencast.com/t/8Mv2QWuded

Educause 2007 Conversation
Podcast - Listen to a conversation wtih Sorel Reisman, Managing Director of MERLOT, as he explains the state of MERLOT and what the future holds for the web site.