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General Online Learning Resources

The NODE
http://thenode.org/
This Canadian resource site, considered to be one of the best of its kind, provides links to resources related to online learning, scholarly reports related to web based learning etc.

Online Courses

World Lecture Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture
Contains links to online courses, some good, some not so good

Model Online Course
http://ruby.fgcu.edu/courses/jglacken/50042/index.html
This well designed course presents a good prototype of an online course

Blackboard
http://www.blackboard.com/
Blackboard homepage with information about Blackboard, links to learning resources, discussion groups etc.

Open Online Guelph University
http://www.open.uoguelph.ca/online/
An online learning portal that is very well designed for student orientation. It contains good links to doing Internet searches.

DNA from the Beginning
http://vector.cshl.org
Click on the "DNA from the Beginning" link, and scroll through the pages. The animation sequences illustrate the concepts with simplicity and clarity.

ExploreLearning.com
http://www.explorelearning.com
This site contains good illustrations of interactivity in relation to student and content.

Virtual Tour
http://vhs.ucsc.edu/vhs/storyboardB.htm
Students can take a virtual tour of a chemistry lab

Webcast
http://www.horizonlive.com
This site enables you to experience a webcast in which the speaker is talking and presenting a power point presentation at the same time. Participants are posting comments and questions in a live chat environment. You can register for a live session, or you can access an archived event. Your computer requires audio capabilities.

Medieval Women
http://mw.mcmaster.ca/home.html
This site, using multimedia, enriches the learners understanding of this historical period.
In order t view the full effect, your computer requires the capacity to show Flash, video and audio.

Community Zero
http://www.communityzero.com
Want to start a discussion group very quickly with your students? Go to this free site and create a private e-mail and bulletin board for you and your students.

Webquest
http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/taskonomy.html
Loaded with ideas for active learning on the web. Designed for public school, but many ideas transferable to postsecondary context.

Sociology and the Internet

http://camden-www.rutgers.edu/~wood/445syl.html
One professor illustrates how to build interactivity into the online experience of learning sociology.

Low Threshold Applications
http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/rltas.html
Site for simple, yet creative ways to increase interaction

Internet Tutorials & Search Engines

Allen Levine's Webhound
http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/webhound
This entertaining interactive site, provides an easily understood Internet search tutorial

Google Search Engine
http://www.google.com
A common useful search engine

Big Mamma
http://mamma.com
A meta search engine that includes a number of search engines all in one.