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Training Resources

The purpose of this page is to connect you with higher education training resources connected to teaching, technology, student learning, and assessment. Most of the annotated descriptions associated with these links have been taken from the individual web sites and should not be seen as UPA promoting one resource over another.

• Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology: http://caret.iste.org/ has abstracts and reviews of many carefully conducted studies on their Web site

• EDUCAUSE: EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), formerly the National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII), is a community of higher education institutions and organizations committed to advancing learning through IT innovation. (more information about ELI)

• Equal Access to Software and Information (EASI): This site provides resources surrounding access-to-information technologies by individuals with disabilities.

• The Blended Learning Library at the E-learning Center, a private company in the UK provides links to resources on blended learning.

• The Multimedia Educational Resource for Teaching and Online Learning: MERLOT is a free, web-based resource that provides tips and resources for teaching with technology. Originally created by California State University in 1997, MERLOT is an international online community that disseminates best practices, instructional support ideas, resources and materials that advance the pedagogical understanding of teaching with technology, whether in the classroom, online or in blended models of online materials and pedagogy. Faculty members of MERLOT can receive training and professional development on how to integrate technology into teaching and learning.

• The Sloan Consortium: Effective teaching practices site. Shares innovative and effective practices in on-line education.