STEM instructional materials on the Web

A collection of materials from around the web and resources on the use of these materials.

Repositories and Digital Libraries

For STEM there is a one stop shop for collections:
http://nsdl.org

Another is SMETE.org (but is has a federated se arch of multiple collections)
http://www.smete.org

Some collections to get things started:

GENERAL LIBRARIES

MERLOT
http://www.merlot.org

iLumina - a collection of reuasable objects from a variety of disciplines
http://www.iLumina-dlib.org

The Gender & Science Digital Library
http://gsdl.enc.org

LIFE SCIENCE LIBRARIES

BEN - the Bioscience Eduation Network
http://www.biosciednet.org

Health Education Asset Library
http://www.healcentral.org

Biology Education Online
http://www.accessexcellenc e.org/LC/BEOn

EARTH SCIENCE LIBRARIES

Digital Library of Earth Science Education
http://www.dlese.o rg

GROW - Geotechnical, Rock and Water Resources Library
http://www.grow.arizona.edu/index.shtml

PHYSICS ASTRONOMY LIBRARY

comPADRE - Resources for Physics and Astronomy Education
http://www.compadre.org/

MATHEMATICS LIBRARY

Mathematical Sciences Digital Library
http://www.mathdl.org/

ENGINEERING LIBRARY

NEEDS - National Engineering Education Delivery System
http://www.needs.org/

Research on the effectiveness of online and computer based instruction

No Significant Difference Web Site
http://www.nosignificantdifference.org/nosignificantdifference/

Significant difference Web Site
http://www.nosignificantdifference.org/significantdifference/

CLOE - a Canadian cooperative that does a lot of assessment work ( though their repository is members only)
http://cloe.on.ca/

Evaluating online learning materials

MERLOT peer review criteria
http://taste.merlot.org/catalog/peer_review/eval_criteria.htm

National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (NLII) - Learning object definition and evaluation
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/dagefoerde2/NLII_LO/index.htm

Reusability

Discussion of the development and value of developing r eusable learning objects
http://www.reusability.org/

Copyright and intellectual property

TEACH Act
http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/policy/TEACH/

Creative Commons - licensing content to protect owners rights while allowing others to use it.
http://creativecommons.org/

Web for text vs. Textbook

The Botany Hypertextbook - just to show what textbooks can't do.
http://www.biologie.uni-ham burg.de/b-online/e00/contents.htm

Materials from a local IMD effort for Biology 151/152
http://ats.doit.wisc.edu/biology/

Faculty engagment in using instructional technology

Faculty Engagment (NLII key theme)
http://www.educause.edu/nlii/keythemes/facultyengagement.asp

Paul Hagner's ar ticle "Interesting Practices and Best Systems in Faculty Engagement and Support"
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/NLI0017.pdf

Web accessibility

Trace Center at University of Wisconsin - Madison page with information on increasing the accessibility of online materials
http://trace.wisc.edu/world/web/

The University of Wisconsin's web accessibility policy and resources (many are local access only)
http://www.doit.wisc.edu/accessibility/

STEM instructional materials on the Web

Some collections to get things started:

Research on the effectiveness of online and computer based instruction

Evaluating online learning materials

Reusability

Copyright and intellectual property

Web for text vs. Textbook

Faculty engagment in using instructional technology

Web accessibility

Other interesting links