Useful Resources

Useful Resources

Here are some resources that might be valuable in developing your online courses. Content sites have been included, but always check with your textbook publisher as some excellent Bb cartridges and other digital resources are now being developed.

 

Free Content Sites

• ion: http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/otai/
• Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/
• BBC Online Learning Support: http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
• Maps (U of Texas): http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html

Commercial Sites

• XanEdu: http://www.xanedu.com/
• University Readers: http://www.universityreaders.com/
• Brain Pop (narrated animations): http://www.brainpop.com/
• Newspaper Archive: http://www.newspaperarchive.com/

Productivity Software

• OpenOffice - free office software: http://www.openoffice.org/
• ExamBuilder - create online exams: http://www.exambuilder.com/
• Quia Web - create games, puzzles, surveys: http://www.quia.com/
• Recipes4Success - create guides, projects: http://www.myt4l.com/
• WebAssign - alternative to Bb: http://www.webassign.net/

Conferencing Solutions

• ConferNow - http://www.confernow.org/
• voicethread - sharing: http://voicethread.com/

 

Basic Web Tech

• webmonkey: http://www.webmonkey.com/
• DevX.com: http://www.devx.com/projectcool/door/7051

Other Search Engines

• Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/
• Newspaper Listings: http://newslink.org/
• Magazine Listings: http://newslink.org/mag.html
• Online Book Search: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
• SurfWax: http://www.surfwax.com/
• Biography Search: http://www.biography.com/search/
• Biography Search: https://www.merriam-webster.com/browse/dictionary/bio 
• Microsoft Live Search: http://www.live.com/

Blog Creation

• Blogger
• Edublogs
• LiveJournal

Wiki Creation

• Wiki Wiki Web
• You can also use Canvas Pages or Google Docs with students -  just give students permission to edit

Polls and surveys

• SurveyMonkey
• CrowdSignal

 

Online Teaching Books

• "The Tools for Successful Online Teaching" Lisa Dawley
  Information Science Publishing, 2007
• "Teaching and Learning at a Distance" Simsonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., and Zvacek, S. Pearson, 2009
• "Teaching Online: A Practical Guide" Susan Ko and Steve Rossen
  Routledge, 2008
• "147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups"
  Hanna, D., Glowacki-Dudka, M., and Conceiciao-Runlee"
  Atwood Publishing, 2000
• "Essential Elements: Prepare, Design, and Teach Your Online Course"
  Elbaum, B., McIntyre, C. and Smith, A. Atwood Publishing, 2002
• "Facilitating Online Learning"
  George Collison, Bonnie Elbaum, Sarah Haavind, Robert Tinker
  Atwook Publishing, 2000
• "Advanced Teaching Online"
  William A. Draves
  LERN Books, 2007
• "Engaging the Online Learner"
  Rita-Marie Conrad and J. Ana Donaldson
  Jossey-Bass, 2004
• "The Online Learning Idea Book"
  Patti Shank (editor)
  John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2007
• "E-Learning Games"
  Kathleen M. Iverson
  Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2005
• Teaching History Online
  John F. Lyons
  Routledge, 2009