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Online Learning Toolkit

This toolkit was developed to provide resources and tools for librarians who are engaged in online learning efforts at their institution, whether in full course management systems or as stand-alone tools to incorporate into web pages or instruction sessio

Repositories

Directories of Open Access Repositories

  • OAIster (OCLC - Digital Collection Services)
  • The union catalog of scholarly repositories. Available through Worldcat.org at no charge. Contains records of digital resources from open-archive collections worldwide.
  • http://www.oclc.org/oaister/
  • ODEPO: Open Database of Educational Projects and Organizations
  • From Creative Commons: "ODEPO is wiki-database of organizations involved in providing educational content online."
  • http://wiki.creativecommons.org/ODEPO
  • OpenDOAR: The Directory of Open Access Repositories
  • "OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories." OpenDOAR lets you search for repositories or search repository contents.
  • http://www.opendoar.org/
  • ROAR: Registry of Open Access Repositories
  • "...Promoting open access to the research literature pre- and post-peer-review through author self-archiving in institutional eprint archives." Includes searching by software or platform, country, and type as well as by name and contents. Provides statistics on repository use.
  • http://roar.eprints.org/index.php
  • Repository 66: Repository Maps
  • A registry of open access repositories presented in a Google map format.
  • http://maps.repository66.org/

Learning Objects Repositories

  • ALPS Link
  • "A repository of learning objects to support academic librarians in their instructional role."
  • http://www.eln.bc.ca/link/
  • A.N.T.S.: ANimated Tutorial Sharing Project
  • ". . . a collaborative project presently involving librarians in Canada and the United States, but open to librarians elsewhere. The goal of the project is to create a shared repository of library, research, and information literacy tutorials created using screencast software."
  • http://ants.wetpaint.com/
  • Connexions
  • ". . . a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc."
  • http://cnx.org/
  • MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
  • "MERLOT is a free and open online community of resources designed primarily for faculty, staff and students of higher education from around the world to share their learning materials and pedagogy."
  • http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
  • PRIMO: Peer Reviewed Instructional Materials Online
  • From ACRL, PRIMO contains peer reviewed library instruction materials.
  • http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/about/sections/is/projpubs/primo/index.cfm
  • Wisc-Online Consortium
  • The Wisc-Online Consortium offers an ever-growing list of high-quality educational teaching materials FREE to educators. This list is kept up-to-date and changes as new materials are added or existing ones are discontinued. Registration is free.
  • http://www.wisc-online.com/

References

  • SPARC. (2011). Resources. Retrieved June 11, 2011, from http://www.arl.org/sparc/resources/index.shtml
  • Suber, P. (November 6, 2010). Open Access Overview. Retrieved June 11, 2011, from http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/overview.htm