[Not So] Bleeding-Edge** Projects in Web-Based Learning

** Bleeding-edge: (adjective) relating to promising innovative technology that has yet to be thoroughly tested for feasibility [suggested by leading edge and the notion that innovation involves risk]  Encarta® World English Dictionary

Recent Advances in Quality Web-Based Education

• Range of Courses using the Web
• University of Central Florida Examples
• Building a Learning Community
• Asynchronous Conferencing
• Blackboard in PAC442 at UIS
• Student-led discussions
• Two cardinal rules
• Critical Thinking - Bloom's Taxonomy - Student Self-Reflection
• Effective Practice - Instructor's use of digital photos
• General Conferencing Strategies - ION
• Strategies to Promote Communication Online - ION
• Collaborative & Cooperative Learning - ION
• Peer mentor 1, 2, 3, Sloan-C Effective Practice
• Synchronous Conferencing
• AOL Instant Messenger
• Elluminate Live!
• Strategies for Effective Use of Chat - ION
• Online course evaluation
• Final Evaluation in PAC 442, Spring 2005 - Student Comment
• Final Evaluation in PAC 442, Spring 2004 - Student Comment
• ION's course improvement rubric (draft) - Quality Online Course Initiative
• Plagiarism Detection
• Turn-It-In
• Library Access
• Online library
• MyWebLibrarian.com
• Music library
• Audio Interaction
• Wimba
• Skype
• Anytime, Anyplace Presentations
• Short Mini-Lectures - Impatica
• Online Presentations Enhanced with Audio and Video - Illinois Compass at UIUC
• ePortfolios
• ePortfolios at the University of Minnesota - Duluth
• The Open Source Portfolio Initiative
• Laboratory Simulations
• MCB 150 - College of Life Sciences, UIUC
• Foreign Languages
• Italian 101 - Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese, UIUC
• Chemistry
• Chemical Molecules - UIC - determining stereochemistry
• Instant Grading of Homework & Quizzes
• LON-CAPA website - Generic solution to boom problem
• Digital Library of Learning Modules
• MERLOT
• Connexions - Sharing knowledge and building communities
• Accessibility
• WebXACT (formerly Bobby)
• Opera browser
• Course Management Systems
• Blackboard
• WebCT
• Angel
• Open-source CMS -- Moodle.org
• Wireless Notebook Computers
• Chemistry Laboratory, UIS
• Data Collection, Boyle's Law
• Data Collection, CO2 and O2, Respiration and Photosynthesis
• Tablet PC's
• Example from Lanny's Blog
• Alumni Outreach
• Oxford, Stanford, Yale -- AllLearn.org
• Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C)
• Effective Practices
• Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
• Online Learning Survey Report
• Web Logs (Blogs)
• Online Learning Update Blog - a blog focusing on online learning - Info about this blog
• Techno-News Blog - a blog focusing on educational technologies
• Lanny on Learning Technology
• RSS - Rich Site Summary
• NewsIsFree.com - RSS Feed (XML) - Web-View - U of I Online syndication
• RSS: The Next Killer App For Education -- by Mary Harrsch
• SharpReader - RSS news aggregator
• RSS-to-JavaScript converter - HTML display of OLU RSS feed

• Google Toolbar
• Mozilla Firefox
• GuruNet
• Landmark's Citation Machine

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last updated 14 May 2005 by Burks Oakley II  [ oakley@uillinois.edu ]

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