[Not So] Bleeding-Edge** Projects in Online 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 Online Education

• Oakley's online class this spring - PAC 442 at UIS
• Peer mentor 1, 2, 3, Mercy College
• Student-led discussions
• Social presence and discussion richness
• Two cardinal rules
• Another approach to student-led discussions
• Lanny Arvan's approach
• Online course evaluation
• ION's course improvement rubric
• Mid-Semester Evaluation in PAC 442, Spring 2004
• End-of-Semester Evaluation in COM 333, Fall 2002
• End-of-Semester Evaluation in COM 333, Spring 2001
• Evaluation ONline (EON) at UIUC
• Plagiarism Detection
• Turn-It-In
• Library Access
• Online library
• MyWebLibrarian.com
• Maryland AskUsNow
• Music library
• Audio Interaction
• Wimba
• Skype
• Accessibility
• Bobby
• Opera browser
• Digital Library of Learning Modules
• MERLOT
• Course Management Systems
• Open-source CMS -- Moodle.org
• Alumni Outreach
• Oxford, Stanford, Yale -- AllLearn.org
• Army University Access Online
• eArmyU
• Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C)
• Effective Practices
• Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks
• Online Learning Survey Report
• Online Course Sharing & Exchange
• Project SAIL - Specialty Asynchronous Industry Learning
• Blogs
• Online Learning News Blog - a Web log focusing on online learning
• Techno-News Blog - a Web log focusing on educational technologies
• RSS - Rich Site Summary
• NewsIsFree.com - RSS Feed (XML) - Web-View
• RSS: The Next Killer App For Education -- by Mary Harrsch
• Online News - University of Oregon College of Education
• ePortfolios
• ePortfolios at the University of Minnesota - Duluth
• The Open Source Portfolio Initiative
• Web Access to Remote Laboratories
• UIC Measurement Request Broker
• Stevens Remote Dynamical Systems Laboratory
• Laboratory Simulations
• MCB 150 - College of Life Sciences, UIUC
• Foreign Languages
• Italian 101 - Dept. of Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese, UIUC
• Instant Grading of Homework & Quizzes
• LON-CAPA Demo  -  LON-CAPA website

• Google Toolbar
• Mozilla Firefox
• GuruNet
• IESpell

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last updated 29 March 2004 by Burks Oakley II  [ oakley@uillinois.edu ]

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