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The " Edge World Question Center " offers an rich diversity of viewpoints in response to a provocative question that is presented each year. The opportunity to respond to any of these questions is available by invitation only, with some of the Read More...
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Looking for a resource or reference? The "What's Been Published Database" lists over 2 million published items (primarily books) in 121 sub-databases, many of which reflect academic disciplines. Click on the following link to explore this online Read More...
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KartOO is a metasearch engine that displays your results as a concept map. Your search topic generates concepts which branch to related websites. Clicking on a concept focuses the search even further. Finally there are related topics on the side of the Read More...
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The Blog is now Search Central - Start Your Web Searches Here! (Simply scroll down the left side of this page to "Search the Web" links.) One of the most valuable aspects of the Internet is its ability to search for information on almost any subject from Read More...
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Jack Mino from Holyoke Community College has suggested the following foundational web resource dealing with diversity and inclusion in the classroom. UNC, Center for Teaching & Learning: Teaching for Inclusion: Diversity in the College Classroom http://ctl.unc.edu/tfitoc.html Read More...
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Infed, the "Encyclopaedia of Informal Education" describes itself as site to "explore key ideas, practices and thinkers in informal education and lifelong learning." One of the entries in this online resource that appears relevant to our work is dedicated Read More...
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LookSmart's FindArticles web site assists you in locating online articles on a wide range of subjects from 700 publications (featuring more than 3.5 million articles). For example, a search for references to "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning" Read More...
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The National Academies Press offers over 3,000 books online for free in addition to their fee-based materials. They focus primarily on the fields of science and health, but also include a section on education. One of the available selections "How People Read More...
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Sometimes we can get a fresh perspective on the educational process by examining colleges that are unique or distinctive with respect to the learning experience they offer their students. Two such colleges that come to mind are Alverno College and Warren Read More...
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Tim Van Gelder's site "Critical Thinking on the Web" is a valuable collection of online resources on the topic, including information related to the popular educational challenge, promoting critical thinking in students. Update: In response to the discussion Read More...
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Rob Kaulfauss (Middlesex Community College) recommends the following web sites as excellent starting places for students looking for information, explanations, or doing web research on general topics (rather than the usual Google search). He reports that Read More...
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The following site was recommended by Judith Kamber in a recent comment under the Open Forum. It contains such a rich variety of online resources for teaching and learning that I thought it should be featured as our Wednesday site of the week. You're Read More...
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The National Geographic web site is a good example of how multiple online resources can be combined to create an experience that is both educational and entertaining. For example, the feature on the Inca "Mummy Bundles of Puruchuco" from the March 17 Read More...
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What if there was one location that everyone who wished to share their expertise could visit, leave their knowledge, view and freely use what others had written, and know that someone with additional knowledge might add to what they had created? Sounds Read More...
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Thanks to Donna Duffy for forwarding this week's featured website: http://www.diversityweb.org/ The Diversity web is a resource of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. It provides examples of curricular issues, research topics, and current Read More...