Instructional Design and Technology Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT Instructional Technology Portal! Discover online learning materials, connect with MERLOT members, journals, professional organizations, and news in your discipline. Browse materials on teaching and technology integration, including e-learning, blended learning, flipped classrooms, supporting teaching in the classroom, tools and tips, adult learners-and beyond!
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Free Technology for Teachers
Free Technology for Teachers is a blog written by Richard Byrne that includes various free resources and lesson plans for teaching with technology.
New Materials
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User-friendly OER Course Design for Remote & Face-to-Face
This is an online presentation by CCCOER that includes slides as well as supplemental material. When faculty start using...
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Virtual-Reality model: Transit of a Gas Giant and a Terrestrial planet
For the Kepler space probe to record a transit of a planet across the face of a star, the orbits must be aligned within a...
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20 Best + Free edX Courses & Certificates [2020] [UPDATED]
30+ global experts have compiled this list of Best edX Courses, Certificates, Training, MicroMasters and Classes...
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Top 100 Free Ivy League Courses Online [2020] [UPDATED]
Our team of experts have come together to choose the Top 100 Free Ivy League Courses available online. These have been...
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General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Compliance Guideline
The EU General Data Protection Regulation went into effect on May 25, 2018, replacing the Data Protection Directive...
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Radar Emulator with Arduino + Python — Maker Portal
In this tutorial, an ultrasonic sensor ( HC-SR04 ) will be used in place of a radio emitter; and a plan position...
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Neural Covidex: COVID-19 AI-Open Data Mining Search Engine
Scientists and researchers can now quickly, freely, and easily search through over 45,000+ scholarly articles, medical...
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ORCID: Connecting Research & Researchers
ORCID provides a "persistent identifier" (an ORCID) that you own and control, and that distinguishes you from every other...
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SAS COVID-19 Resource Hub
SAS has put our most advanced analytics technology to use to help our customers across every industry combat the...
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Office Installation & Setup Guide - Office.com/setup
Setup and Install Microsoft Office 2016/365/2019 from office.com/setup and Verify your Product key to get started with...
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National League for Nursing
This coursefocuses on developing our ‘classroom and beyond’ teaching skills. Good teaching is ‘knowing the content’ – but...
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Infographics Introduction
Infographics (short for "information and graphics") are visual representations of information, data or knowledge. They...
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Scryfall slides
Scryfall is an organizing system that uses simple searches, advanced searches, syntax, all sets, and random card searches...
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Introduction to Web Accessibility
With raised awareness and accessibility laws emerging around the world, understanding what inclusive access to the Web...
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Get The Research: Open Access Research Search Engine/Tool for General Public
Get The Research is an Open Access Research Search Engine/Tool designed for the general public to make it easier to find,...
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Research Organization Registry
The Research Organization Registry (ROR) is a community-led project to develop an open, sustainable, usable, and unique...
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Applications of LinkedIn Learning in Ontario's Post-Secondary Institutions
Each of the cases in this book reflects a range of approaches and perspectives of using video-based resources to increase...
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Excel 2016 VBA programming
Excel has a powerful toolbox and a lot of functionality. So what’s the need to program in such an extensive computer...
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Excel: Get and Transform Data
If you spend a lot of your valuable time every month cleaning up data so your Excel formulas will actually work – you...
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Fostering Research Integrity: The Hong Kong Manifesto for Assessing Researchers
The Hong Kong Manifesto for Assessing Researchers: Fostering Research Integrity (22nd May 2019 version/6th World...
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Articulate Storyline 360 Tutorials - Setting The Fonts For Your Project
Setting The Fonts For Your Articulate Storyline 360 Project By setting up the fonts you will use by default in your...
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Microsoft Excel Tutorial: How To Add Alt Text
From Microsoft: "You can create alternative text (Alt Text) for shapes, pictures, charts, SmartArt graphics, or other...
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Articulate Storyline 360 Tutorials - The Interface
The Articulate Storyline 360 interface is very similar to the Microsoft PowerPoint interface. This similarity is by...
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Quick Start to Captioning
Learn the basics of how to add closed captions to online video to make it fully accessible, searchable, and SEO-friendly....
New Members
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Miriam Zulma Sánchez HernándezTECNOLÓGICO NACIONAL DE MÉXICO -
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Materials by Discipline
- Media (40)
- Standards, Policies, Frameworks (5)
- Strategies (1)
- Support Services (2)
- Tools and Technologies (45)
- Training (7)
Professional Organizations
- Instructional Technology Council (ITC)
- The MASIE Center
- Online Learning Consortium
- Association for Talent Development (ATD)
- The eLearning Guild
- Flipped Learning Network
- Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)
- United States Distance Learning Organization
- Interaction Design Foundation
- Teaching, Learning and Technology Group
- Teach with Wikipedia
- Open Education Consortium
- Educause
- International E-Learning Association
- Designers for Learning
- Interaction Design Foundation
Journals & Publications
- Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL)
- Newsletters by O'Reilly (Free Registration gives you access to free newsletters, online discussions, and more.)
- Learning Solutions Magazine
- Campus Technology Higher Education Technology Newsletters
- Computerworld
- eCampus News
- OLC Online Learning Journal
- Training Magazine
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Erickson shares memoir on love and dementia with Headwaters Center for Lifelong Learning
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Monday, June 1st at 7pm: "107 Days at Sea: The Journey That Changed Everything" by Jill Chalsty
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Winslow Elementary switches to e-learning learning due to boil water advisory - KAIT
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The $56 Billion Problem: Why AI Adoption is a People Challenge, Not a Technology One
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Seedance 2.0: The Future of AI Video Creation and Digital Storytelling
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New compact defibrillator puts life-saving power in your pocket - St John Ambulance
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Mapping accessibility: RIT Croatia leads new cross-border "DIGIT2COAST" project
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KBTX Brazos Valley This Morning EXTENDED(Recurring)
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Review of Programme Qualification Mix - News - Nelson Mandela University
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Winslow Elementary switches to e-learning learning due to boil water advisory - KLTV.com
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Wynne homicide investigation: Woman's home destroyed during suspect search
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Winslow Elementary switches to e-learning learning due to boil water advisory - WIFR
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Winslow Elementary switches to e-learning learning due to boil water advisory - FOX19
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Watching Your Wallet: What's driving up food costs - WSAZ
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Lansing Board of Water and Light hosts community resource fair - WSAZ
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Winslow Elementary switches to e-learning learning due to boil water advisory
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Winslow Elementary switches to e-learning learning due to boil water advisory - WTOC
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