CALL FOR REVIEWERS: An On-Line Teaching Resource
Ron Purser
I would like to make everyone in our division aware of MERLOT Multimedia
Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
www.merlot.org . This
is a free and open resource designed primarily for faculty and students in
higher education. The links to the learning materials in MERLOT provide
users with useful web sites and on-line resources for teaching. MERLOT is a
cooperative of individual members and institutions of higher education
interested in improving teaching and learning. As an individual member, you
can join this community and can be a contributor to MERLOT, or simply use
the materials. Individual members can add teaching-learning materials,
comments, and assignments to the MERLOT collection. A growing number of
on-line modules are being peer reviewed by a Business Discipline Editorial
Team. This effort is in alignment with the scholarship of teaching
philosophy.
To become a member, only your last name and e-mail address are required.
Minimal other information is optional, and is designed to give other
members a sense of your role and your subject interests in the educational
community. This information is posted on each member's profile and in that
way is public. MERLOT does not share this information beyond this use.
Joining MERLOT is easily done by filling in a short form. After joining
MERLOT, you can simply login during future visits.
Call for Peer Reviewers
As a member of the Business Editorial Review team of MERLOT (Multimedia
Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching), I am inviting
academics from the MED division to become Peer Reviewers. The criteria for
being an Peer Reviewer are that the individual be an instructor at an
institute of higher learning and that he/she has demonstrated expertise in
the discipline, is recognized for excellence in teaching, has experience
using technology in teaching, and has participated in the activities of the
Academy of Management.
Peer Reviewers are partnered with members of the Editorial Review Board to
conduct Expert Peer Reviews on a learning module in their discipline. In
addition to contributing to the discipline, serving as an Peer Reviewer
enables the individual to become more familiar with the types of learning
material available. After completion of the review, the Peer Reviewer is
recognized for his/her contribution.
Interested individuals should contact: Cathy Owens Swift, Business
Co-Editor, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8140, Statesboro, GA
30460-8140,
cswift@gasou.edu, 912-681-5217
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