Helpful Resources

Tufts Health Care Institute's (THCI) Curriculum Guide on Managing Care: A Systems-based Approach

The following Web links are provided as opportunities for you to learn more about a variety of topics that pertain directly to the services offered by AHC Learning Commons. For each topic area, we selected a variety of informative resources that includes listservs, electronic journals, tutorials, articles, guidelines, etc. from a cross-section of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, government agencies, and academic institutions (including the University of Minnesota).

Media Design and Production | Course Development and Instructional Design | Interactive Television, Videoconferencing, Distance Education, and Instructional Technology | Software Training and Tips | Interdisciplinary Course Development | Evaluation Support | Meeting Facilitation

Media Design and Production

Doing the Bright Thing — Guidelines for Designing Instructional Web Sites — A tutorial by Bonnie Skallid, University of Alberta.

New Media Centers — New Media Centers promotes educational technologies and new media by acting as a liaison between institutions of higher learning and industry.

Syllabus — Syllabus consists of a magazine, Web site, and conferences that provide educators with information about the latest technology applications in higher education.

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Course Development and Instructional Design

The Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (EET) — A collection of short multimedia articles on a variety of topics related to the fields of instructional design and education.

Guerrilla Instructional Design or Design Methods for the Busy Instructor — A quick reference from St. Cloud State Instructional Technologies. This site also includes a design model for presentation software, ITV, Hypertext or multimedia.

Instructional Design for Online Course Development — University of Illinois resource site of articles and presentations.

Introduction to the Instructional Design Process — An informative overview from Seton Hall University.

Instructional Design Tutorial — A guide for faculty from Florida Gulf Coast University.

Guide to Online Teaching — University of Minnesota College of Continuing Education Guidelines.

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Interactive Television, Videoconferencing, Distance Education and Instructional Technology

ITV Guide for Faculty — University of Idaho guide for designing and teaching ITV courses.

Instructional Design for ITV — Guidelines for developing and teaching a University of Minnesota ITV course.

Teaching and Learning at a Distance — Teaching tools from the University of Washington.

Rockwell, S. K., Schauer, J., Fritz, S. M., Marx, D. B. Incentives and Obstacles Influencing Higher Education Faculty and Administrators to Teach Via Distance (1999). Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2(4), 1-9. This study examined incentives that encourage faculty to develop educational opportunities via distance and obstacles that discouraged them from doing so.

Published Research on the Effectiveness of Online Education — MNSCU (Minnesota State Colleges and Universities) article discussing this topic with links to other resources.

The Technology Source — A peer-reviewed bi-monthly periodical published by the Michigan Virtual University that assists educators as they face the challenge of integrating information technology tools into teaching and managing educational organizations.

New Chalk — A bi-weekly publication from University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill featuring instructors' use of networked technologies.

Distance Education Clearinghouse — A widely recognized and comprehensive Web site bringing together distance education information from the University of Wisconsin, national, and international sources.

The Node Learning Technologies Network — The Node is an international not-for-profit leader in using the Internet to build and support communities of educators and trainers interested in understanding online learning technologies. The Node publishes LTReports and Learning Guides, offers occasional short courses and tutorials, and makes their electronic newsletter on learning technologies available free-of-charge.

Merlot (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching) — An online resource for faculty and students in higher education. Contains online learning materials, peer reviews, and assignments. Click Science and Technology and then Health Science to view links to some excellent online resources.

The TLT (Teaching, Learning, and Technology) Group — A non-profit organization offering tools, information, training, and coaching, to improve teaching and learning by making more thoughtful use of information technology. They work with many higher educational institutions and their Web site has many free services as well as an extensive array of articles, case studies, slide shows, etc.

Learning Networks Effectiveness Research — An online community for researchers and students in Asynchronous Learning Networks (ALN).

The American Center for the Study of Distance Education — A network of scholars having a common interest in the study, teaching, and research regarding distance education.

Michigan Virtual University — Offers a variety of online resources for educators including "Technology Source," a peer-reviewed bi-monthly journal.

WebCT — WebCT is an online course management system used by the University of Minnesota. This site features WebCT-related information for student and faculty users. You can also subscribe to a monthly newsletter.

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Software Training and Tips

Classes:

University Technology Training Center offers basic and advanced instructor-led courses. Prices range from $120.00 to $70.00. If you prefer to learn at your own pace, you can check out self-paced guides, videos, CD-ROM's etc. from their self-paced training library.

Bio-Medical Library offers basic and advanced instructor-led courses along with one-on-one consultation. All classes are free to U of M students and faculty.

Earle Brown Continuing Education Center offers basic and advanced instructor-led courses. They also offer basic and advanced self-paced courses. Prices range from $200.00 to $195.00.

Online Resources:

Microsoft Education site for tutorials and downloadable documentation on Microsoft software applications.

Macromedia Education site for samples and tutorials on Macromedia software applications.

Adobe Education site provides many samples and instructional resources.

WebCT is an online course management system used by the University of Minnesota. This site features WebCT-related information for student and faculty users.

University of Minnesota Digital Media Center provides information about multimedia software applications, consultations, and help assistance.

Tutorialfind is a searchable database of online tutorials for a wide variety of software applications.

Tips Sites:

3M Presentation site with articles and tips on PowerPoint presentations.

Presenters University site by InFocus corporation includes tutorials, articles, and downloads for creating excellent presentations using the latest software tools.

PowerPoint FAQ (frequently asked questions) resource with a search feature. Includes numerous tips, tutorials and other miscellaneous resources.

Software User Tips from University of Kentucky Information Technology includes Excel, Office, Outlook, PowerPoint, Web Browser, Windows, and Word. You can also join a mailing list to get weekly tips.

PC Magazine site where you can find tips on Office applications, Browsers, and Operating Systems.

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Interdisciplinary Curriculum Development

Medical Education Online (MEO) — An electronic journal forum for disseminating information on educating physicians and other health professionals.

Office of Medical Education Research and Development (OMERAD) — Their mission is to improve medical education and related service programs through evaluation and research, consultation, relevant instruction, and programs of faculty development.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA) Bureau of Health Professions Division of Interdisciplinary Community-Based Programs — Their interdisciplinary programs assist academic institutions with broad interdisciplinary expertise to form partnerships with states and communities to educate health professions students in community-based settings and also meet urgent health care needs.

Center for Interdisciplinary Community Based Learning (CICL) — Interdisciplinary Education and Practice Bibliography. CICL was formed as a cooperative agreement between the Association of Academic Health Centers (AHC) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HRSA).

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Evaluation Support

American Evaluation Association — An international professional association of evaluators. This site includes links and lists to a variety of evaluation topics.

University of Minnesota Office of Measurement Services — Provides a variety of services to help instructors evaluate their teaching.

University of Minnesota Digital Media Center Evaluation Methods — Provides guidelines for assessing the educational value of technology (e.g., evaluation techniques, data collection methods, etc.).

University of Minnesota WebCT Learning Evaluation Methods — Provides instructors with tools to evaluate student learning using WebCT.

Program Development and Evaluation — University of Wisconsin Extension — Listing of evaluation resources and training.

Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service — Evaluation and Accountability Resources

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Meeting Facilitation

Meeting Services Minnesota (MSM) — MSM is a division of the Greater Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Association. It was developed with assistance from Continuing Professional Education (CPF) and Continuing Medical Education (CMF) within the University of Minnesota. MSM provides comprehensive meeting planning services so U of M faculty and staff are free to focus on the educational components of a conference.

3M Meeting Network — A comprehensive site that includes articles and tips on how to run effective meetings.

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