Instructor Resources

GENERAL RESOURCES

• The Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL)
  This website offers many resources for the purpose of promoting and supporting collaborative professional development for all MnSCU faculty. CTL is sponsored by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
• The Office of Instructional Technology  (OIT) Resources
  Links to resources for teaching with technology.
• EduCause
  A nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
• NMC – New Media Center
  View examples of how new technologies can be used in teaching.

ONLINE AND DISTANCE TEACHING

• iTeach Professional Online Development Center
  A virtual guide to teaching for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities faculty and staff.
• iTeach Tutorials
  Tutorials about instructional design, active learning and online courses, and getting started online.
• eResources
  Resources to assist faculty, staff and administrators of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities to develop and implement online programs and services.
• MN Online E-Resources
  Resources to assist in developing and implementing online services as well as for students to find online courses.
• eFolio Minnesota
  A multimedia electronic portfolio designed to help students and faculty create a living showcase of education, career and personal achievements.
• mnVU: Minnesota Virtual University Marketspace for Educators
  Links to resources for educators.
• Online Pedagogy
  Resources developed by Metropolitan State University
• Quality Matters
  The Quality Matters (QM) project is creating an inter-institutional continuous improvement model for assessing and assuring the quality of online courses
• Yale Web Style Guide
  A good reference for web page design.

USABILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY

• MNSCU Web Usability and Accessibility Guidelines
• Usability and Accessibility Guidelines for Online Teaching
  Developed by Metropolitan State University
• W3C Web Accessibilty Initiative

COPYRIGHT AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

• Copyright Guidelines for the Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
  Comprehensive information about copyright law provided by MnSCU.
• Intellectual Property Guidelines for Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
  A tutorial on Board of Trustees policy 3.26, Intellectual Property, which became effective January 1, 2003. Contains the language of the policy as well as guidelines to the roles and responsibilities of individuals and institutions. The "Resources" link points to a variety of helpful background materials.
• Intellectual Property Info
  A list of resources developed by Metropolitan State University
• Copyright/Legal Issues and the Web
  A list of resources provided by the American Association of Community Colleges

LEARNING OBJECTS

• MERLOT - Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
  A free and open repository of learning objects, designed primarily for faculty and students in higher education. More than that, MERLOT is an online community that allows you to search for learning materials, reviews, assignments, and people.
• Wisc-Online Resource Center
  Wisconsin's digital library was developed with the collaboration of content-expert faculty and instructional technology specialists. Here you can use a searchable database for literally hundreds of reusable learning objects.
• University of Wisconsin System Institute for Global Studies Learning Object Database
  GEODE, a database of our multimedia instructional resources.
• Learning Objects Portal
  A gateway to many resources about learning objects and repositories

COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESOURCES

• American Association of Community Colleges
• League for Innovation in the Community College