The New MERLOT II (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching)

Recently, the staff at MERLOT introduced a new website and it is amazing!  Take a few minutes to explore at http://www.merlot.org
A screen shot of the new MERLOT, MERLOT II is below.  

If you are not a member, please join!  Membership is free.  It allows you to collaborate with others who have similar interests, create Personal Collections, and the ability to use the Content Builder.  The Content Builder allows you to build learning resources that are hosted on the MERLOT servers.

Consider adding new learning resources to MERLOT.  Those resources might be something you created or have found on the web created by someone else.

In preparation for the trip to India for the Indian Cancer Congress 2013, we are adding learning content related to India and cancer to MERLOT.

Creating eBooks with Active Textbook

After iBooks Author was released, many other eBook authoring tools were released.  I have shared several of the tools in my blogs.  I discovered a new one this afternoon, Active Textbooks.  Active Textbooks is an eBook authoring website.  There is a free and  "premium" version.  The free version is a good place to start. 

When you go to the website, http://activetextbook.com, there are a number of click through tutorials.  You do have to register to use the site.  The authoring tool allows users to upload a PDF document of the eBook.  You make the eBook interactive by adding things like animations, quizzes, and links to video, such as YouTube.  Since it is a website, it is not dependent upon a certain operating system. 

If you are interested in creating open access learning resources, the website is one you may want to explore.