NEW JOURNAL OF ONLINE LEARNING

MERLOT has launched the JOURNAL OF ONLINE LEARNING AND TEACHING (JOLT), a free, peer-reviewed, online journal designed to address the scholarly use of multimedia resources in education. Papers in the first issue (July 2005) include:

"The Authentic Assessment Toolbox: Enhancing Student Learning through Online Faculty Development" by Jon Mueller

"Physlets and Open Source Physics for Quantum Mechanics: Visualizing Quantum-mechanical Revivals" by Mario Belloni and Wolfgang Christian

"Learning Objects in Use: 'Lite' Assessment for Field Studies" by Vivian Schoner, Dawn Buzza, Kevin Harrigan, and Katrina Strampel

"Beyond the Valley of the Shadow: Taking Stock of the Virginia Center for Digital History" by Elsa A. Nystrom and Justin A. Nystrom

JOLT is available at http://jolt.merlot.org/.

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online
Teaching) is a free and open resource and community designed primarily for faculty and students of higher education. Community members contribute online learning materials and peer reviews. Membership is free. For more information, go to http://www.merlot.org/.

(Via CIT INFOBITS)