This section lists URLs for key Websites within WAOE itself, and other URLs related to online education which have been identified by members.
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This section lists URLs for key Websites within WAOE itself, and other URLs related to online education which have been identified by members. |
Would any member be interested in taking a closer look at this site and providing a review for the Conference (Re)Call section? Here's its promotional blurb:
LessonPro.Net is a free program provided by E-tutor Virtual Learning that allows teachers to tap into the exciting possibilities of using the Internet in education. LessonPro gives educators a way to create online lessons with a user-friendly, fill-in-the-blank template. By registering with LessonPro, teachers can store their lessons on the Internet, allowing students to access the materials with a lesson ID and password. The dynamic nature of our lesson format can integrate resources on the World Wide Web through hotlinks to educational references, interactive sites and informational resources, all embedded within each lesson.
The site provides K-12 educators with a format for creating teaching, activities and lessons for use over the Internet. The free program is entirely accessible through the Internet. There is no need to learn complicated HTML programming and coding. The easy-to-use format guides the teacher through each part of the lesson. Lessons are ready for Internet access the minute they are completed and sent to our host server. Teachers, students and parents can access lessons at any time, via their web browsers. The LessonPro format includes nine parts:
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Library of Congress Catalogue Online
The new Library of Congress Catalog went online on August 31. Quoting from the site itself, "The new Library of Congress Online Catalog is a database of approximately 12 million records representing books, serials, computer files, manuscripts, cartographic materials, music, sound recordings, and visual materials in the Library's collections. The Online Catalog also provides references, notes, circulation status, and information about materials still in the acquisitions stage." For more details, see the About page at: http://catalog.loc.gov/libinfo.htm.
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Alertbox: Ten Good Deeds in Web Design
Jakob Nielsen's discusion of "ten design elements that would increase the usability of virtually all websites if only they were employed more widely, " in the latest issue of his Alertbox newsletter is well worth a visit in itself. Plus it serves to introduce surfers to this always interesting source of stimulating ideas and often challenging opinions. Go to http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991003.html for some useful practical tips on Web presentation, and branch out from there to browse the other Alertbox columns in the current series and in the archives.
WAOE Organisation and Communication Sites
WAOE Committees, OCREWs and Other
Groups
Online Education Development and Discussion Sites
Links-Sharing Page: http://155.43.48.225:2020/walnklst.html
This is an organised set of links relevant to online education which various members of WAOE have provided. If you know of other useful links that you would like to share with other members, please comment on them via WAOE-Views or send them directly to waoe@waoe.org for inclusion on the Links Sharing Page.