LEARNING MATERIALS

MERLOT defines a learning material as "any digital entity designed to meet a specific learning outcome that can be reused to support learning".

How IT Materials are Categorized:

The Information Technology Collection contains an array of IT learning materials for your use in the classroom.

Discipline materials are subdivided into the several categories below. You can see material in each category by clicking the links below or using the MERLOT basic or advanced search interfaces.

Applications Computer Information Systems Database E-commerce Hardware Information Literacy Networking Operating Systems Programming Security Software Engineering Systems Analysis Web

Peer Reviewed Material:

To help faculty identify the quality and features they want, the IT Editorial Board provides peer reviews of IT materials. In accordance with the MERLOT peer review process, learning materials are specifically evaluated for the following:

• Quality of content
• Potential effectiveness as a teaching tool
• Ease of use

If a material has been peer reviewed, the review can be found linked from the listing for a learning material or from its Detail view. Here's the listing for the 2006 IT Award winner, "Web Tutorials: XHTML, DHTML, ASP.NET, JavaScript". You can see the link to the peer review. This material received 5 stars -- the highest rating:

You may also be interested to see that peer review.

Not all materials have yet been reviewed. If you think you might be interested in becoming a Peer Reviewer, contact the IT Editor.

• You can even create your own Personal Collection of information technology Web sites.

• There is also an Awards Program established that recognizes exemplary materials.