Al-Masdar: The Source for Arabic Teaching and Learning
Al-Masdar means The Source in Arabic and this site is a rich source of resources, opportunity, and community for Arabic language teachers.
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Development of a Knowledge Collaborative for Cross-Organizational Learning (KCCOL)
With support from the Metlife Foundation, ISKME has been facilitating a Knowledge Collaborative for Cross-Organizational Learning (KCCOL) for seven grantee organizations, including: Learning Forward, Asia Society’s Partnership for Global Learning, New Teacher Center, College Summit, Education Trust, New Leaders for New Schools, and the Center for Teaching Quality. The goal of this project is to foster collaboration across the participating grantee organizations to create a shared voice and joint action around education reform issues of importance to them.
Cyberlearning at Community Colleges (C3): Faculty Scholarship, E-science, and Open Curriculum
The Cyberlearning at Community Colleges (C3) Project is designed to engage biology faculty in forming communities to leverage digital library resources and social networking technologies toward enhanced biology instruction.
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Connexions: Author Use and Reuse of Open Educational Resources
For teachers and learners, the proliferation of Open Educational Resources (OER), along with advances in information technologies, has meant centralized access to materials and the possibility of creating, using, and reusing OER globally, collaboratively, and across disciplines. Focusing on the repository Connexions (www.cnx.org), this study examined how and to what extent OER are created, adapted and augmented by both individuals and communities of author users.
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Landscape of Online Developmental Education Courses for Community College Students
This research mapped the coverage of existing online courses and modules used by community colleges. It provided a general understanding of the current landscape in terms of identifying online courses that were available for community college students, specficially courses that have the greatest potential for impact, such as developmental and basic skills courses, and other courses important in the 2- to 4-year college transfer process.