Finding Activity: Worksheet 1

Use the starting points below to locate web sites that are full online courses in your subject area. Print this page and use the format below to record the sites, how you found them, and what was noteworthy about each site.

S T A R T I N G P O I N T S
(these sites will open in a new web browser window)
World Lecture Hall http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
TeleCampus http://courses.telecampus.edu/
Blackboard.com http://www.blackboard.com/
eCollege.com http://www.ecollege.com/student/
Teaching & Learning on the Web http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/tl/
NewPromise.com http://www.newpromise.com/
Peterson's Lifelong Learning Channel http://www.petersons.com/dlearn/
e-education College Connection http://www.e-education.com/collegeconnection/
Globewide Network Academy http://catalog.gnacademy.org/gnacademy/cgibin/frontpage.cgi
WWWDEV Member's Courses http://www.unb.ca/web/wwwdev/c3.html

Pre-wired Search engines
We have rigged up a tool that will allow you to do some web searches with pre-configured keywords. In this case, you can select any of the search sites below to look for "online courses". If you enter any key words separated by spaces, it will focus the search for online courses in those subjects.

Search Google AltaVista HotBot
for "online course" in the subject area:

S I T E S F O U N D
The first is an example of how you might complete this worksheet
title: Principles of Microeconomics, ECO 201, Miami University (Ohio)

URL: http://www.sba.muohio.edu/plattgj/eco201/

how found: Started from World Lecture Hall, and selected "Economics" from "Browse by Area"

notes: "The ECO201 Virtual Classroom was designed to give students in Miami University's Economics 201 class (Principles of Microeconomics) online, cross-platform access to all major resources used in the course through a consistent, centralized graphical user interface." This interface starts with an open appointment book, with links to the Classroom, "My Desk" (access to documents", Library links, and a "Coffee Shop" a virtual place to communicate about the course.

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Our next web flavor to find web sites for is course materials.

`title:`	Principles of Microeconomics, ECO 201, Miami University (Ohio)
`URL:`	http://www.sba.muohio.edu/plattgj/eco201/
`how found:`	Started from World Lecture Hall, and selected "Economics" from "Browse by Area"
`notes:`	"The ECO201 Virtual Classroom was designed to give students in Miami University's Economics 201 class (Principles of Microeconomics) online, cross-platform access to all major resources used in the course through a consistent, centralized graphical user interface." This interface starts with an open appointment book, with links to the Classroom, "My Desk" (access to documents", Library links, and a "Coffee Shop" a virtual place to communicate about the course.