Bringing the world into Bringing the world into the classroom: Finding the classroom: Finding and using online and using online resources for learningresources for learning

Jon MuellerJon MuellerNorth Central CollegeNorth Central College

http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/mistop.ppt

What’s out there?What’s out there?

Collections – course-specific sitesCollections – course-specific sites

– Intro Psych / / Intro Psych– Social Psych– Personality– Ed Psych– Cognitive Psych/Neuroscience– Research and Statistics

What’s out there?What’s out there?

Collections – topic-specific sitesCollections – topic-specific sites

– Stereotype Threat

– Science of Relationships

What’s out there?What’s out there?

Collections – psych organizationsCollections – psych organizations

– Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology

– American Psychology-Law Society

What’s out there?What’s out there?

Video SitesVideo Sites

– YouTube, , Hulu, etc., etc.– Learner.org– Psychology Video Clips– Collection sitesCollection sites

How can you find it?How can you find it?

Google tricksGoogle tricks

– Intitle:”child development” Intitle:”child development” +syllabus+syllabus

– ““social loafing” filetype:pdfsocial loafing” filetype:pdf

– ““social loafing” filetype:pptsocial loafing” filetype:ppt

Best trick: Have others Best trick: Have others do your work for you!do your work for you! Free e-mail NewslettersFree e-mail Newsletters

– The Scout Report (The Scout Report (http://scout.wisc.edu))

– Librarian’s Internet Index (Librarian’s Internet Index (http://lii.org))

– Teaching Social Psychology Newsletter

– Personality Pedagogy Newsletter

Best trick: Have others Best trick: Have others do your work for you!do your work for you! BlogsBlogs

– BPS Research Digest– Mind Hacks– Science of Small Talk– Teaching High School Psychology– We’re Only Human– Science of Relationships

Bestest trick: Have Bestest trick: Have software do the work for software do the work for you!you! RSS FeedsRSS Feeds

– Google Reader

– My Yahoo!

What do I do with it What do I do with it all?all? CollectCollect

– Zotero.org OrganizeOrganize

– Delicious Use!Use!

– Course web page

What do I do with it What do I do with it all?all? Provide opportunities for practice/applicationProvide opportunities for practice/application

– Online Psychology Laboratory– Correlation or causation?Correlation or causation?

Structure outside learningStructure outside learning– Scientific thinking assignmentsScientific thinking assignments– ““Watch this video” and …Watch this video” and …

What else?What else?

Questions?Questions? Comments?Comments? Ideas?Ideas?

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