MERLOTIs a digital library housing professional development activities and learning materials • nationwide e-learning organization • provides patrons with a wide-ranging

catalog of learning materials • makes connections to communities of like-

minded faculty within their discipline

• MERLOT Content & Context• Site Architecture• Online Interactions• Community Assessment• References

Presentation of Topics

MERLOT Content and Context

Testimonials

Collaborations

Resources

MERLOT

Online Teaching

Online Resources

Personal Collections

Learning ExercisesLearning Materials

Site Architecture

Quality Indicators• Peer Reviews• Comments• Assignments• Personal Collections• Author Comments

Online Interactions

Community Assessment

The MERLOT Life Cycle

References:• Falk, J. and Drayton, B. (editors). (2009j). Creating and Sustaining Online

Professional Learning Communities. New York: Teachers College Press. ISBN: 978-0-8077-4940-1.

• MERLOT website: www.merlot.org