Southern University's Open Library for Education.

MERLOT provides you many ways to share with others how you are using specific Free and Open eTextbooks in your teaching and your students' mobile learning

EASIEST TO DO:

Use MERLOT discussion forum connected to the open textbook to write a comment about how you are using the open textbook.

Screenshot from MERLOT showing options to comment about a material

screenshot from MERLOT showing a typical entry box to enter a comment.

EASY TO DO:

Use MERLOT's online Learning Exercise form to share the goals, learning outcomes, teaching strategies, assessment rubrics, and more about how you are using the open textbook. Just type in your text and publish it in MERLOT.

Screenshot from MERLOT showing options to comment about a material

Screenshot from MERLOT shoing the add learning exercise box

MORE EFFORT BUT EASY TO DO:

Use MERLOT's Content Builder template to create a rich teaching eportofolio explaining why and how you are using the open textebook to achieve student learning outcomes and include students' reactions and success.

Check out MERLOT Content Builder and create an ePortfolio. Got questions, please email cool4ed@cdl.edu

MERLOT content builder template

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ADD Free eTextbooks You're Using or Created Into MERLOT

Are you using free eTextbooks in your teaching or your learning? Have you created free eTextbooks? We invite you to catalog these resources in MERLOT. Your colleagues and students around the world will thank you!

IT'S EASY!

First: Become a member of MERLOT (It will take about 2 minutes and it’s FREE).

Second: Fill out the online form to Contribute a Material. (It will take about 4 minutes the first time and step-by-step instructions for contributing materials (PDF) to MERLOT are available).

 

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