Extending MERLOT through Partnerships, Alliances, and

Collaborations

Gerard L. Hanley MERLOTBrandon Muramatsu MERLOTGlenda Morgan University of Wisconsin System

Outline

Types of CollaborationsElements of Collaborations

Digital Library Services and Enabling TechnologiesCommunity Development, Peer Review and Editorial Board Development

Becoming a Partner

MERLOT Grows Through Your Collaboration

MERLOT is a higher education community cooperating to provide a large quantity of high quality online resources for faculty to easily incorporate into their courses.MERLOT’s builds collaborative partnerships and affiliations with:

Higher education institutionsProfessional societies, educational organizationsCorporations

Administrative Team

MERLOT Councils Advisory Board

Institutional Partners & Affiliates

MERLOT Editorial Boards

Organizational and Corporate Alliances

MERLOT Members and Users

Peer Review

Digital Library Resources & Services

Professional Development

Collaboration &Community

Strategic Priorities

Programs Delivering Resources and Services

Faculty StudentsAdministrators Staff

MERLOT Conferences Partners/Alliances Website

Enabling Technologies

Partners AffiliatesCollaborate on MERLOT initiatives and provide

financial support

Advocate for MERLOT using in-kind contributions

Sustaining ($50K)

System ($25K) System

Campus ($6.5K) Campus

Ladder of Participation in Higher Ed

Partners AffiliatesManaged collaboration on

MERLOT initiatives to serve our shared constituents

Coordinate activities as opportunities arise

Community Development, Peer Review, & Editorial Boards

Digital Library Services and Enabling Technologies

Digital Library Services and Enabling Technologies

Professional Development Professional Development

Enabling Technologies

Collaborations with Organizations

Corporate Partnerships & AffiliationsFederated Search: Leveraging Existing Assets

Sharing Resources and Marketing

Consortium Partner: Expanding MERLOT’s Services

Support MERLOT’s initiatives within MERLOT’s framework by participating like a higher education institution.

Systems Integration and Development: Creating New Services

Create new capabilities that neither partner could deliver by themselves.

Outline

Types of CollaborationsElements of Collaborations

Digital Library Services and Enabling TechnologiesCommunity Development, Peer Review and Editorial Board Development

Becoming a Partner

Digital Library Services & Enabling Technologies

Searching to find more resources fasterFederated Searching Federated Searching

Integrating MERLOT services into your websiteReally Simply Summaries/Reliable Syndication Service RSS:

Organizing your chosen resources more personally

Personal CollectionsPersonal Collections

Evaluating more resources more reliablyPeer Reviewer Tutorial

MERLOT’s Organizational Partners and AffiliatesDigital Library Services and Enabling Technologies

Activity

Education.au Limited

SMETE.org

American Assoc. of Physics Teachers

Federated Search

Community Development, Peer Review

NEEDS (Engineering)

HEAL (Heal Science)

CAUSE (Statistics)

Journal of Chemical Education*

Peer Review & Editorial Boards

Professional Development

New Media Consortium

NLII/EDUCAUSE, POD*Professional Development

Enabling Technologies

IMS (Affiliate) Standards

Basic Requirements for a MERLOT Discipline Community

The Resources:Online materials available for reviewOrganizational structure of discipline is manageable

The Community:Professional organizations’ readiness to collaborate in the peer review processFaculty committed to participate in peer review processFaculty culture for using technology within discipline

The Needs:Student learning difficultiesBalance across academic disciplines

Prerequisites for Success in Building Communities for Peer Review

MERLOT PRINCIPLE: Success results from well-prepared people who have clear goals and are provided with quality support services and resources.

Responsibilities of MERLOT Discipline Communities

Provide leadership of the people, services, and resources participatingApply MERLOT Polices and Procedures

Manage the content and organization of the collectionManage the productivity of the communityPerform the MERLOT Peer Review Process using MERLOT’s toolsParticipate in MERLOT training and meetings

MERLOT’s Responsibilities to Discipline Communities

Provide policies and proceduresProvide toolsProvide trainingProvide recognition for contributionsProvide the project management and support services to help communities achieve their goalsListen to your needs and respond in a helpful manner

How are Discipline Communities Established?

Currently, Institutional Partners choose the discipline communities. WHY?

Leadership role as an Institutional PartnerProvide in-kind support for Editorial Board Members

In future, Professional Societies will establish discipline communities. WHY?

Leadership role as an Alliance Organization Provide recognition as part of faculty’s professional responsibilitiesProvide some in-kind support for Editors

Editorial Board Qualifications

Editorial Boards are faculty with:Expertise in the ScholarshipExcellence in TeachingExperience in Using Technology in Teaching and LearningConnections with Professional Organizations in the DisciplineEditors who will “manage” the board

Pre-requisites for Peer Review New Discipline Communities must receive MERLOT Training

Understand roles and responsibilities Develop categorization scheme for collection Operationalize MERLOT evaluation standards Develop inter-rater reliability in applying evaluation standards

MERLOT Training conducted at MERLOT International Conference or organization’s meeting

Peer Review: The Scholarship Model

Four Phases of Peer ReviewSelection: Deciding what gets reviewedReview: Deciding and doing analyses of materialDecision: Interpreting reviews for evaluationPublication: Deciding what and how to share information with communities

MERLOT’s Peer Review Workflow Tool is used to manage the process MERLOT-Discipline Website is deployed MERLOT listserv’s, conference calls, and other tools used to keep community productive

Education and Outreach

Members of MERLOT communities:Serve as nodes in the networkDirect interested organizations to resources in the Tasting RoomDeliver presentations about MERLOTExplain “phased-in approach”--establishing critical mass of learning objects and adding pedagogical data in preparation for future peer review process and community site

Outline

Types of CollaborationsElements of Collaborations

Digital Library Services and Enabling TechnologiesCommunity Development, Peer Review and Editorial Board Development

Becoming a Partner

Steps to Become a MERLOT Partner

Call MERLOT at 1-562-985-5128Gerry Hanley, Brandon MuramatsuPropose the “sponsorship” of the collaboration• Community, Peer Review and Editorial Boards• Digital Library Services and Enabling Technologies

Work with MERLOT to refine proposalBecome an Organizational Partner as defined within an MOUWelcome to the MERLOT Community

Sponsorship Proposal for Communities

Purpose of community and scope of content area that will be managed by your communityContact information and qualifications for core community Editors and Editorial Board MembersDescription of activities of Editorial Board

Organize and expand the collectionPeer review the collectionEducation and outreachOther

Agreement to apply MERLOT Policies and Procedures

QUESTIONS?

The next steps are the ones we take together.