Learning and Learners

Academic Integrity

UBC

• Tutorial and Guide to Academic Integrity for UBC Students - University of B.C.

Created for students by students - provides guidance and resources related to academic integrity.

Other

• Academic Integrity Resources - University of San Diego

  Excerpts from the 10 th Annual Meeting of the Center for Academic Integrity. Topics are mainly related to academic integrity and the world wide web. Many links provided for additional information on the topic.

  http://ethics.sandiego.edu/Resources/AcademicIntegrity/Index.asp

• Academic Integrity Tutorial - York University

  Created for students, helps them better understand the concepts of academic integrity and plagiarism. The site provides case studies and a self-test.

  http://www.yorku.ca/tutorial/academic_integrity/introdefn.html

• Academic Integrity Resources - Center for Academic Integrity, Clemson University

  Links pertaining to academic integrity, ethics, moral education and character education.

  http://www.academicintegrity.org/useful_links/index.php

Adult

• How Adults Learn - Marcia L. Conner

  Overview of adult learning theory, list of books about how adults learn, links to other websites on adult learning and links to some interesting and relevant sites. Article by Marcia Conner at http://agelesslearner.com

  http://agelesslearner.com/intros/adultlearning.html

• Principles of Adult Learning - Stephen Lieb, Faculty Development, Honolulu Community College

  Describes characteristics of adult learners, sources of motivation for the adult learning (and barriers to motivation), and instructional tips for educators who work with adults.

  http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-2.htm

Diversity

• Diversity Web - Association of American Colleges and Universities

  Comprehensive compendium of campus practices and resources about diversity in higher education.

  http://www.diversityweb.org/index.cfm

• Resources on Race and Racism - American Psychological Association

  Provides a list of resources that address diversity, race and ethnicity issues both inside and beyond institutions of higher education.

  http://www.apa.org/topics/race/index.aspx

• Equity Resources - UBC Equity Office

  Extensive list of web links and local resources concerning equity

  http://equity.ubc.ca/resources/

• Equity in Education - Faculty of Education, UBC

  List of on campus resources for employees and students at UBC.

  http://educ.ubc.ca/service_support/equity/links.html

• Center for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Life - Duke University

  Links to gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender studies and resources.

  http://www.studentaffairs.duke.edu/lgbt

• Inclusive Teaching - Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington

  Collection of resources, examples, insights from faculty, and stories from students that can help members of the teaching communities accomplish their goal of teaching more inclusively.

  http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/inclusive/

Evaluating Websites

• Criteria for Evaluating Internet Resources - UBC Library

  Provides clearly laid-out criteria for evaluating Internet resources.

  http://www.library.ubc.ca/home/evaluating/

• Evaluation of Information Sources - World-Wide Web Virtual Library

  Numerous links to articles and resources that provide criteria for evaluating information resources, particularly those on the Internet.

  http://www.vuw.ac.nz/staff/alastair_smith/evaln/evaln.htm

• Teaching Undergrads WEB Evaluation - Association of College & Research Libraries

  Report about trying to provide accurate ways for undergraduate students to evaluate Web resources for their research.

  http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/publications/crlnews/1998/jul/teachingundergrads.cfm

• WWW CyberGuide Ratings for Content Evaluation - Cyberbee

  A form for rating the curriculum content on web sites.

  http://www.cyberbee.com/guides_sites.html

Glossaries

• Learning, Performance and Training Acronyms

  Acronyms organized alphabetically.

  http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/acron.html

• Acronym Finder

  Allows you to enter in the exact acronym or the first few letters of the acronym to learn its expanded form or to enter keywords for the equivalent acronym.

  http://www.acronymfinder.com/

• E-Learning Glossary - American Society for Training & Development

  Glossary of e-learning terms, organized alphabetically.

  http://www.astd.org/LC/glossary.htm

Learning Communities

• Learning Communities Annotated Bibliography - Wisconsin Engineering Education Laboratory

  An annotated bibliography on learning communities which was compiled to “serve a variety of needs including: convincing faculty and administrators of the value of a learning community on their campus; informing innovators of how to implement and support a learning community on their campus; and informing faculty about optimal teaching/learning strategies for a learning community”

  Paper by Etienne Wenger – one of the founding fathers of Social Learning Theory and the concept of “Practiced Communities.”

  http://www.engr.wisc.edu/services/weel/coalition/bibliography.html

• Online Learning Communities: If You Build Them, Will They Stay? - Janette R. Hill, University of Georgia and Arjan Raven, Georgia State University

  Report on a study that explored best practices for community building in Web-based instruction.

  http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/paper46/paper46.htm

• Professional Learning Communities: What are They and Why are They Important? - Issues... about Change, Vol. 6, No. 1 (1997)

  “This paper focuses on what Astuto and colleagues (1993) label the professional community of learners, in which the teachers in a school and its administrators continuously seek and share learning and then act on what they learn. The goal of their actions is to enhance their effectiveness as professionals so that students benefit.”

  http://www.sedl.org/change/issues/issues61.html

Learning Disabilities

• LD Resources - LD Online

  Online resources and a specific section devoted to listing of helpful organizations and other resources available in Canada.

  http://www.ldonline.org/ldresources/help.html

• National Educational Association of Disabled Students

  Some online publications available.

  http://www.neads.ca/en/about/publications/

• ldresources.org

  Resources, links, recommended readings and more.

  http://www.ldresources.org/

• Disability Resource Center - University of Florida

  A wide range of overview articles.

  http://www.dso.ufl.edu/drc/faculty.php

Learning Styles

• Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire

  A list of 44 questions that can be submitted and automatically scored on the Web. One can find out whether one is an active or reflective, sensing or intuitive, visual or verbal, and sequential or global learner.

  http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

• Learning Styles - Richard Felder, North Carolina State University

  Overview article with links.

  http://www4.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Learning_Styles.html

Learning Theories

• Index of Learning Theories and Models

  Learning theories and models relevant for cognitive science, psychology, education, HCI, and instructional design:

  • Descriptive theories
  • Design theories & models
  • Learning theories & models
  • Perspectives
  • Social learning theories

  http://www.learning-theories.com/

• About Learning - Funderstanding

  Explores 12 different theories on how people learn. Each subsection provides a short definition, a discussion and a brief description on how the theory impacts learning.

  http://www.funderstanding.com/content/about-learning

• Learning Theory - infed

  “What is learning? Is it a change in behaviour or understanding? Is it a process? Here we survey some common models.”

  http://www.infed.org/biblio/b-learn.htm

• The Theories

  Links to no less than 30 theories. Basic overview and examples provided at each link.

  http://tip.psychology.org/theories.html

Multiple Intelligences

• Howard Gardner, Multiple Intelligences and Education - infed

  Explores the theory of multiple intelligences; why it has found a ready audience amongst educationalists; and some of the issues around its conceptualization and realization.

  http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm

• Multiple Intelligences for Education

  Provides information about various aspects of MI, including a host of “immersion experiences”, examples and other links.

  http://www.surfaquarium.com/MI/

• Tapping Into Multiple Intelligences - Concept to Classroom

  Provides information about various aspects of MI, such as “What do MI have to do with my classroom?”, “Who are the critics of this theory and what do they say?” and more…Readers can also see demonstrations of MI, and get help implementing MI.

  http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/concept2class/mi/index.html

Plagiarism

• Avoiding Plagiarism - Purdue Online Writing Lab

  Tips for writers who wish to avoid plagiarism.

  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/01/

• Cheating 101: Paper Mills and You - Coastal Carolina University

  Aimed at providing faculty with an overview of the current state of Internet Paper Mills, how to locate Paper Mills, how to detect plagiarized papers, how to track down suspicious papers, and how to combat plagiarism.

  http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/papermil.html

• Plagiarism Prevention Resources - Teaching and Learning with Technology, Pennsylvania State University

  Combination of information and further links about the topic of cyberplagiarism.

  http://tlt.its.psu.edu/plagiarism

• Plagiarism: What It Is and How to Recognize and Avoid It - Writing Tutorial Services, Indiana University, Bloomington

  Explains what plagiarism is and how to recognize it.

  http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

Test Taking

• Test Taking Strategies - Muskingum University

  Information on test taking, test anxiety, test preparation and more.

  http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/testtaking.html

• TestTakingTips.com

  Tips, information, and resources that are geared towards helping students improve their test taking and study skills.

  http://www.testtakingtips.com/

• Achieving Academic Success - Michele Jacobsen, University of Calgary

  Provides ideas for students who have problems with multiple-choice testing.

  http://people.ucalgary.ca/~dmjacobs/study_skills_sites.html