Title :
Empowering the Content Experts
Author :
Swift, Cathy ; Reisman, Sorel
Author_Institution :
MERLOT, Long Beach, CA
Abstract :
MERLOT (multimedia educational resources for learning and online teaching) is a consortium that aims to motivate and support the effective use of technology in teaching. Individual MERLOT members contribute links to materials they deem useful in teaching a particular subject, which then enter the repository. Discipline editors review the links for suitability and decide if materials warrant an in-depth peer review. However, MERLOT is expanding its online community thus additional portals are needed. MERLOT management agreed to establish a prototype portal and obtain software that would let the editors create and maintain portal content. Their decision to put content control in the hands of the content experts has had some unexpected benefits and perhaps some lessons for industry intranets
Keywords :
Web sites; computer aided instruction; content management; intranets; portals; MERLOT; Web site; content control; industry intranets; multimedia educational resources; online teaching; portal content; Content management; Education; Educational products; Educational technology; Portals; Software maintenance; Software prototyping; Testing; Usability; Web design; Breeze; California State University system; Center for Usability Design and Accessibility (CUDA); Contribute 3; Dreamweaver; MERLOT; Macromedia; Virtual Speakers Bureau; academia; content management; portals;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2006.11
