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Supercourse: Epidemiology - Internet - Global Health A library of more than 1000 free online lectures for medical and health related students around the world. The Supercourse is an Internet-based distance learning material for health-related (medical, nursing, dental, veterinary, etc.) students who are beginners in Epidemiology, Global Health and the Internet. Hosted by University of Pittsburgh. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


International Virtual Medical School (IVIMEDS) A major international collaboration created to meet the challenge facing medical education through innovative approaches which exploit developments in educational thinking and information and communication technologies (ICT). Currently (2004) 37 leading medical schools located in 14 countries have committed financial and human resources and agreed to share learning resources to make a reality of the IVIMEDS vision. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


Interactive Fly A cyberspace guide to Drosophila genes and their roles in development. Developed at Purdue University, Society for Developmental Biology. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


WebCT - Exemplary Course Project The page lists courses in various subjects. Information is provided about method of instruction, target student level, course design and other components. Includes: Eastern Religions; Philosophy of Quality; Supervised Practicum; Synthesis Seminar; Technical and Scientific Writing; Open Thinking; Living Belief: Introduction to the Bible; GUI Building; Web Site Development; Linear Systems and Control; Spanish; Clinical Calculations; Coaching Principles Online; Ethics for Health Care Professionals; Interactive Distance Learning; Nursing Process for the Certified Paramedic; Learn and Apply HTML; M From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


Physics Flashlets Developed at the The Department of Physics, University of Virginia (US). A collection of Flash animations to make learning physics easier. Requires Flash player on your machine (can be downloaded for free from Macromedia.com) From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


Charles Darwin University - Contested Knowledges An online unit designed to provide an understanding of the contingent nature of all knowledge systems. Developed by the Faculty of Indigenous Research and Education. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


Charles Darwin University - FIRE Database This database has been set up with funding from the Teaching and Learning Development Office of the Northern Territory University. It contains texts, pictures, video and sound files relevant to resource management and studies in Australian Indigenous languages and culture. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


University of Melbourne - Teaching and Learning Resources The Centre for the Study of Higher Education (CSHE) publishes booklet length guides and pamphlets regarding issues in teaching and learning. Resources include: Eleven Practices of Effective Postgraduate Supervisors; Assessment; Electronic Presentations; Internationalising Teaching; Lecturing; Preparing a Teaching Portfolio; Small Group Discussions; The University's Code of Good Teaching Practice; Evaluating Teaching Innovation; Assessing Essays; Preparing Lecture Notes or Handouts for Students; The Skill of Questioning; Still Images in Teaching and Learning; Teaching and Learning Resource From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


Myanmar (UNICEF) A site about the children of Myanmar (Burma) and UNICEF's programmes for them. It includes human interest stories, picture albums, photo essays and a selection of videos featuring a day in the life of a Myanmar child. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 10:38 p.m..


New and Recently Appointed Lecturers Weekend 10-12 Sept 2004, Liverpool. An opportunity for new or recently appointed academic staff to consider aspects of course design, network with peers, and to learn of solutions and support available for learning and teaching from the Higher Education Academy. From Features from the UK Centre for Materials Education on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


Bleak House as a primary source This is a very brief BBC History web site demonstrating how novels may be used as historical sources. Taking as his example Charles Dickens' 'Bleak House', the author of the site, Prof. Martin Daunton, discusses the representation of Victorian social conditions in fictional accounts, and why such representations and interpretations should be of interest to historians. Daunton also touches upon how Dickens' prose influenced sanitary reformers. These pages accompany a slightly larger site about urban conditions in Victorian England. (James Wilson) From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


Arthuriana pedagogy The Arthuriana Pedagogy web site is published and funded by Arthuriana, the scholarly journal of the International Arthurian Society, North American Branch, based at the Southern Methodist University. It is an online educational guide on Arthurian legend, providing resources for teachers at all levels of education, from primary school to postgraduates and life-long learners. Users can access the resources either by curriculum level or by category, which cover textbooks, films, maps, images, audio, web sites and online discussion groups. This is a useful gateway to Arthurian resources online. From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


The Parthenon marbles This special site from the Guardian collates reports and commentary covering the debate over the Parthenon Marbles. There are direct links to the latest stories and access to older articles in the Guardian's archive (going back to May 1999). The interactive guide to the history of the sculptures gives a brief account of the background; a link to a more complete history leads to a website from the Hellenic Electronic Center. In addition, there are reports relating to British and Greek perspectives, as well as those relating to the British government and the British museum. All reports and From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


La Sorbonne This is the homepage of the Sorbonne, an institution which, as the site claims, has been the highest place of intellectual enquiry and the site of the French national conscience since the 13th century, with roots extending back even further in the University of Paris. The Sorbonne comprises four universities and five related establishments: University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne; University of Paris III, Sorbonne nouvelle; University of Paris IV, Paris-Sorbonne; University of Paris V, René Descartes; the chancellery of the University; École Pratique des Hautes Études; École Nationale d From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


John Donne sermons This web site contains the full texts of all 161 extant sermons by the English poet and churchman John Donne (1572-1631). The sermons were written and delivered between 1615 and 1629, and are characterised by their figurative language and Donne's rich literary style. The sermons may be searched by keyword, scriptural source, or location, or browsed alphabetically. They are displayed in PDF format, appearing in a frame with a page index to the left. The copy-text used for the electronic version is Potter and Simpson's unmodernised ten-volume edition of the sermons. The site also offer From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


Lewis Morris and William Morris sea charts This web page is published as part of the National Library of Wales online Treasures collection. It features digitised copies of eighteenth century sea charts of the Welsh coast, made by hydrographer Lewis Morris. Also on the site are the early nineteenth century revisions made to the charts by his son William Morris. The charts cover the entire Welsh coast and over twenty-five harbour plans, and their appearance marked a significant improvement in the marine survey of the Welsh Coast. There are over 50 images in total, which have been digitised to a high standard and are easy to navigate. (In From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


Marbles Reunited Marbles Reunited is a British-based group co-ordinating the campaign activites of a number of individuals and groups who wish to see the repatriation of the Psrthenon sculptures, currently housed in the British Museum. It thus serves as an organising body for establised groups such as Parthenon 2004 and the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon Marbles. This includes support for the proposal of the Greek government to reunite the sculptures with fragments still in Athens in a purpose-built musuem, on permanent loan. The website is distinctly forward looking; there is little e From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


Stonewall and beyond : lesbian and gay culture Stonewall and Beyond is an online exhibition published by the Columbia University Libraries. It was put together for the 25th anniversary of the Stonewall riots that took place in New York in 1969, and provides an introduction to key elements of gay history. The exhibition uses digitised primary source material and well-written narrative to explore gay and lesbian history before and after the Stonewall riots. Topics covered include the riots themselves, early writings on homosexuality by people such as Margaret Mead, Edward Carpenter, and Sigmund Freud, homosexuality across the centuries, and From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 10:37 p.m..


Data and Story Library DASL (pronounced "dazzle") is an online library of datafiles and stories that illustrate the use of basic statistics methods. Data is provided from a wide variety of topics so that statistics teachers can find real life examples that will be of interest to their students. Browse by topic, or method or use the power search facility to locate material. The help pages are a good place to start if you are apprehensive about using the material that is available on this site. From EEVL New Learning Materials on August 26, 2004 at 8:47 a.m..


Teachers @ Work - Volume 8 Issue 5 August 2004 This issue of the monthly newsletter contains two articles about the imminent transition to a new education paradigm. In the first article he asserts that we will see three major transitions within the education sector over the next five to ten years: the move away from a focus on knowing information to one of identifying foundational knowledge coupled with the provision of a set of skills and processes that will provide students with the capacity for lifelong learning; the internet as the primary medium for learning; and knowledge networks becoming the primary teaching environment. In the sec From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


New Apprenticeships Training Information Service The New Apprenticeships Training Information Service website is designed to provide visitors with a range of information that will help them understand what New Apprenticeships are and how to choose the best one to help them start on an industry based career. The information available on this site includes: who can be a New Apprentice; job titles; industry sectors; training package pathway charts; and links to further information. There is also a search option that allows visitors to search for New Apprenticeship and training package information by state and industry. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Learnings From CATs and POEMs - What Can Policy Makers Draw From Both? The Career and Transition (CAT) Pilot and the Partnership Outreach Education Model (POEM) Pilot have been successful Australian Government initiatives. This paper presents the learnings from the CAT Pilot and the POEM Pilot within the context of the development of a youth transition system as envisaged in the Prime Minister's Youth Pathways Action Plan Taskforce report, Footprints to the Future. Such a system would include the successful elements of both the CAT and POEM approaches and tie together and build upon existing programmes and services. This approach would ensure that all young From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


SPELD NSW Literacy Skills for Students with Specific Learning Difficulties An innovative package for classroom teachers of primary students with Specific Learning Difficulties. The aims of this Literacy Skills Package are to: assist primary school teachers to identify students in their class who may have Specific Learning Difficulties (SLD); provide information about support services available to assist in identifying students with SLD; help to develop appropriate learning programs for students with SLD, and provide support for the teacher, student and parents assist teachers with ideas and strategies to enable them to make appropriate adjustments to their programmin From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Investigation of Effective Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Australian Secondary Schools In 2001 the Australian Government commissioned the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) to conduct an investigation of effective mathematics teaching and learning in Australian secondary schools (Years 7 to 10). The purpose of the research project was to examine a range of factors including the knowledge, beliefs, understandings and practices of teachers of mathematics and their qualifications, professional development and relevant personal experiences, and how these impact on student learning outcomes in the high school years. This report to DEST describes a study into the facto From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Dynix Institute The Dynix Institute is an ongoing forum for professional development in the library community. By providing free access to industry-leading speakers and events, their mission is to support librarianship and advance the work of librarians around the world. This website contains information about forthcoming web seminars and a seminar archive containing presentations and handouts from previous seminars. Participation in seminars is free but requires Windows Media Player or equivalent. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Curriculum Leadership 2:25 Leadership: what's wrong? Curriculum Leadership 2:25 Leadership: what's wrong? Challenges three assumptions of the established ideology of leadership - that power should be shared, that everyone is a leader and that We should talk about 'leadership' rather than 'management'. Suggests we should be honest about power, select leaders that demonstrate a moral character of leadership, are strong and committed individuals, demonstrate management skills, engage everyone, develop potential leaders and engage in effective performance management. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Curriculum Leadership 2:24 Creative engagement - the place of arts-rich education in Australian schools Curriculum Leadership 2:24 Creative engagement - the place of arts-rich education in Australian schools. The arts are critical to education and learning. In particular the arts reaches students who are not otherwise being reached and provides new ways of engaging all students; improves students' self awareness and capacity to connect with others; transforms the learning environment; provides learning opportunities for the adults in the lives of young people and provides new challenges for already high achieving students and connects learning experiences to the world of real work. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Year 12 - What Next? This website created by the Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST), accompanied the release of a pocket guide for every Year 12 student in Australia about the wide array of options for students after school. The website allows students and parents to explore options in greater detail. The eight page pocket guide is available on the site as a download. From EdNA Online on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Letters from David Lloyd George to his brother The National Library of Wales publishes this online database of letters from British Prime Minister David Lloyd George to his brother William George. They are part of the William George Papers purchased by the National Library in 1989. The database contains 3,292 letters written over a period of more than fifty years, from 1886 to 1943. The majority of the letters are from the years prior to 1917. The letters can be browsed by date, but they are not always easy to read and there are no transcriptions available, which would have been useful. There is an introduction to the letters, describing a From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Autobiography of a smuggler Autobiography of a Smuggler is published as part of the National Library of Wales online Treasures collection. On the site users will find a digitised copy of William Owen's eighteenth century autobiography of his life as a smuggler in Wales. The book is 176 pages long and has been completely digitised, although there is no transcription available. This is a rare document because criminal biographies were rare in eighteenth century Wales, and also because it features a full transcription of Owen's trial for murder in 1747. Also on the site is an article from the National Library of W From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


A most strange and true report of a monsterous fish, 1604 This web page is published as part of the National Library of Wales Treasures collection. On it is published a digitised copy of an early seventeenth century pamphlet, describing the sighting of a mermaid in Pendine, Carmarthenshire. The pamphlet is eight pages long and quite easy to read, and can be resized for different views. It would be useful if there were also a transcription of the document though. Also on the site is an introduction to the background of the pamphlet, and suggestions for further reading and related web links. (Institute of Historical Research (IHR)) From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


Aberystwyth auxiliary temperance society minute book This web page is published by the National Library of Wales as part of its online Treasures collection. On it is published digitised primary source documents on the temperance movement in nineteenth century Aberystwyth. Available to view are a selection of papers from the Aberystwyth Auxiliary Temperance Society, which was formed in 1835. In the collection is a meeting schedule, a list of subscribers and the fees they paid, a copy of the Rechabite Rules, a minute book and an example of a membership card. The meeting schedule and Rechabite Rules are in Welsh, whilst the rest of the documents ar From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


The Dolley Madison digital edition The Dolley Madison Digital Edition has been published by the Rotunda imprint of the University of Virginia Press. Dolley Madison was the influential wife of US president James Madison. The electronic archive makes available a large corpus of letters addressed to or from Dolley Madison and spanning the years 1788-1836. The letters have been encoded in XML (following the Model Editions Partnership variant of the Text Encoding Initiative guidelines) which enables complex queries and transformations. The corpus can be searched or browsed by date, title, name, place or topic. Each individual letter From New Humbul Resources on August 26, 2004 at 12:28 a.m..


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