Looking to explore best practices to integrate technology?
Take a look at these useful links on how to design courses using digital technologies. The links below will help you design courses using a wealth of available resources. These resources include access to copyright laws, digital repositories and assistive technologies.

Laws and Legislation

• Library of Congress Copyright Teach Act Law - describes copyright basics and protections.
• Distance Education and Teach Act Site - using online material in academic courses.

Assistive Technologies

• Access DL - Accessible Distance Learning resources on making distance learning courses accessible to students and instructors with disabilities
• GRADE - Georgia Tech Research provides guidelines for making distance education accessible

Repository and Learning Objects

• Apple Learning Interchange – a searchable catalogue of Internet resources
• CAREO - Campus Alberta (Canada) Repository of Learning Objects
• Maricopa Learning Exchange (MLX) - electronic warehouse of ideas, examples and resources of reusable information.
• Merlot - a repository of links to learning objects that includes peer reviews.
• Wisconsin Online - open access of learning objects produced by higher education institutions of Wisconsin

Assessment and Evaluation

• Quality Matters - evaluates online course for standards
• Rubrics - a free tool to help teachers create quality rubrics.

Others

• Faculty Home Page maintained by Dr. George Cronk provides many useful links for Faculty
• WebCT Exemplary course project provides access to courses that model best practices in course design, interaction and evaluation.