Virtual Library

For Open Campus Faculty: New! Online material request form

Below are some Web sites you can use in the classroom, for preparing your lessons, or for professional development. To order books, audiovisual materials, or software, email librarian@fccj.edu with your requests, or use the above online form.

Contents

Online Classroom Tools
Teaching Tips and Faculty Development
Higher Education News and Publications
Educational Technology Resources
Plagiarism Information
State and National Community College and Higher Education Information

Online Classroom Tools

Blackboard.com -- Blackboard.com is a FREE service that enables instructors to add an online component to their classes, or even host an entire course on the Web.
Nicenet Internet Class Assistant – Free software that allows you to easily create a class and post documents, links, bulletin board chat topics, and more.
InteractiveTest.com -- Free tool for creating online multiple-choice tests.
ReviewCopy.com – Allows you to read and request exam copies of the newest and best books related to your teaching

Teaching Tips and Faculty Development

101 Things You Can Do the First Three Weeks of Class – This site is a catalog of suggestions for college teachers who are looking for fresh ways of creating the best possible environment for learning.
Good Teaching Practices -- A compendium of classroom-tested strategies and suggestions designed to improve the teaching practices of all college instructors, including beginning, mid-career, and senior faculty members.
New Tools For Teaching -- This page leads to others that introduce, describe, and exemplify new Internet-based resources for teaching that are already available.
The Grove – Excellence in Faculty Development.
Instructional Design Models -- Comprehensive set of links to major models for instruction.

Higher Education News and Publications

Chronicle of Higher Education – Online version of the print publication. A username and password (free with a print subscription) is needed to access some of the online site. If you don’t currently subscribe yourself to the Chronicle, you can come to the Deerwood Library to access it online.
ERIC Clearinghouse on Higher Education
Postsecondary.net -- Frequently updated links to news, commentary and research articles related to higher education administration.
About Teaching – A Newsletter of the Center for Teaching Effectiveness.
Electronic Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
Journal of Innovative Higher Education
National Teaching and Learning Forum

Educational Technology Resources

Learning and Technology Online Resources Library -- This library provides an annotated list of links to quality websites in the area of higher education.
Syllabus Magazine Online -- Syllabus magazine focuses on the role of technology in education.
The Chronicle of Higher Education Information Technology -- Information technology news and resources section of The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Using Spreadsheets to Keep Track of Students’ Grades -- Brief introduction to using Excel and other spreadsheets for managing students' grades and performing basic statistics.
Exemplary Models for Web-Based Learning
The Faculty Connection -- This website is designed to assist faculty of post-secondary institutions in becoming familiar with issues, examples and discussion topics associated with using emerging technologies in teaching and learning.
Teaching With Electronic Technology -- Resource directory for uses for computing and electronic technology in teaching.
EdCITE -- EdCITE is a database of research and case studies on the effective use of technology in education.

Plagiarism Information

Cheat Wave: Busting Online Plagiarism – Article from ZDNet’s 100 Most Wired Colleges.
Cybercheating -- Detecting and preventing online plagiarism.
Cut-and-Paste Plagiarism -- Preventing, detecting and tracking online plagiarism.
Issues in Plagiarism for the New Millennium: An Assessment Odyssey

State and National Community College and Higher Education Information

The Florida Community College System Web Site
http://www.facc.org/
Links to all the Community Colleges in Florida
LINCCWeb – Library Information Network for Community Colleges in Florida.
Florida Community College Distance Learning Consortium
Links to Florida Libraries
Florida Department of Education
ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges
U.S. Department of Education Community College Liaison Office