Wednesday, December 11, 2002

Site Profile: Deliberations, London Guildhall University Since Deliberations was mentioned in the previous site profile, I decided it would be worthwhile to describe it in more detail. Deliberations is a site to consider when looking for online learning resources, although it is not on the same level of usefulness and comprehensiveness as MERLOT, SCOUT, and the MIT OpenCourseWare resource sites. Deliberations is generally concerned with facilitating "Learning and Teaching in Higher Education" rather than serving as a learning resources repository. Its Subject-Specific Learning Resources can be searched via the Index for All Subjects or by selecting a specific subject area. Deliberations provides gateway links to many online sites relevant to learning and teaching, but it is NOT focused exclusively on learning objects or even learning resources--although some will be found at some of the links. In many ways, Deliberations resembles a master gateway within an omnibus Faculty Development Center. Users will need to traverse several link jumps and make search judgements if they are looking for specific learning objects or even more general learning resources such as syllabi, lecture notes, or assignments. 3:56:23 PM    COMMENT []