{"id":489,"date":"2018-01-24T16:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T21:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/chapter\/merlot-ii-peer-review\/"},"modified":"2025-05-10T07:40:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T11:40:51","slug":"merlot-ii-peer-review","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/chapter\/merlot-ii-peer-review\/","title":{"raw":"MERLOT II Peer Review","rendered":"MERLOT II Peer Review"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"header_div\" id=\"header_div\">\n<div id=\"skip-navigation-div\"><img src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/06\/MERLOT-Banner-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2852\" height=\"112\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-483\"><\/div>\n<header>\n<p class=\"MERLOT_logo\"><span>MERLOT<\/span> is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community. All MERLOT materials, unlike the materials in other learning materials collections, are examined in various ways to ensure that they are useful for the MERLOT community. The Peer Review process is led by an Editor, and includes editorial board members and peer reviewers.<\/p>\nThis book was independently selected and reviewed by MERLOT. The original review can be accessed here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1356177\">https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1356177<\/a>\n\nA shortened version of the review is reproduced here:\n\n<\/header><img src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-Stars-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-487 size-medium\">\n\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Reviewed<\/strong>: Jan 5, 2018 by Teacher Education<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Type of Material<\/strong>: Open (Access) Textbook<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Recommended Uses:\u00a0<\/strong>Course reading and class discussions, professional development and continuing education material<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Technical Requirements<\/strong>: Can be read online at https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/ or downloaded as a PDF (requiring PDF reader software, which is freely available).<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Target Student Population<\/strong>: This book is appropriate for use by teacher educators, instructional designers, curriculum designers, practicing instructors, administration, those who support teachers, and those who are studying in the field of education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Identify Major Learning Goals:\u00a0<\/strong>The book examines the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age when everyone, and in particular the students we are teaching, are using technology. A framework and a set of guidelines are suggested for making decisions about your teaching, while understanding that every subject is different, and every teacher and instructor has something unique and special to bring to their teaching.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills<\/strong>: Familiarity with basic pedagogical theory and practice is helpful.<\/p>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1758\" height=\"1322\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-488\">\n\n<header><\/header><header><\/header>","rendered":"<div class=\"header_div\" id=\"header_div\">\n<div id=\"skip-navigation-div\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/06\/MERLOT-Banner-scaled.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2852\" height=\"112\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-483\" \/><\/div>\n<header>\n<p class=\"MERLOT_logo\"><span>MERLOT<\/span> is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community. All MERLOT materials, unlike the materials in other learning materials collections, are examined in various ways to ensure that they are useful for the MERLOT community. The Peer Review process is led by an Editor, and includes editorial board members and peer reviewers.<\/p>\n<p>This book was independently selected and reviewed by MERLOT. The original review can be accessed here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1356177\">https:\/\/www.merlot.org\/merlot\/viewCompositeReview.htm?id=1356177<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A shortened version of the review is reproduced here:<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-Stars-300x175.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-487 size-medium\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-Stars-300x175.png 300w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-Stars-65x38.png 65w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-Stars-225x131.png 225w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-Stars-350x204.png 350w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-Stars.png 652w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Reviewed<\/strong>: Jan 5, 2018 by Teacher Education<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Type of Material<\/strong>: Open (Access) Textbook<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Recommended Uses:\u00a0<\/strong>Course reading and class discussions, professional development and continuing education material<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Technical Requirements<\/strong>: Can be read online at https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/teachinginadigitalage\/ or downloaded as a PDF (requiring PDF reader software, which is freely available).<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Target Student Population<\/strong>: This book is appropriate for use by teacher educators, instructional designers, curriculum designers, practicing instructors, administration, those who support teachers, and those who are studying in the field of education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Identify Major Learning Goals:\u00a0<\/strong>The book examines the underlying principles that guide effective teaching in an age when everyone, and in particular the students we are teaching, are using technology. A framework and a set of guidelines are suggested for making decisions about your teaching, while understanding that every subject is different, and every teacher and instructor has something unique and special to bring to their teaching.<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"no-indent\"><strong>Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills<\/strong>: Familiarity with basic pedagogical theory and practice is helpful.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1758\" height=\"1322\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3.png 1758w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3-1536x1155.png 1536w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3-65x49.png 65w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3-225x169.png 225w, https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2025\/05\/MERLOT-all-3-350x263.png 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1758px) 100vw, 1758px\" \/><\/p>\n<header><\/header>\n<header><\/header>\n<div class=\"media-attributions clear\" prefix:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" prefix:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/\"><h2>Media Attributions<\/h2><ul><li >MERLOT Stars       <\/li><li >MERLOT all 3       <\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-489","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":479,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":490,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/489\/revisions\/490"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/479"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/489\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=489"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openstudio.pub\/teachinginadigitalagev3m\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}