College Educators

As a College Educator, use this comprehensive collection of high-quality resources for creating online course content. Search for MnSCU and U of M online courses and programs. Learn about student services and Adult Basic Education (ABE). Obtain college, career, and financial aid planning resources. Identify library data bases that your students can use to do homework, improve studies, and complete a quick review of subjects. Incorporate interactive tools and widgets, simulations, learning objects, video, audio and online textbooks in your curriculum. View professional development information. Use eFolioMinnesota to create and maintain your professional electronic portfolio.

Minnesota Online Non-Credit Courses
Select 'non-credit' pulldown menu to find non-credit online courses offered through the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

Newest Professions, Growing Salaries
Article on 12 jobs that didn't exist until recently.

Yellow Ribbon Resource
Minnesota Department of Education's resource page for military children, families, and educators.

Independent and Distance Education - University of Minnesota
Online and distance courses in many subjects for degree completion from the University of Minnesota.

Special Education - Minnesota Department of Education
Website section devoted to Special Education topics from the Minnesota Department of Education

MnLink Gateway
A gateway to Minnesota's libraries.

SlideSix
SlideSix is multimedia enabled presentation sharing. We empower users to create a unique and powerful impression by giving them a rich web based application where they can import presentation material and personalize their message by narrating each slide with video or audi

University of Minnesota - Extension educational opportunities and e-learning
Find Extension workshops, conferences, short courses, and educational offerings.

U of M portfolio
ePortfolio is a secure Web site at the University of Minnesota (U of M) for entering, saving, organizing, viewing, and selectively sharing your personal, professional, and educational records.

Minnesota Programs of Study
A program of study resource for Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Perkins IV consortia as they design, develop, and implement programs of study.

College of Continuing Education, University of Minnesota
How to get started, take a course or attend an event, earn a degree ot certificate or (for companies) partner with the college.

University of Minnesota - Application for Admission
Online application or PDF application for freshman, transfer or international undergraduate students.

eFolioMinnesota
eFolio Minnesota is a multimedia electronic portfolio for to all Minnesota residents, including students enrolled in Minnesota schools, educators and others to create a living showcase of education, career and personal achievements.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Application for Admission
Online application or PDF application and contact information for application.

UNITE Distributed Learning - University of Minnesota
UNITE provides continuing educational opportunities for engineering and science professionals through distance education.

MNKnows
MNKnows is a public portal to Minnesota online library services. Features include the Electronic Library of Minnesota (ELM), statewide library catalogs, Research Project Calculator, digital photographs and documents, and access to live reference assistance.

Distance Learning Calculator
Calculating the costs and benefits of distance learning (courtesy Minnesota Online).

Center for Adult Learning - University of Minnesota, Crookston
The Center for Adult Learning (CAL) at the University of Minnesota , Crookston provides high quality educational services for nontraditional or continuing students, community organizations, and professionals already in the workforce.

AskMN
An online service for information and research help available to all Minnesota residents and students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. AskMN is a cooperative service of Minnesota libraries.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Dislocated Worker Information
The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System offers a service for employers who seek training for dislocated workers or who are interested in hiring a group of dislocated workers trained in a specific skill area.

ISEEK
ISEEK.org search for online courses from Minnesota's K-12 public schools

GPS LifePlan
The GPS LifePlan helps students set goals and design plans that will lead them to the success they desire.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Customized Training Services
Customized training development services from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

Minnesota Online Corporate Services
The Corporate Services of Minnesota Online provides access to the trusted expertise of our 32 colleges and universities, delivering the kind of breadth and depth of training services required by Minnesota businesses.

Workforce Education Fact Sheets
Fact sheets published by the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, including Centers of Excellence, Veterans Services and Workforce Development.

Academic Earth
Academic Earth is a user-friendly educational portal that gives internet users the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world's leading scholars. Participating universities include MIT, Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Princeton, UCLA and Berkley.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities - Centers of Excellence
The Centers of Excellence offer state-of-the-art programs, practical research and connections with K-12 schools and business and industry to help local economies thrive and position Minnesota for a strong future.

University of Minnesota - Academic and Corporate Relations Center
The Academic and Corporate Relations Center(ACRC) has a mission to enhance the ability of the world-wide business community to connect and collaborate with the University of Minnesota's rich lodes of expertise, technology, and talent.

Atomic Learning
Atomic Learning provides web-based software training for more than 110 applications students and educators use everyday.

University of Minnesota - Continuing Education Opportunities
High-quality, comprehensive, and convenient continuing education opportunities available at the University of Minnesota.

University of Minnesota, Crookston - ESL
The ESL program at the University of Minnesota , Crookston (UMC) is a pre-collegiate English program providing English language instruction and related support services to foreign students who are both qualified for and have a desire to study undergraduate classes at UMC.

iCue
iCue provides access to thousands of current and historic videos and other resources incorporated into fun games and activities. iCue users can connect with a community of friends and fellow learners for support, sharing, and discussion through the iCue Friends Network and Discussion Forums.

Virtual Academic Integrity Laboratory
A resource for academic integrity in the 21st century classroom - for students and for teachers/administrators. Promote academic honesty, reduce plagiarism and cheating.

MnPALS Plus
This is an application that makes it easy for students, faculty and public to search library holdings in the Minnesota PALS consortium.

Pachyderm PachyForge user community
PachyForge is a new, community owned and operated Web site designed to improve communications and promote growth within the Pachyderm open source community.  The site is intended serve both Pachyderm developers and end-users in sharing ideas and supporting one another.

University of Minnesota - Graduation Planner
University of Minnesota Graduation Planner (requires login)

Free and open textbooks
This new Web site brings together information on free and open textbooks and course materials in one location. Though the Web site was designed for California's community-college faculty members, it could be a useful resource for anyone trying to find learning materials in the public domain.

MERLOT Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching
MERLOT is a leading edge, user-centered, searchable collection of peer reviewed and selected higher education, online learning materials, catalogued by registered members and a set of faculty development support services.

Connexions
Connexions is a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute: authors create & collaborate, instructors build & share collections, and learners find & explore content.

Study Guides and Strategies
Since 1996 the Study Guides and Strategies web site has been researched, authored, maintained and supported by Joe Landsberger as an international, learner-centric, educational public service.

Minnesota Online Support Center
Phone, web, email, and chat support services for those interested in online education from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.

Electronic Library for Minnesota (ELM)
Search ELM for magazine, newspaper, and journal articles, eBooks, and information from reference sources - available to Minnesota residents at no charge!

LOREC Learning Object Repository Education Consortium
LOREC is a Minnesota State Colleges and Universities collaborative with Minnesota K-12, and the University of Minnesota. This is a K-20 project focused on dialogue and developing a framework support online learning through the use of shared learning objects.

The Orange Grove
Orange Grove Text Plus (OGT+) is a joint initiative of the University Press of Florida and The Orange Grove, Florida's Digital Repository. The goal of this partnership is to reduce the cost of books to students by offering texts that are affordable, accessible, and adaptable to reader preferences.

UMCOnline
UMCOnline is the University of Minnesota Crookston (UMC) Moodle course management system. Available courses are listed.

Le Mill
Web community for finding, authoring and sharing open educational resources; offered in a variety of languages.

Ask Minnesota
Online reference help from librarians.

Digital Media Center
The Digital Media Center advances the thoughtful application of digital technologies by faculty, staff, and students through research, design, training, professional development, consultation, and evaluation services.

Curriki (curriculum wiki)
Curriki is a community of educators, learners and committed education experts who are working together to create quality materials that will benefit teachers and students around the world

Wikibooks
Wikibooks is a Wikimedia community for creating a free library of educational textbooks that anyone can edit. Subjects include: natural and social sciences, computing, business, humanities, etc.

Northern Lights GigaPoP Internet2
Northern Lights GigaPoP is an advanced regional networking initiative operated by the University of Minnesota. The mission of Northern Lights is the deployment of emerging applications and technologies to provide high performance networking for the research and education community.

OpenCourseWare Consortium
OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses; a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model.

ResearchChannel
ResearchChannel was founded by a consortium of leading research and academic institutions to share the valuable work of their researchers with the public.

Educause - 7 Things You Should Know About
The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About... series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices.

Accessibility guidelines and tools
A site dedicated to achieving media access equality for people with disabilities. To expand access to present and future media for people with disabilities; to explore how existing access technologies may benefit other populations.

Nixty
Nixty is a web site that allows any user to take and create courses for free. The new learning platform has over 200 course offerings from open-source content already available online. The course-management system includes grade book, testing, and discussion boards.

National Center on Accessible Instructional Materials
Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM) are specialized formats of curricular content that can be used by and with print-disabled learners. The National Center develops and maintains the standards for print disabilities.