Category: e-learning
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Technology and Tools
Another year ahead and many of you will be asked to design a particular elearning training solution and be a little lost on what tool to use. Here is a good list of just some of tools available and what they do. For some this will be a reminder, for others it may introduce you…
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Cloud Computing
I hope you have heard about the title of this post – cloud computing. Many find this concept difficult to understand and I have often attempted to explain it to trainers and educators unsatisfactorily. Below is a complicated video featuring cloud computing and Stephen Fry. He does a good job explaining it and why it…
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Christmas Online Learning
Another online learning site. Some of it free and some you pay for – but not much. Worth a look and maybe during your Christmas break you could learn something that you have always been interested in. Maybe you want to teach online. Find the website here: Curious.com
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Educational Videos
Many people are critical of the big list posts. Maybe I am too, especially when they have very little value. With that in mind here is a link to a post from informED about 197 educational videos. Wow – how many? I do not have the time to look at this now but I am…
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Games and Brains
An old colleague of mine – Dean Groom writes a very interesting blog on gaming and education and he might like this article (sure he has already seen it). It is basically about how video gaming can increase brain size. Read it here via Lifehacker. Maybe parents don’t need to be concerned about gaming.
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The end of iGoogle
Some of you will be aware that iGoogle was turned off recently which I was quite unhappy about. It was a great webpage to have as a home page and it allowed me to quickly find information and links to things I like to look at regularly. I am not sure what you use as…
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E-Learning Tools
For all of those people interested in or who do some elearning design have a read of the article below. I have used Captivate, Qarbon and Articulate and I knew that there were some other tools out there but here is a list of authoring tools I didn’t know existed that are worth exploring when…
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More Online Courses
Another contender to the open online university market. They do look good and in December I might try a program or two from here. Check it out and let me know what you think. See INVERSITY here
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Open Online Learning
Just one of many recent videos on the brave new world of online learning. It is only 10 minutes but it does provide some good examples and might just get you to start thinking about where it may all be heading in regard to education.
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E Learning Tools
Many teachers and trainers have a break coming up soon and hence maybe some spare time. Check out this list of 100 elearning tools provided by the elearning coach. Try some of them out and report back here on their usefulness. Good self development activity for an afternoon. http://theelearningcoach.com/elearning2-0/100-elearning-freebies/