eLearning Tools links

e-Learning and Web 2.0 Teaching and Learning tools

Please find listed below a number of ILT pedagogical tools that you may want to explore. Most are free applications that can be found on the internet and are commonly known as Web 2.0 platforms.

They have been organised into seven types:

1. Research/Study Tools
2. Social Internet /Collaborative Tools
3. Presentation Tools
4. Edu Apps
5. Voice and Sound Tools
6. Interactive Tools
7. Online Courses

1- Research/Study tools

· Compfight http://compfight.com/
· Evernote http://www.evernote.com/
· Freemind http://sourceforge.net/projects/freemind/
· MindGenius http://www.mindgenius.com/download.aspx  (30days free download only)
· Xmind http://www.xmind.net/


2- Social Internet /Collaborative tools

· Etherpad http://etherpad.com/
· Wikis (on Moodle or http://www.wikispaces.com/)
· Google docs https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&nui=1&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F<mpl=homepage&rm=false
· Blogs on Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start
· Blogs on Vox (easier multimedia uploads) http://www.vox.com/
· Facebook http://www.facebook.com/
· Twitter http://twitter.com/
· Delicious http://delicious.com/
· MySpace http://www.myspace.com/
· Friendfeed http://friendfeed.com/
· Textwalls http://textwall.co.uk/

3- Presentation Tools

· Flickr http://www.flickr.com/
· Youtube http://www.youtube.com/
· Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/
· Slidr http://flickrslidr.com/
· Overstream http://www.overstream.net/index.php
· teacherTube http://teachertube.com/
· VUVOX Collage http://www.vuvox.com/collage
- Prezi http://prezi.com/

4- Edu Apps http://eduapps.org/  

It is an initiative developed by the JISC Regional Support Centre Scotland North & East and consists of four different collections of incredibly useful software:

AccessApps provides a range of solutions to support writing, reading and planning, as well as sensory, cognitive and physical difficulties.

TeachApps is a collection of software specifically designed for teachers or lecturers.
LearnApps , as its name implies, is specifically designed for learners. All learners or students can benefit from LearnApps.
MyStudyBar is our new kid on the block, providing a suite of apps to support literacy.

5- Voice and sound Tools

· Ipadio http://www.ipadio.com/login.asp
· Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

6- Interactive Tools
· Moodle e-Assessment tool
· Moodle quizzes
· Hot Potatoes ( available from Moodle or you can dowload a plug in from http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ )
· Classtools http://classtools.net/ - http://teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=78798&title=Classtools_net
· Quia Educational Games http://www.quia.com/web
· Quizlet http://quizlet.com/
· Personal Educational Press http://www.educationalpress.org/
· Games with Luminosity http://www.lumosity.com/
· Games with Google http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/game/dragger/
· Discovery Education ( Puzzle Maker) http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
· Eclipse Crossword (Make Crosswords) http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/
· Sandfields game ideas http://www.sandfields.co.uk/games/

7- Online course
· My udutu http://udutu.com/
· Moodle http://learn.efc.ac.uk/
· Xerte http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/index.htm