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LEARNING RESOURCES
25 Tools
Available online and as a PDF
(Tutorial Pack)
25 Tools
is intended for learning professionals
who want to
broaden their horizons in terms of the range of tools available for learning - in a very practical way
- by getting to grips with 25 key FREE tools.
The tools have been taken from the Top 100 Tools for Learning and
are a mix of personal productivity
tools for managing your own personal learning as well as
authoring
tools for creating all kinds of learning and performance solutions.
Many of them are Web 2.0
tools that promote a social, collaborative, sharing approach to
learning.
Behind each of
the Tools is
a Mini-Tutorial
that comprises a
number of short tasks to help you find out how to use it as well as reflect on
its application for teaching, learning and for productivity and
performance support.
The online version contains links to
resources as well as embedded videos and presentations and reading lists.
Sample Activity
You can view and download a
sample activity (as a PDF).
Purchase
There is a small charge to access both online and PDF (70 page) versions: £10
Purchase NOW
Contents
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Web browser - Firefox
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Email tool - gMail/Google Mail
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Instant messenger - Skype
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Social bookmarking tool - Delicious
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RSS reader - Google Reader
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Real-time messaging tool
- Twitter
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Online Calendar - Google Calendar
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Office suite - Google Docs
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Mind mapping tool - FreeMind
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Start page tool - iGoogle
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Blogging tool - Wordpress
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Web authoring tool - Nvu
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Wiki tool - PBwiki.
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Photo hosting and sharing tool - Flickr
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Presentation hosting and sharing tool - Slideshare
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Video hosting and sharing tool - YouTube
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Collaborative presentation tool - Voicethread
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Podcasting tool - Audacity
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Screen capture/ casting tool - Jing
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Polling and survey tool - PollDaddy
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Web meeting tool - Yugma
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Live broadcasting tool - Ustream
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Social networking tool - Ning
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Course authoring tool - eXe
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Course management tool - Moodle
Community
The
(freely accessible)
25 Tools Community is available to
readers (and others)
to share
thoughts and experiences
with these and other free tools.
Reviews"Jane Hart is a great
eLearning professional because she pins down what is important and distributes
it to anyone who is interested".
Ignatia, 17 June
2008
Seb
Schmoller reviews the 25
Tools PD resource in his
Fortnightly Mailing,
13 April 2008
AlphaPlus Centre blog
in Toronto Canada
reviews the 25 Tools PD
resource, 13 April 2008
"I highly recommend going to the site and working through the activities for any
of the tools you are unfamiliar with .."
Computer Science
Teachers Association,
the Advocate, April
2008
"25 Tools
Professional Development Programme "is
one of many produced by
Jane Hart. Its an
interesting compilation
of 'free' tools' , many
of which you are
probably aware of. It's
a resource that's being
constantly updated. Well
worth exploring and
getting to grips with
some of these useful
tools. One of the nice
things about the site is
that it provides you
with some simple tasks
so you can get an idea
of what each tool does."
E-Learning Watch, 1
April 2008
Jenny
Lucas writes about the
25 Tools Professional
Development opportunity
in her blog,
Lucacept, 31 March
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