Directory of over 2,400 E-Learning Tools

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This Directory contains over 2,400 tools for learning in two main sections:

for creating, delivering and managing learning and performance support solutions
for managing your own learning and productivity, for sharing resources, as well as group collaboration (also includes some enterprise tools)

The tools in this Directory are both freeware/open source and commercial.

CATEGORY OF TOOL	ALL TOOLS	FREE TOOLS	NOT FREE TOOLS
CATEGORY OF TOOL	2,422	1,772	732
Tools for creating, delivering and managing learning and performance support solutions
Blogging tools	77	88	11
Broadcasting tools	8	8	0
Charting tools	2	2	0
Chat and shoutbox tools	57	37	21
Content management tools	28	25	6
Course authoring tools	80	17	65
Course & Learning (Content) Management System	131	46	92
Discussion forum (text and voice) tools	16	13	3
Document, spreadsheet & database tools	83	63	24
E-Book tools	26	14	12
EPSS and Help Desk tools	7	0	7
Gradebook tools	6	1	5
Interactivity tools	32	18	15
Study Pack creators	1	1	0
Learning games and simulation tools	17	5	14
Media creation and editing tools (for graphics, images, audio, video)	91	69	24
Mobile learning authoring tools	9	8	7

PDF converters and editors	34	22	13
Podcasting tools	70	45	26
Polling and survey tools	57	41	25
Presentation tools	84	29	56
Presentation hosting and sharing tools	30	27	5
Quizzing and testing tools	47	23	26
RSS Feed tools	32	30	4
Screen capture, screencasting and software demo tools	58	24	34
Social networking tools	53	31	22
Story-telling/Comic strip/Screenwriting tools	6	6	0
Virtual world tools	34	22	12
Web authoring tools (and HTML editors)	61	42	20
Web conferencing (and screen sharing) tools	72	31	46
Widgets and accessories for web and blog pages	80	74	6
Wiki tools	59	49	13

Tools for managing your own learning and productivity, for sharing resources, as well as group collaboration (also includes some enterprise tools)
Browsers, Extensions, Toolbars and Players	93	89	4
Calculators	13	12	1
Calendars, Event & Meeting Scheduling	37	32	5
Desktops (Online and Shared) & Remote Access Tools	12	11	2
Email, SMS, Voice & Video Messaging tools	71	54	18
File hosting/sharing tools (for documents, photos, audio)	78	75	7
Instant Messaging, Voice and Video Call tools	83	70	13
Mapping tools	10	9	1
Microblogging/Real-time messaging tools	18	18	0
Mind mapping and brainstorming tools	29	18	12
Mobile device tools (for phones, iPods, PDAs. etc)	48	46	2
Note Taking/Sharing and Whiteboard tools	57	54	5
PDF readers	4	3	1
Personal Information Managers / GTD Organisers	61	49	14
Personal Productivity tools	108	87	24
(Re)search tools	40	39	1
RSS/Feed readers & Alerts	60	56	5
Social Bookmarking tools	82	80	3
Social Networks	25	25	0
Start Pages	33	33	0
Team, Group, Collaboration and other Sharing tools	95	56	47
Video tools, hosting and sharing sites	42	42	0