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TOP 10 TOOLS 2009
Judy Baker
Judy
Baker (@educ8ter) is
currently Dean of
Foothill Global Access at
Foothill College
in Los Altos, CA. Also,
she administers the
Community College
Consortium for
Open
Educational Resources
and the
Community College Open
Textbook Collaborative.
Judy's Top 10 Tools as at
12 October 2009
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Wordpress - I
use this to host my
blog and find it
very durable.
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Twitter - I use
this almost daily to
microblog about
useful links, news,
and events related
open educational
resources.
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Edublogs - I use
this tool as a way
for our college
students to post
ePortfolios for
free.
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Ning - Easy to
use and free social
networking service
that is versatile.
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Connexions -
Provides an
repository for open
licensed educational
content with a tool
that allows for
sharing and
remixing. Also
provides Lens for
organizations to
indicate content
that have met their
vetting processes.
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Orange Grove Text
Plus - I send
educators directly
to this new
repository of open
textbooks to save
them time.
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MERLOT - Not
only does this
learning objects
repository provide
an ideal starting
point when trying to
track down learning
materials, it has a
recommender system
and a way to share
favorites (called
Collections).
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OER Commons - I
often refer
educators who are
new to open
educational
resources to this
comprehensive set of
tools (search
engine, networking).
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Folksemantic
I use this searching
tool whenever I need
to find open
learning content,
particularly open
courseware, on a
particular topic,.
It was developed by
the Center for Open
and Sustainable
Learning with
funding from the
National Science
Foundation and the
Andrew W Mellon
Foundation.
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Elluminate - I
use this tool to
present quarterly
webinars. Community
colleges in
California are
eligible to use
CCC Confer to
use Elluminate for
free. Can’t beat the
price!
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