Resource Development Tools

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Workshop Resources from New Practices Projects

Fantastic resource for our team as we work with teachers! from the Australian Flexible Learning Framework… In 2006 some of the past New Practices in Flexible Learning project teams developed workshop resources for their projects. These workshops are now…

Podcasting from Uni of Wisconsin

engage - transforming teaching and learning through technology For educational purposes, a podcast could be: * course audio files, e.g. bird calls or heart sounds * mini lessons with audio and visuals, eg., glossaries with sound and images, slides with…

Different Voices, Different Spaces

link to website “Different Voices, Different Spaces is a collection of resources that features a ‘good practice’ model applied to voice technologies in teaching and learning within a range of adult education and vocational training settings. This collection…

Rethinking research and resources

link to website from Dave Warlick : “Rather than getting their content exclusively from a packaged information product, designed to make learning slick and easy, students are asked to visit a variety of information sources, that, hopefully, do not agree on…

Free Icons

link to website from Kirk Montgomery, a list of sites that offer icons issued under a mix of Creative Commons (CC) license, General Public License (GPL), and the Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

ENGAGEME

link to website This website has been developed by and includes lots of short and useful PD resources on the following topics:

7 Things you should know about Screencasting

link to pdf From Educause “A screencast is a screen capture of the actions on a user’s computer screen, typically with accompanying audio, distributed through RSS. In the same way that a screenshot is a static representation of a computer screen at a point…

Odeo: Record and Share Audio

link to website Hadn’t blogged this before. The short online audio editor could be a handy tool for working with teachers. “You can subscribe to podcasts, tag ‘em, but more– you can record directly into a Flash tool a short audio (3 minutes), and you can…

The Technology Source Archives

link to website Published from 1997 to 2003, The Technology Source (ISSN 1532-0030) was a peer-reviewed bimonthly periodical whose purpose was to provide thoughtful, illuminating articles that would assist educators as they face the challenge of integrating…

Right Ways and Wrong Ways of Podcasting in Education

link to website both an article and podcast providing some guidelines on podcasting in education, quite a bit of commonsense, and would provide a good summary for beginners in this area. Conversation between Susan Smith Nash and Rob Reynolds of Xplanazine .

Five Steps to Designing Podcasts that Teach

link to website A short ‘howto’ guide to podcasting from the University of Wisconsin, including some advice which hits the mark to my mind… # Instead, talk as if you were speaking with a student sitting right in front of you in your office. # Express your…

Life of a Feedbook (fiction thus far)

I’ve taken the idea of a feedbook, tested out various ways of implementing one in my context and come up with a working version . I came across the idea of a feedbook from Dave Cormier and it has also been influenced by various ideas from Leigh Blackall (…

MyGlu - alternative to SuprGlu

link to website from Stephen Downes: “MyGlu solves all that. Using code from Edu_RSS (which was way ahead of SuprGlu in this sort of thing, in case people have forgotten), MyGlu allows you to define your own list of feeds (including your own del.icio.us…

Using Online Resources for Active Learning

X4L Staff Development Resources from FERL this website includes the plans for what looks to be a solid workshop on social bookmarking and how that can be used with students. I think if I am to entice some use of the feedbook concept, presentations of this…

further Feedbookery

I’ve put together my thoughts about the feedbook here [click thumbnail for larger image] UPDATE: A semi-working example is at this location . This version uses css for layout and suprglu to make the mixed feed on the left hand side. It’s more complex in the…

Comic Generator

StripGenerator Gallery Flash Based Comic Strip Generator an alternative to Gnomz

A Checklist of Questions for Evaluating Web Sites

ITS Center for Instructional Technology from the University of North Carolina… a useful checklist for teachers preparing lists for students of relevant websites. “* Who is the author/source? * What are the author’s reputation and qualifications in the…

Elgg

link to website I can see Elgg being a really useful tool for someone wanting to start a community site, or where online presences persist beyond the boundaries of a course. This could be great alternative to trying to use a LMS as a community tool, given…

Streaming Video

linkt o website New Territory: Adding Video to Online Learning Offerings By Ed Mayberry (Learning Circuits) “Here are key questions to ask when using of streaming video for online learning. Streaming video can be an effective component of online delivery. If…

Gnomz and DFilm

link to website from Leigh Blackall two tools - one to make movies and one to make comics.

powerpoint for online resources development

link to website this looks like the start of an ongoing series.. “Creating an Inexpensive PowerPoint Online Module”

Swish - alternative to Flash

link to website “SWiSHvideo lets you convert your video files into streaming Flash files. Now you can easily display your videos on the web complete with play controls and playback” Also includes SwishMax for interactive flash, Swish pix for Flash based…

Learning Lab UK

link to website Learning Lab UK has been set up to provide a centre of excellence to support all those involved in the design, development and use of learning technologies. tagline: where technology enables knowledge

Audacity Tutorials

Audacity Tutorials * http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials * http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/documentation * http://www.transom.org/tools/editing_mixing/200404.audacity.html * http://audacityteam.org/wiki/ Also of interest: *…

Why podcasting?

link to website from Albert Ip Links to articles about Podcasting Derek Morrison has a series of posts on “Recording online audio interactions - the easy way?” Part 1, part 2 and part 3. Amy Gahran has a post on How to Receive and Listen to Podcasts. Now, we…

Creating Digital Video with Windows Movie Maker

link to website Created as part of a LearnScope Project at Swinburne.

podcasting resources

Podcasting Tools for when my ipod shuffle arrives!

Frontpage 2000 tutorial

FrontPage 2000 Tutorial REALLY CUTE Frontpage tutorial

Elearning Eclectic

e-Learning Eclectic Welcome to e-Learning Eclectic News! e-Learning Eclectic is a news site dedicated to the subject of computer-based systems that facilitate learning. Whether it’s synchronous, asynchronous, self-paced, EPSS, KM, m-learning, workflow…

Software Tools

link to website Overview New software programs make life much easier for developers and facilitators of online learning! Interactive exercises, testing, collaboration, and content development are greatly simplified. What used to take days/weeks can now often…

Teaching educators about free software

link to website By: Robin ‘Roblimo’ Miller “…One big barrier I foresee in teaching teachers — and school and school district administrators — about free software is their natural reluctance to teach students to use software that isn’t “mainstream….”

image resizing

Paint Shop Pro Resizing Images Tutorial Resizing Images Resizing an image while retaining its quality is one of the most complicated tasks facing digital artists. Paint Shop Pro makes resizing images a quick and painless process. Here we’ll go through some…

FERL- UK

Ferl: What is Ferl? “Ferl is an information service for all staff working within the Post Compulsory Education sector. It aims to support individuals and organisations in making effective use of ILT (Information Learning Technologies). Ferl does this through…

Everyone Online

Access & Equity “Welcome to Everyone Online, the Access and Equity in e-learning online tutorial. This tutorial has been designed to show managers and practitioners some simple techniques they can use to design and develop accessible e-learning products. It…

OpenOffice.org Resource Kit

From slashdot 17/07/03 here “With a stable 1.0 release and spectacular cross-platform functionality, it’s finally time to seriously consider putting this software to work in your company. Whether you are completely new to OpenOffice.org or just moving from…