Alternative eLearning Tools

ACPET - Vic Government e-Learning Program 2013Alternative Delivery Tools

Intermediate Stream

Alternatives to an LMS

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WordPressBlogging System• Open or closed• Server or web application• Lots of plug ins• Can create social network using BuddyPress

http://wordpress.org/

WordPress

WordPress

WikiWebsite System• Allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a

web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.

• Users can comment on each page• Can track page changes• Can close wikis off to public• Many systems around (web, cloud, server)

http://www.wikispaces.com/

Wiki

Wiki

http://acpet12.wikispaces.com/

NingMember based social network site• Allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a

web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.

• Users can comment on each page• Can track page changes• Can close wikis off to public• Many systems around (web, cloud, server)• $

http://ning.com/

Ning

Google SitesGroup Website• Share posts• Share calendars in posts• Add shared Documents• Comments

http://sites.google.com

Google GroupsGroup social network• Share and reply to topics posted by members

http://sites.google.com

Google Groups

Flexible Learning Toolboxes

http://toolboxes.flexiblelearning.net.au/

Inside a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)

http://www.coursera.org

Using Linda

http://www.lynda.com

Communication and Facilitation Tools

YammerSocial Enterprise Tool• Text• Chat• File Sharing

https://www.yammer.com/

Yammer

Yammerhttps://www.yammer.com/acpetementor/

Big Blue ButtonOpen Source Webinar Tool• Text• Chat• Presentation• Recording when integrated with Moodle

http://www.bigbluebutton.org/

Big Blue Button

SkypeVoice over internet communication tool• Text and Voice Chat• Skype to Phone• Group calls• Application Sharing (pro)

http://www.skype.com

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Skype

TwitterMicro Blogging tool• 140 Characters• Followers, Groups, Hashtags• Myriad of apps and software for PC, Mac and Mobile• Twitter stream can be embedded across the web

http://www.twitter.com

@mickgwyther

Twitter

Google +Facebook style social media• You catergorise followers into Circles• Can hang out and chat with followers• Can comment and add to others posts

https://plus.google.com

Google +

Visual Tools for creating content

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Share video with YouTube or Vimeo channel

Why YouTube or Vimeo• Shift video bandwidth off your site/LMS• Avoids video player plug in issues• Works on most all devices• No cost• Doubles as marketing tool for your RTO• Embed easily into LMS/Website/Blog/Wiki

Share audio with Podomatic

Why Podomatic?• Shift audio bandwidth off your site/LMS• Works on most all devices• No cost• Embed easily into LMS/Website/Blog/Wiki

Share PowerPoints with Slideshare

VokiSimple Website Avatar creator• Create and customise characters• Add audio or text to speech• Embed into website, blog, Moodle etc.

http://www.voki.com/

Voki

PreziPresentation software• Cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new

world between whiteboards and slides.

http://prezi.com/

Go Animate

http://goanimate.com/

Prezi

Free sources of images and audio

Integrating images - sources

http://openclipart.org/ http://compfight.com

Creative Commons is a nonprofit that offers flexible copyright management tools for creative work.Offering your work under a Creative Commons license does not mean giving up your copyright. It means offering some of your rights to any taker, and only on certain conditions.

Creative Commons

Attribution - This applies to every Creative Commons work. Whenever a work is copied or redistributed under a Creative Commons license, credit must always be given to the creator.

Non commercial - Lets others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work — and derivative works based upon it — but for noncommercial purposes only.

No Derivative Works - Lets others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.

Share Alike - Allows others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

Creative Commons Licenses

http://youtu.be/1DKm96Ftfko

Creative Commons Licenses

Flickr Creative Commons – http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/ Open Source Music - http://www.opensourcemusic.com/ Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/

Yahoo Creative Commons Search Toolhttp://search.yahoo.com/cc

Designing and implementing eLearning with Creative Commons (Australian Flexible Learning Framework)http://designing.flexiblelearning.net.au/gallery/activities/creative_commons.htm

Creative Commons informationAustralia – http://creativecommons.org.au Creative Commons (Global) – http://creativecommons.org/

Creative Commons Links

Student Productivity Tools

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Google Suite - Student productivity• Mail• Calendar• Documents• Blogs (Blogger)• Reader• YouTube

http://mail.google.com

How to use an Android tablet

Google Suite

Google SitesGroup Website• Share posts• Share calendars in posts• Add shared Documents• Comments

https://sites.google.com/site/acpet2012/

http://sites.google.com

Feedly – RSS Reader

FeedlyFollow hundreds of blogs in one place• Subscribe to Blogs• Tag by topic• Share with others

http://www.feedly.com

Google DriveCreate and share documents• Create documents, spreadsheets & excel in the Cloud• Share and joint editing• Download in variety of formats• Embed into blogs, wikis, Moodle etc• Repository of files

https://docs.google.com

Google Drive

Google Drive

Social Bookmarks - DiigoCreate and share bookmarks• Social bookmarking, web annotation, collaborative

research services, • Capture a variety of data - screenshots, pictures, notes,

etc• Share on mobile, read sites offline

http://www.diigo.com

Diigo

Social Bookmarks - DiigoCreate and share bookmarks• Social bookmarking, web annotation, collaborative

research services, • Capture a variety of data - screenshots, pictures, notes,

etc• Share on mobile, read sites offline

http://www.diigo.com

Microsoft SkyDrive

https://skydrive.live.com

Document sharing and cloud creation • Scaled down versions of Office Software apps• Create in the Cloud• Software for PC, Map, Mobile Devices• File storage similar to DropBox

Microsoft SkyDrive

Microsoft SkyDrive

MindmapsTools for organising and representing knowledge and relationships graphically•to generate ideas (eg brainstorming)•to design a complex structure (eg complicated texts, large web sites)•to communicate complex ideas•to aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge

Mindmaps

https://bubbl.us/

Mindmesiter

http://www.mindmeister.com

Cloud Storage

http:/www.dropbox.com/

Resources – Top 100 tools

http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/

Resources – Cool Tools for Schools

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/