Posted in learning skills, podcasts on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Link to Free Tony Buzan Videos & Articles
TONY BUZAN?Some interesting facts about Tony Buzan (Source):
Inventor of Mind Maps®, the thinking tool described as ‘the Swiss army knife of the brain’, now used by over 250 million people worldwide.
The world’s leading author on the brain and learning (over 100 authored and co-authored books to date, [...]
Posted in Fun, OER/FREE, Papers, learning tools, teaching and learning, videos on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Link to SciVee & Overview of SciVee (Video)
Via Tom Hanson through e-mail (Editor – Openeducation.Net)
SciVee?SciVee is an online science research sharing portal that invites scientists to make their research known by combining their published scientific article with a corresponding video into an online presentation called a “SciVee pubcast.”
FEATURES & BENEFITS?
“Pubcasts enable scientists who view [...]
Posted in instructional design, learning skills on February 22, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Link to 10 Principles Of Effective Web Design
“(Web) Users:
Appreciate quality and credibility!
Don’t read, they scan!
Are impatient and insist on instant gratification!
Don’t make optimal choices.
Follow their intuition.
Want to have control (Source).”
No wonder SCORM does not appeal to learners (and educators) (above 5 years old)! Below 5 years old? Only because they [...]
Posted in OER/FREE, instructional design on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Link to 60+ OCW Collections for Web Designers
Via Stephen Carson
2ND GENERATION OCW COLLECTIONS?Stephen Carson (in his super OpenFiction blog!) talks about a 2nd generation type of OCW (OpenCourseWare) collection, which assembles a list of courses from various university OCWs into a curriculum. And then he shares with us a great example…
OCW COLLECTION FOR WEB [...]
Posted in OER/FREE, videos on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Link to Friedman’s Keynote Address (MIT Milestone Celebration)
More MIT Milestone Celebration Videos (2007)
MIT World – ‘The World is Flat’ Video (2005)
Thomas Friedman’s Homepage
THE WORLD IS FLAT 3.0?“The World Is Flat 3.0 is Thomas L. Friedman’s account of the great changes taking place in our time, as lightning-swift advances in technology and communications put [...]
Posted in OER/FREE on February 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Link to More than 100 Free Places to Learn Online
Jeff Cobb’s Juicy Resources
“… There is so much available out there for free—even things that offer credit—and given how easy it is for non-technical subject matter experts to contribute content, it will only keep growing. Quality is all over the place right now, but I suspect [...]
Posted in OER/FREE, learning tools on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Link to FreeScreencast
Via Jane Knight
RECORD your screen, UPLOAD, and SHARE online with ease!
HOW?
Step 1Download and install the free screencast recording software. Record and save a ready to go flash file to your computer or online:
Step 2 Create an account to share your screencast with the world. Free hosting of your screencast. Publish to the [...]
Posted in e-learning, instructional design, teaching and learning on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Link to ‘eLearning …..? I’ve had E-Nough!!’ Blog
Related Post – Technogogy
NEW BLOG?“I can’t stand it anymore .. I have to do this. Call me what you like .. but looks like I have to jump on the bandwagon as well … so here goes another blog about e-learning ..my version, of course… Sometimes I find [...]
Posted in OER/FREE, learning tools on February 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Related Posts – Edu2.0 & LectureShare
Can We Host and Facilitate Our Courses Online For Free?
Are there any FREE Course/Learning Management Systems (C/LMS) out there that require no financial hardware, software and hosting investments? In other words, are the any free hosted C/LMS that we can explore and perhaps use?
FREE HOSTED C/LMS?Here are a few [...]
