Moodle is an Airport, Not a Total Solution!

No, it is not an Airport! It is more like a space station! If you ask a true learning professional, he or she will probably articulate Moodle as a virtual learning environment (VLE), or course management system (CMS), or worst case a learning management system (LMS). Whatever Moodle is, in this post Moodle is an [...]

Is Boltelicious Keyboard Skills Required To Facilitate Online Effectively?

Can you eat chicken nuggets a few hours before a 100 meters sprint race, and smash the world record with ease?
If you are Usain Bolt, YES YOU CAN! Although, I have never been thrilled about eating chicken nuggets, I somehow feel like eating some right now. Since he went to McDonalds, I suppose… Nope… I [...]

2 Juicy Ways to Insert YouTube Videos into PowerPoint

RealPlayer
YouTube Video Wizard
Format Factory

Today we basically have FREE access to millions (if not billions) of videos on the Internet (my personal favorites!), and surely among them you are going to find some mind stimulating videos that you would like to infuse into your face-to-face learning sessions (like this amazingly funny video: Learning English Pronunciation).
Now, [...]

Malaysian Sharein Tickles Real Potential!

Sharein

“The goal is convenience, to make it easy for the user…It’s not a power tool, but for the average user who wants to share.”- Colin Wong (CEO, Sharein)
SHAREIN?Sharein is an easy-to-learn/use tool that allows you to bookmark, rate, share, and discuss your internet discoveries with your friends in an efficient manner. You can share your [...]

Text-to-Speech to Enjoying Traffic Jams!

Do you experience traffic jams? YES!Do you curse at other ‘Monkey’ drivers? YES!Do you feel like beating the ‘Beep’ out of them? YES!Do you listen to the radio hoping for the right song? YES!Do you spend more than 1 hour traveling on the road every day? YES!Do you feel that you are wasting your time? [...]

Using e-Learning To Facilitate 21st Century Learning

Slideshare version
Thinking Back to The Future

MY TALK
I was invited by the Ministry of Health (Training Division) to give a two hour lecture during a 2-day Tutor Seminar at the Hotel City Bayview, Penang. There were 165 participants (17 males only!). This seminar’s theme was ‘TRAINING EXCELLENCE‘, and it explored e-learning, student assessment, self-assessment, self-motivation, [...]

Use Google Translator To Translate OER Into 47 Languages!

Google Translator Toolkit
Demo Video
Via Joseph Hart

“…Of course translation services are vital components to facilitate the world-wide sharing of educational resources. ” – Joseph HartWHAT?“Google Translator Toolkit is part of Google’s effort to make information universally accessible through translation. Google Translator Toolkit helps translators translate better and more quickly through one shared, innovative translation technology.
Here’s what [...]

Plagiarism? Turnitin with Plagium Instead!

Plagium
Via Jane Hart

PLAGIUM?
“Plagium is an innovative, fast, and easy-to-use means to check text against possible plagiarism or possible sources of origination. Simply enter text that you would like to analyze into the text box and let Plagium do the rest of the work. You can also check the contents of an entered URL for [...]

What Are Your Favorite Twitter Applications?

Starting Point – Jane’s Twitter Applications List

THINKING
There are more than a 150 3rd party applications that work with Twitter that could be useful for teaching and learning (at least according to Jane’s master list). However, how many of us have the time to explore all, or figure out which one is appropriate and useful [...]

A Yummy Free Online PDF to Word Converter

PDF2Word Online
Via CLC Online

The PDF-to-Word conversion occurs directly on the site and can be saved to a location of your choosing. You don’t need to provide your email address. The Word document will be ready immediately after the conversion is done.
Cool! However, I am sure there are several other interesting FREE PDF-to-Word converters out there.
Indeed [...]