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The Khan Academy

28th January, 2011
The Khan Academy

The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. It boasts over 1800 videos  covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance. The videos have all been been recorded by the one man – Salman Khan. His approach...
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Online Distance Learning: whose future?

20th January, 2011

A good listen. A podcast from JISC on the current status and value of online learning. It’s looking at Higher Education in the UK in particular. One finding is that universities use online learning for a very narrow range of subjects, avoiding humanities in particular. Take a listen:  JISC Blog Tweet
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ScotFEICT – It’s Alive!

21st August, 2010
ScotFEICT - Online LEarning Centre of Curiosity

Yup, I’m reviving ScotFEICT. The technology behind it makes it a cinch to edit and maintain (bless you WordPress 3.) It’s still a work in progress, of course, but it’s a good exercise. To find out more, contact me. -Noel Chidwick, scotfeict@newcurioshop.com Tweet
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Learn 4 Life

23rd May, 2010
learn4life

Learn 4 Life is a blog run by a Leon Cych, former editor of ICT in Education for Naaace. It’s focused on schools, as far as I can tell, with an emphasis and interest in video and virtual worlds (eg Second Life) in education. Tweet
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Web 2.0 Tools for EFL ESL Teachers

23rd January, 2010
nik

This is a handy posting and resource featuring some valuable tools. It also takes a look at the definition of Web 2.0 – it’s a useful shorthand for making more use of the Web. via Nik’s Quick Shout: Web 2.0 Tools for EFL ESL Teachers. Tweet
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Free Flash Website Builder at Wix.com

16th December, 2009
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Impress your students. WIX helps you build colourful web site for your learning resources. Sometimes its useful to be able to have a web site over which you have full control, and there’s no need to have to negotiate the nest if IT staff who are hell bent on preventing you use the Internet...
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LearnCentral

15th December, 2009
LearnCentral

California’s Free Digitial Textbook Initiative, hosted by the California Learning Resource Network, has announced the first 10 free digital textbooks to be used in California classrooms. via LearnCentral. Tweet
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WiZiQ Online Teaching and E-Learning with Web Conferencing

15th December, 2009
WiZiQ Online Teaching and E-Learning with Web Conferencing

Here’s another  online classroom tool, the kind that encourages to create an online course and fill it with stuff. This one looks pretty powerful, and its free offering seems not be be too stunted. However, it’s not really until you pay for membership that you can really make use of it admin and payment...
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DigitalChalk Online Training Software

14th December, 2009
DigitalChalk Online Training Software

This looks to be an interesting idea. You create your online course, and Digital Chalk manage the administration, taking a percentage of the student fee. Digital Chalk also charge for setup, although there is a free setup option with limited features. The only demo of a course I could see on my brief visit...
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Learnforever Blog

12th December, 2009
Learnforever Blog

The learnforever blog is a collection of musings on learning by Kenneth Fee, former Director of the eLearning Alliance in Scotland. Kenneth is writing a book which he describes as a “a compendium of tools and techniques for learning and development.” He’s looking for suggestions and ideas, so if you can hep him pop along...
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