Education without complication. ‘Most teachers are familiar with the concept of social networking sites, but what can online networks offer professional development? A paper from the MirandaNet Fellowship, a diverse body of education, government and industry figures, uses the fellowship’s own e-community to examine what online learning looks like in a professional organisation. Braided Learning: [...]
June 2007
ProProfs Flashcards. ProProfs Flashcards is a free, community-oriented service aimed at providing students and educators with ability to study, find and export flashcards by either selecting from exhaustive library covering a wide variety of subjects or by creating their own. Part of the appeal of ProProfs Flashcards to students is the extensive collection of existing [...]
Web 2.0 Backpack: Web Apps for Students. ‘When I was in college most of the tools in this round up didn’t exist. It was truly the dark ages of education! Well, okay, it was a just a few years ago, but just in this decade, and especially in the last few years, a handful of [...]
University Podcast Collection at Open Culture. Very good. [via Distance Learning] More podcasts at Open Culture: Podcast Library Open Culture. ‘Open Culture explores cultural and educational media (podcasts, videos, online courses, etc.) that’s freely available on the web, and that makes learning dynamic, productive, and fun.’
Pachyderm Project. ‘What is Pachyderm? Pachyderm is an easy-to-use multimedia authoring tool. Designed for people who have little or no multimedia authoring experience, Pachyderm is accessed through a web browser and is as easy to use as filling out a web form. Authors upload their own media (images, audio clips, and short video segments) and [...]
