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ACPET - Vic Government e-Learning Program 2013Alternative Delivery Tools
Intermediate Stream
Alternatives to an LMS
Name and title of presenter goes here
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/
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
swampfox_mg
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
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
Name and title of presenter goes here
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/
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
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
Name and title of presenter goes here
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/