What’s worth following…

1. The Reluctant Technologist, blog posts from Matt Lingard of LSE  http://mattlingard.wordpress.com/
2. Freelance in Instructional Design and E-Learning Industry

What’s worth reading…

1. Rikowski, G., (2007).  E-learning for Free at the BBC: Jam Jammed. E-Moans from Private Sector Educational Publishers. Available: http://journals.aol.co.uk/rikowskigr/Volumizer/entries/2007/03/16/e-learning-for-free-at-the-bbc-jam-jammed/1423 Last accessed 23 October 2008
2. NES UK. Identifying and selling your soft skills. Available: http://www.nes.co.uk/Careers-Identifying-Your-Soft-Skills Last accessed 1 Oct 2008
3. Elliott, B., (2008). E-Pedagogy: Does e-learning require a new approach to teaching and learning? Available: http://www.scribd.com/doc/932164/E-Pedagogy. Last accessed 5 November 2008
4. Cuthell, P. Learning theory and e-pedagogy. Available:  http://www.virtuallearning.org.uk/changemanage/pedagogy_practice/Learning%20theory%20and%20e%2339137.pdf. Last accessed 5 November 2008

What’s worth watching…

• Developing A Blended Learning Strategy: Instructional Media & Pedagogical Consideration
• Google Docs in Plain English
• Twitter in Plain English
• Wiki’s in Plain English
• Blogs in Plain English
• RSS in Plain English
• Social Networking in Plain English
• Podcasting in Plain English
• Using social network websites and texting improves core writing skills, says the National Literacy Trust: http://twitter.com/bbctech/status/6301661883

Resources and other interesting software.

Wiki’s and Bolgs

• Blogger: http://www.blogger.com/
• PBWorks: http://pbworks.com/
• Wetpaint Wiki: http://www.wetpaint.com/
• WordPress Blog: http://wordpress.org/
• Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/
• WordPress Multisite: http://wpmu.org/

Sharing

• Web Meeting: http://www.dimdim.com/
• SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/
• PodOmatic: https://www.podomatic.com/
• Slideshow Boom: https://www.slideboom.com/
• Lecture Capture: http://www.lecturecapture.com/
• Presentation software: http://prezi.com/profile/welcome/
• StumbleUpon: http://www.stumbleupon.com/home/

Social Bookmarking

• delicious: https://secure.delicious.com/

Android

• Android Phone http://androidphone.org.uk/phones/coming-soon/

Mindmapping

• Mind Meister: http://www.mindmeister.com/

Survey Tools

• Survey Monkey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
• LimeSurvey: http://www.limesurvey.org/
• jotForm: http://www.jotform.com/
• Google Docs: http://docs.google.com/

VLE & ePortfolios

• Desire2Learn: http://www.desire2learn.com/
• Its’ Learning: http://www.itslearning.co.uk/
• Mahara ePortfolio: http://mahara.org
• Moodle: http://moodle.org/
• Moodle learning log: http://www.mkmlabs.com/projects/moodle-learning-log.aspx
• My Showcase (ePortfolio): www.my-showcase.org
• Pebblepad: http://www.pebblepad.co.uk
• rSmart Sakai CLE: http://sakaiproject.org/
• Taskstream Learning Achievement Tool: http://www.taskstream.com/pub/LAT.asp

Anti Plagiarism

• iTheniticate, http://www.ithenticate.com/index.html
• Turnitin, http://turnitin.com/static/index.html
• AntiPlagiarism 1, http://www.download.com/AntiPlagiarism/3000-2073_4-10454033.html
• Plagiarism Detector, http://www.plagiarism-detector.com
• Safe Assign, Blackboard, http://www.safeassign.com/

Authoring tools

• Articulate (http://www.articulate.com
• Toolbook 9.5 (http://www.toolbook.com)
• Xerte online toolkits: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/xerte/

General resources

• 3D animation for powerpoint: http://www.presentermedia.com/
• Cloudworks demonstration: http://www.slideshare.net/grainne/cloudworks-intro
• Cloudworks: http://cloudworks.ac.uk/
• Create presentations without Powerpoint: http://280slides.com/
• Education Eye: http://www.educationeye.org.uk/A web tool updated daily which provides a way to “discover, explore and share new ideas“.
• Futurelab podcasts – Episode 3, Technologies for learninghttp://media.futurelab.org.uk/podcasts/becta_talks/technologies/
• Glo Maker: http://www.glomaker.org/
• Google Analytics: https://www.google.com/analytics/settings/home?scid=11169503
• LMBS Blog: http://blogs.londonmet.ac.uk/bus-e-blog
• Moodle audio recorder: http://www.mkmlabs.com/projects/moodle-audio-recorder.aspx
• Only My Email: http://onlymyemail.com
• David Powers: http://foundationphp.com; Dreamweaver CS4 guides
• O’Reilly Radar Edu 2.0: http://radar.oreilly.com/edu2/
• RSS feed generator: http://feedity.com/rss.aspx/webergy-co-uk/UlBWUFFQ
• Screen Recording Made Simple: http://elearning.lse.ac.uk/blogs/clt/?p=337
• Siteground: https://www.siteground.com/
• Tag Cloud generator: http://www.makecloud.com
• Talk and Write for Skype: http://www.talkandwrite.com/en/products/tawforskype/
• Text Aloud: http://www.nextup.com/ To try out
• Udutu, http://www.udutu.com/
• Voice Thread, upload images, record and share:https://voicethread.com/login?ReturnUrl=%2Faccount%2F

Video

• The VLC Player: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/Video player for Mac and PC
• Any video converter: http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_video_free/Convert any video file format into another file format
• One True Media: http://www.onetruemedia.com/Edit video/audio and still images online, nothing to download