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My Top 10 Tools for Learning 2021

Experiencing eLearning

Plus, it’s free and open source, with an active developer community working to extend its functionality and user communities for support. Audacity is free, open source, and does everything I need for quick audio revisions. PowerPoint. Affinity Designer. Diigo is how I collect links for my bookmarks posts.

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My Top 10 Tools for Learning 2022

Experiencing eLearning

Plus, it’s free and open source, with an active developer community working to extend its functionality and user communities for support. PowerPoint. For all that it is a much maligned tool, PowerPoint is still a regular part of my toolbox. Twine is my favorite tool for creating branching scenarios. Past posts.

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Top Ten Tools for Learning 2014

Experiencing eLearning

I haven’t done my list in a few years, but you can see my past lists from 2011 , 2009 , 2008 , and 2007. Microsoft PowerPoint isn’t particularly exciting either, but it’s still a tool I use for storyboard, mockups, simple graphics, flowcharts, and more. You can vote for your top tools until September 19, 2014.

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Technology Skills for Instructional Designers

Experiencing eLearning

Honestly, PowerPoint is a decent tool for simple image editing. I often use PowerPoint to remove backgrounds or make other quick changes. I use the open source tool Audacity for audio editing. OpenShot is a free, open source video editor. Having more skills opens up more options and opportunities.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: David Byrne and PowerPoint

Learning Visions

Friday, April 06, 2007 David Byrne and PowerPoint Remember back in 2003, when David Byrne published a book (described by AP Technology Writer Rachel Konrad as a " coffee table book for nerds ") called E.E.E.I. Oh that David Byrne, hes so creative and alternative co-opting PowerPoint like that.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: More on PowerPoint and Instructional Design

Learning Visions

Thursday, April 05, 2007 More on PowerPoint and Instructional Design Continuing the PowerPoint conversation begun yesterday here and picked up by Clive on Learning: Dont blame PowerPoint.and Quintus Joubert PowerPoint vs. Interactive Learning. And this: Few stage plays begin with all the actors on stage.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: NewsFlash: PowerPoint Bad For Learning

Learning Visions

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 NewsFlash: PowerPoint Bad For Learning Found via SlashDot , an article in todays Sydney Morning Herald " Research points the finger at PowerPoint." The use of the PowerPoint presentation has been a disaster," Professor Sweller said. "It It should be ditched." "It