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Basic tools for e-learning students

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In the previous posts in this mini-series we investigated the necessary tools, services and software you’ll need to setup your own e-learning solution, as well as the required software needed to create and manage your courses. For Windows, Adobe’s free Acrobat Reader (the industry standard) will do the job.

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The 7 most important LMS features to support Synchronous Learning

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You can setup one with minimal equipment (a webcam/mike, a network connection and the relevant software), and have your teachers broadcast their lectures to hundreds or even thousands of students at the same time. This can be either built-in to the browser through HTML5 technologies, or through the Adobe Flash plugin. 4) Chat.

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Online education puts new skills at your fingertips

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Knowing to how use the basic software and programs related to your industry has always been a core requirement. Scarso, a communications consultant and creative writer, took advantage of when she was learning Adobe Indesign. Education goes beyond what you can Google or find on Wikipedia. That’s a benefit that Slawka G.

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Content creation tools for e-learning

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In the previous post in this mini-series we investigated the various LMS deployment options (cloud, hosted, self-hosted) as well as the necessary tools, services and software you’ll need to setup your own e-learning solution. Word Processor / Text editor. And don’t forget to buy a decent tripod too. Video editor.

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Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning

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News from the e-learning frontier Pages Home About Community Free e-Learning Resources Contribute to the e-Learning Community 1/16/2011 Free and Open Source Text to Speech Tools for e-Learning Open source software can be used as we wish, without long-term commitments and with a community of professionals that extend and support them.

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Adaptive and Responsive Design for eLearning: Part 2

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Courses were prepared using software products that were almost all based, to a greater or lesser degree on the Microsoft PowerPoint model of slides, templates and bullet points. There’s a good summary of a range of eLearning authoring tools and the extent to which they support HTML5 on the eLearning Industry website.

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Elearning applications

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OpenMeetings - (Web Conferencing) OpenMeetings is a free browser-based software that allows you to set up instantly a conference in the Web. elearning tecnología-educativa software ClassTools.net - (Authoring Tool) Create free educational games, quizzes, activities and diagrams in seconds! No signup, no passwords, no charge!