Wiki version Printer-Friendly Version OCW/OER Search ZaidLearn's Delicious OCW Adventure 130+ Free Learning Tools 75 Free EduGames ZaidLearn is back from another non-blogging vacation (Who cares!)! In short, this post is about smashing all free University learning related OCW and OER resources and collections discovered into an all-in-one (sounds like shampoo!) Excellent point! Anyway, before I get back to my wacky 5-part learning series (in 2 weeks time!),

101 Free EduGames - Part I 101 Free EduGames - Part II 101 Free EduGames (SlideBoom version) 101 Free Learning Tools 75 Free EduGames to Spice Up Your Course! SLIDESHARE GLORY! Wow! Since the 14th of August (until now), the ' 101 Free Learning Tools ' presentation has been featured on the SlideShare homepage , viewed 6000+ times, downloaded 1900+ times, favorited 100+ times, and embedded into 30+ sites. After discovering that my visualization of the No. 1

The three posts below, have been found and viewed more than any other posts on ZaidLearn: A Free Learning Tool for Every Learning Problem? University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE! 75 Free EduGames to Spice Up Your Course! On a positive note, my new eBook is catching up very fast with the ' Three Musketeers ' above. WOW, it feels great! 101 FREE LEARNING TOOLS Actually, not! SlideShare Presentation SlideBoom version Scribd Version 140+ Learning Tools TOP 3 POSTS Let's get right to the point! Interestingly, the ' Three

Wiki-version - A Growing List of Free Learning Tutorial Sites I was thinking the other day, why not create a simple raw list of links to EXCELLENT SITES (with short descriptions) that have or link to tutorials that explore learning tools and online learning . Hundreds of free and inexpensive web tools are available for school library media specialists to use that can make us more productive, valued, and, perhaps, more competitive. Here is my initial list, but I am quite sure there are many more great resource sites out there. So, if you have anyone to share, please post them in the comments section and I will add them.

dimdim Open Source Community Edition dimdim Documentation WHAT? "dimdim is the world´s first free web meeting service based on the open source platform . dimdim´s hosted service is available for free and can be easily used for small gatherings, to seminars with hundreds of attendees. dimdim provides a business-class quality web meeting service that is free to consumers and extremely easy dimdim is a browser-based web 2.0 service that allows anybody to share their desktop, show slides, as well as talk, listen, chat, and broadcast via webcam.

Tags: Twitter OER/FRE Directory of Learning Professionals on Twitter (Jane Hart) ZaidLearn's Twitter IMPORTANT NOTICE Since I posted this juicy list, Jane Hart has come to her 'Instructional Design' senses, and created a n exceptional list of 100 learning professionals that Twitter, which is also based on recommendations by others . Also, she has added links to their blogs and webpages (if any), and designed the list in an organized and stimulating manner.

Timo Elliott has created a set of free twitter tools that allow PowerPoint presenters to see and react to tweets tweets in real-time, embedded directly within their presentations, either either as a ticker or refreshable comment page. There are currently three

Fischer After reading Dena White's excellent post on free health and medical online courses, I realized that I have yet to compile a juicy list of free medical online resources. Here is a juicy collection of free medical resources, games and courses (still under construction!) The site is open to anyone and is free of cost. "A doctor must work eighteen hours a day and seven days a week. If you cannot console yourself to this, get out of the profession ." - Martin H.

First, here are a few wonderful PowerPoint resource sites to explore: PowerPoint - On-Line Technology Practice Modules A comprehensive directory of links (URLs) to tutorials, sites, game templates and articles on how to use PowerPoint effectively. Sonia Coleman's Digital Studio Free PowerPoint templates and tutorials! PowerPoint 2007 Tutorials (Florida Gulf Coast University) Including graphics, tables, charts, formatting text, printing and slide effects. PowerPoint Tutorials (Wikivid) PowerPoint tutorials are broken down by topic so that you can navigate the list

George Siemens , Jay Cross and Tony Karrer are pleased to announce our third annual free online conference: LearnTrends 2009 The Corporate Learning Trends and Innovations Conference November 17-19, 2009 | Online | Free The theme/focus this year is on Convergence in Workplace Learning. We will bring together people who look at different aspects of learning and knowledge work to understand better what's going on in those areas and how we should be thinking about this holistically. I'm particularly looking forward to discussions of how: Enterprise