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Top Ten Tools for Learning 2011

Experiencing eLearning

Google Search has never been on my list before, but it really should have been. Google is one of the first places I go when I need to learn something specific. I use Google Scholar search, blog search, or other advanced options as needed. Jing is the best free tool for screenshots I’ve ever used.

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2015 Top Tools for Learning

Performance Learning Productivity

For me Twitter gives access to smart people who provide an enormous wealth of information and insight through their commentary and links to research, articles and other resources. Twitter is the first tool/resource I access every day – even before I turn to see the sports results!

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Learning Thursday #1: Mobile Technologies in Education

Adobe Captivate

Google Scholar. The Google Scholar link will take you to JSTOR, where you can read this article for free.). If you’d like to participate, please follow me here on the Adobe eLearning blog and comment on our first article: Vavoula, G., Sharples, M., Lonsdale, P., Rudman, P., & Meek, J.

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How humor helps + Powtoon review

Making Change

I poked around Google Scholar and found studies that seem to agree that (relevant!) This could be especially helpful in corporate elearning, where the “presenter” is often faceless and personality-free. Get your free 23-page ebook: Training Designer''s Guide to Saving the World. What do you think?

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Instructional Design Tools to Adopt in 2022

Maestro

Google’s content-creation apps. We’ve had great success using one of the best free tools for instructional designers : Google’s content-creation applications. While Rise uses prebuilt block-style components for fast development, Storyline offers free-form design, with hundreds of interaction options. Citation helps.

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2016 Top Tools for Learning

Performance Learning Productivity

It’s a good conduit to publish and share video material, and a great resource for ‘quick tips’ when I need to know how a piece of software or a broken shower works. Google Scholar: Scholar opens a rich world of academic work at the click of a button. The second resource I turn to each morning after Twitter.

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Search

Tony Karrer

That said, it's worth consulting resources such as: Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need - A wonderful list of different types of searches and tools that go along with that type of search. While I'm on the topic of alternative search engines, I definitely need to remind everyone about Google Scholar and Google Book Search.

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