Again, not every tool below is SaaS based, but at some point, you have to move to the SaaS world, especially if you are offering or saying you do – some type of mobile learning functionality. I’ve seen some authoring tools that fit most of the criteria above, but whose ease of use is substandard or even really bad. Updated Content Authoring Tool Directory. ontent Authoring Tools Directory. Considering there are over 120 content authoring tool products in the space, being one of the top ten – puts you IMO – as best of the best.  MORE >>

Well, we still have Diigo , Stumble Upon , Digg , and a bunch of other cool social bookmarking tools to use. However, today there is a new wave of social bookmarking tools in the name of ' Social Curation ' that are empowered with some really innovative features and tools to discover, manage and share resources. Just in the last few months alone, several social curation tools have emerged, including ( source ): Pearltrees A social curation community that empowers you in a social way to discover, organize and share the stuff you like on the web. Amazingly annoying! MORE >>

Tools these days come in three flavors. Authoring Tools for developers. The biggest problem facing the industry in the past few years are the lack of course authoring tools for e-learning developers and instructional designers. Sure, you can use the extensive list of tools on the market, but for those who want real power and complexity ala from the days of Authorware, pickings are slim. Professional Presenter X – comes with  sim tool, assessment, capture tool, documents to flash tool, etc. MLOAT - Multimedia Learning Object Authoring Tool.  MORE >>

I have been recently asked which tools I think will make it onto next year's Top 100 Tools list.  WiZiQ is a place where you can teach and learn using an easy-to-use virtual classroom - WiZiQ * Anyone else want to make a prediction about the tool(s) they think will reach the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 list?  Tags: Tools Here are 10 that I think have a good chance. 1  Cooliris. 3  Evernote. Qik enables you to share your moments live with your friends, family and the world—right from your mobile phone! Qik 7  Screen Toaster. 9  SlideRocket. MORE >>

As I mentioned in Real-Time Collaborative Editing , I had a fantastic experience participating in group editing of a Mind Map of collaborative tools during a session at Learn Trends. You can see the result below. But it was interesting to see the results exported which I've embedded below. would expect the document to continue to grow and change, but thought it would be worth having it available in a text format as well (so I can find it when I need it). MORE >>