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1st update on 10 Tools Challenge 2013

Jane Hart

9- PowerPoint 13- Slideshare 14- Prezi 75- Poll Everywhere 93- Keynote. 11- Moodle 86- eFront 94- Blackboard. 32- Adobe Connect 50- Blackboard Collaborate 54- WebEx. DEVICES & SYNCHRONIZATION TOOLS. File synchronization & cloud storage. OFFICE TOOLS. Office suites. Document tools. Blogging.

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Video Conferencing Platforms vs Virtual Classrooms in eLearning

BrainCert

It can be used for synchronous or asynchronous instruction, and instructors can assign work, give tests, provide feedback, and manage student progress, as well as encourage collaboration and interaction between learners.

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My Workflow with Synergy

Experiencing eLearning

Synergy lets me easily switch focus back to the Elluminate screen to join the backchannel chat or answer a poll; you just move your mouse over to the other screen and type away. Setting up courses in Blackboard. It’s much easier to use two monitors like this than to alt+tab back and forth on one computer. Google Calendar.

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The grades are in for Education focused LMSs

eLearning 24-7

Combination of synchronous and asynchronous features. Most systems in the education space are still strongly focused on synchronous based learning. Blackboard Learn. Although this post is all about pure education systems, leaving Blackboard out would be considered sacrilegious to some folks. Administration features.

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Our Essential iOS Apps

E-learning Uncovered

You can also use your camera to add photos of slides or a blackboard to enhance your notes, and the photo acts the same way as the typed notes – just click the photo, and jump to that portion of the audio. Dropbox is free cloud-storage and file synchronization software. This app is a fantastic tool for students or business.

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K-12 and LMSs are Broken, Who’s to Blame?

eLearning 24-7

Blackboard, Brightspace (formally D2L) and Instructure. Blackboard is the oldest player in the education space and the most dominant (revenue/sales wise). Neo LMS allows true asynchronous based learning (self pace, non-linear) on top of the standard synchronous based seen throughout education. Surveys or Polls.

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Tool and tips for the online flip

Joitske Hulsebosch eLearning

A good starting point is the question of what you want to do asynchronously online (each person in his/her own time) and synchronously online (together online at the same time). Or you make a quiz with Quizzes or Mentimeter that each takes on its own time, which you then discuss at a synchronized moment. Synchronous sessions max 1.5

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