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Looking ‘Under the Hood’ of MOOCs

e-Learning Academy

There’s lots of excitement about MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course); new business models and prestige for education institutions, new opportunities for people from around the world to access learning. Generally speaking, a cobbled up MOOC using freeware is not going to ‘cut it’ because it wastes student time and looks unloved.

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Jane Hart’s Top 100 Learning Tools

Jay Cross

Extracting the lessons of simply living my life. This little freeware tool plays just about any video format you can throw at it. I was the first person to take part in this project some nine years ago and now it’s an annual ritual. It’s enlightening to review what’s best in the toolbox. Honorable mention: VLC.

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Headed to DevLearn? 8 Sessions You Don’t Want to Miss

Knowledge Guru

Case Study: A Game-Based Approach to Learning Without Lessons. You’ll also explore how to leverage tangible and intangible rewards to drive participation, increase retention, and get exceptional business results. You will take a look at commercial software and freeware to begin designing VR and 3-D learning environments.

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Stock Photo Image and Other Media Sources

Tony Karrer

The term "morgue file" is popular in the newspaper business to describe the file that holds past issues flats. Lesson plans also included. This Australian site links to free stuff in Australia and worldwide, like fonts, freeware, etc. (4) Stock Exchange offers high quality images taken around the world by amateur photographers.

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