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ID and e-Learning Links (8/25/14)

Experiencing eLearning

The Ultimate Directory Of Free Image Sources – The Edublogger. Extensive list of sources for free images, many of which are Creative Commons or public domain. tags: images free creativecommons. tags: elearning wiki research learning training seriousmanifesto onlineteaching. eLearning Wiki.

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Top Five Tips to Create Accessible Content

CourseArc

Alt text, also known as alt description or alt attribute, is a textual description for non-text elements on the screen, such as images, graphics, photographs and drawings. If there is no alt text, the screen reader will simply say “IMAGE” with no frame of reference. Avoid the use of the term “image of” or “picture of”.

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Flickr images for YOU!

E-Learning Acupuncture

Flickr allows its users to grant Creative Commons licenses to their photos and as a result many of these images can be available for YOUR use! There are different types of Creative Commons licenses and Flickr breaks them down for you and categorizes its database of photos accordingly.

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Daily Bookmarks 05/10/2008

Experiencing eLearning

tags: logic , lessonplans , politics , k-12 , informationliteracy. tags: learningcommunity , e-learning , leadership , discussion. tags: learningcommunity , e-learning , teaching , leadership , discussion. Although she encouraged the use of Creative Commons images, the nature of the student work clearly fell under fair use.

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Are QR codes redundant?

Learning with e's

Now QR tags are just about everywhere you look, including advertising hoardings, buses and trains, magazines and even coins. The beauty (if you can call it that) of the QR tag is that it will quickly take your mobile device browser to a web site with no other effort than a button click. Image by Steve Wheeler Are QR codes redundant?

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Movements for change

Learning with e's

What is Creative Commons and how does it work? Image source Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Tags: creative commons Alistair Creelman OER. The learning technology landscape is changing and many questions are being asked. What is open scholarship and what does it have to offer me?

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Dialogue, debate and destinations

Learning with e's

I was challenged by delegates at Solstice to elaborate on the legal and ethical issues of Creative Commons and other Copyleft approaches. Creative Commons, I explained, is a means of circumventing Internet Copyright constraints. Unported License. Based on a work at steve-wheeler.blogspot.com.