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2015 Top Tools for Learning

Performance Learning Productivity

Google Scholar: When I’m researching something, Google Scholar is the first port-of-call. A quick search for ‘workplace learning’ on Google Scholar returns almost one-and-a-half million results in less than a tenth of a second. I use Flipboard as my blog and news aggregator.

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2016 Top Tools for Learning

Performance Learning Productivity

Google Scholar: Scholar opens a rich world of academic work at the click of a button. Scholar has opened Pandora's box – not of the evils that were contained in the original, but of a desire to spend days following trails of references and leave everything else undone.

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Taking Time to Learn with Alex Salas

TechSmith Camtasia

I follow Google Scholar, instead of doing a Google search. Because with Google you get you anybody and their mother. Go to google scholar and you’re going to get academic papers.”. Whether it’s losing weight, working out or learning a news skill; exposure + frequency x interest / time.

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Tools of my trade

Learning with e's

It's simple and easy to use, and keeps all my important tools, including currency converters, news feeds and language translators in one convenient space. Facebook has a lot of potential to be harnessed as a learning tool, but there are questions over whether such an informal tool could, or should be used in formal education.

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Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2014

OpenSesame

This year, we’ve expanded on that list to include 100 new tools that have made us more effective, made a splash or made us think. Learn Something New. Google Scholar - Google takes on the likes of EbscoHost and LexisNexis. Anki - Create digital flashcards to help you study everything from physics to a new language.

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Top 100 Tools for Learning in 2014

OpenSesame

This year, we’ve expanded on that list to include 100 new tools that have made us more effective, made a splash or made us think. Learn Something New. Google ScholarGoogle takes on the likes of EbscoHost and LexisNexis. Quizlet – Learn a new language by translating your Facebook news feed.