Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day

Pedagogical templates for e-learning

"This report describes a series of pedagogic templates for the integration of technology into teaching and learning, derived from a consideration of present Institute of Education practice and a selective literature review.

"The main objective of this report is to provide an overview for IoE academics who are interested in integrating e-learning into their courses. This report has been designed to guide practitioners on how e-learning can be used in the context of a course, and the description of each template focuses on the pedagogical aspects of using e-learning."

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Pedagogical templates for e-learning

LectureShare

"LectureShare lets instructors make lecture notes, audio and video available to their students - or the world - quickly and easily"

Lecturers can "give students access to course materials without the burden of maintaining your own webpage or the hassle of complex web-based solutions"

Students can "stay organized with course materials and announcements for all of your classes is gathered in a single location"

LectureShare

[LectureShare appears on the Course & Learning Management tools page of the Directory of Learning Tools]

SchoolTube

First it was YouTube then TeacherTube, now it's SchoolTube.

SchoolTube is a network of students, educators and industry working together to foster video production & internet publishing in a safe online learning environment. 

SchoolTube gives you the ability to safely upload your video onto the internet to share with other educators or students.

SchoolTube videos have been moderated or Teacher approved for viewing.

SchoolTube

[There are 56 file storage and sharing sites in the Directory of Learning Tools.   YouTube and TeacherTube are two of the Top 100 Tools for Learning]

Bloglines and Yahoo Mail redesign

Bloglines, the online RSS/news reader/aggregator has undergone a re-design.  It has a new look to its feed display also now offers a customisable start page, where you can drag and organise your feeds.  The current Beta is available for Firefox and IE 7 browsers.

Bloglines

Meanwhile Yahoo Mail has released its new design, with an integrated RSS reader, instant messaging and unlimited storage

Yahoo Mail

[Bloglines and Yahoo Mail are two of the Top 100 Tools - you can see contributors' comments on the Bloglines and Yahoo Mail pages]

CafeScribe

This is how CafeScribe describes itself

"CaféScribe is all about helping students save money and get better grades. Our digital textbooks and free MyScribe reader take you where traditional printed media can't. Think of us as textbooks 2.0."

CafeScribe

Round-up of new tools added to the Directory

These are the new tools that have been added to the Directory of Learning Tools this week, which have not already been the subject of a separate posting here.

• ClassTools - Create activities, quizzes and diagrams in a Flash!
• ooVoo - Next evolution in online communication via video conversations
• SlideFlickr - Create and embed flickr slideshows in seconds
• flickrslidr - Embed flickr photos on your website
• Sheetster - Web spreadsheet based on rock-solid spreadsheet technology
• mPower Play - Create, collaborate and manage presentations (free and paid for versions
• eXpresso - A powerful new way to manage and share Excel spreadsheets
• ScribbleWiki - Online whiteboard to create a private or public wiki
• CollegeMailer - Club management system that helps with emailing, event creation, membership or event fee collection, web page creation and sharing information
• SayAndPost - Tiny voice recorder/uploader to create voice comments for your website or blog. Sayandpost.com provides hosting for voice files.
• coachingplatform -User-centric turnkey collaboration software, created to support the communication needs of people in all spheres of life.

The full list of new tools added in August also provdes links to the relevant pages of the Directory on which these tools appear, and where you can find further summary information, as well as other related tools.

More Top 10 Tools Lists

Now 107 Top 10 Tools lists at the Centre.  Recent contributions have come from:

Meir Navon, Russel Tarr,  Seaghan Moriarty,  Tom Winterstein,  Mike Taylor and Michael Chalk.

Full list of contributions here - further contributions still very welcome.

Updated versions of the Top 100 Tools - by popularity and by learning activity (aka Learning Toolbox).

SpellJax

SpellJax lets you instantly spellcheck your text online

SpellJax

Facebook at work: slacking or networking?

Facebook is all pervasive; it ranked 27= on our Top 100 Tools for Learning List - but are employees slacking when they use it at work?

Richard McManus discussed exactly this issue in his recent Read/WriteWeb posting.

Facebook at work: slacking or networking?

His conclusion:

"... social networks are part of our media climate these days, so looking at just the cons of them is missing the bigger picture. Facebook can and does have many networking benefits, that ultimately may help the bottom line. And if it doesn't, well give your employees a break - they are only human!"

[Read the comments of our contributors about Facebook]

TokBox

"Free video chat with anyone, anywhere, on any website!"

No downloads, TokBox can be embedded so it works on all websites and networks.

TokBox