The Future of Learning

MadCat Media Browser

MadCat is a multipurpose application that allows you to browse the web, while enjoying quality video content from around the world. MadCat can download you're favorite Rss feeds, Democracy channels, or sniff media links out the webpages you browse.

MadCat's video engine is powered by VideoLan, allowing playback of many formats, without a codec download.  Video can be streamed live or downloaded to watch later.

MadCat Media Browser

Lingro

lingro is a new language learning site with a difference

lingro's mission is "to create an on-line environment that allows anyone learning a language to quickly look up and learn the vocabulary most important to them".

There are a number of things available at this site:

• The web viewer lets you enter the URL of a website, it then makes all the words clickable for definition and translation
• The free instant search dictionary also gives you a definition
• You can add words to your word list and play a flashcard game to learn them

lingro

[Thanks to Michele Gallen who told me about this and who has also blogged about it at Liquid e-Learning]

CoveritLive

Live blogging 2.0!

CoveritLive's web based software takes your next live blog to a new level. Your commentary publishes in real time like an instant message. 'One-click’ publishing lets you drop polls, videos, pictures, ads and audio clips as soon as they come to mind. Comments and questions from your readers instantly appear but you control what gets published.

CoverItLive

SnagIt and Camtasia

Older versions of SnagIt and Camtasia Studio are being made available from TechSmith for free.

SnagIt is the screen capture and editing software that lets you add stunning effects - and helpful instructions - to anything you see on your PC screen.

Download SnagIt 7.2.5 (English)
Download SnagIt 7.2.5 (German)
Download SnagIt 7.2.5 (French)

Register SnagIt 7.2.5 demo as a fully licensed version.

Camtasia Studio is the complete professional solution for recording, editing and sharing high-quality screen videos. It’s easy-to-use, affordable, and is the quickest and most effective way for you to communicate.

Download Camtasia Studio 3.1.3.

Register Camtasia Studio 3.1.3 as a fully licensed version

[Via: The Freebies Blog - where you can find other freebies available in Australia and worldwide]

Daily E-Learning News

New posting today:

• New book: Blended Learning in Higher Education: Framework, Principles, and Guidelines

NOTE:  Now that the Daily E-Learning News has been established as a regular source of e-learning news in its own right, I shall no longer be providing daily updates on this blog, although I will post a weekly round up of e-learning news.  If you would like to continue reading the Daily E-Learning News, please subscribe to the news feed

Roundpic

RoundPic is an online tool for making anti-aliased rounded corners for avatars and images

Roundpic

Weekly round-up of new tools added to the Directory

Here are the latest tools added to the Directory of Learning Tools that have not already been the subject of a posting on this blog:

• LingoZ - Building the world's largest dictionary (Listed in (Re)search tools)
• Grouply - All your Yahoo and Google groups in one place (Listed in Team, group and collaboration tools)
• pijoo - Share your blog with the world (Listed in Blogging tools)
• BooksInMyPhone -  Classic phones you can read on your mobile phone (Listed in Tools for mobile phones)
• ActionThis - Simple, web-based team management solution that helps teams and small businesses get things done on time, using the tools they use every day (Listed in Team, group and collaboration tools)
• HelpSpot - Enables your support staff to solve problems the first time and easily manage many requests from multiple sources (Listed in EPSS and Help Desk Tools)
• Teamwork Project Manager - Easy-to-use online project management solution that helps managers, staff and clients work together more productively (Listed in Team, group and collaboration tools)
• fShare - Add the widget to your site for your visitors to distribute your content and increase traffic and engagement  (Listed in Widgets and accessories for your blog and web pages)
• Download YouTube video widget - Widget to add to blog or web page to download YouTube video (Listed in Widgets and accessories for your blog and web pages)
• bmdoc - Web documentator for everyone (Listed in Document and spreadsheet tools)
• Vaestro - Audio forum software for your web site (Listed in Discussion Forum Tools)
• FCKeditor - HTML text editor (Listed in Web authoring tools and HTML editors)
• iNetWord Editor - Create and share documents online (Listed in SynchroEdit - Synchronous editing (Listed in Document and spreadsheet tools)
• Irfanview - Graphic viewer for Windows (Listed in Browsers, extensions and players)
• Super - Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer (Listed in Media creation and editing tools)
• PhotoShow - Turn your photos into a musical slideshow (Listed in File hosting and sharing tools)
• FeedChief - Create RSS feeds related to your area of interest (Listed in RSS feed tools)

FileURLs

This is a very simple file sharing service.  You dont need to regiister, just  upload your file, set the expiration date (max 7 days), password protect your file if you like and then ‘Get Your URL’ button.

FileURLS

[More file hosting and sharing tools]

Daily E-Learning News

Today's new postings on Daily E-Learning News:

• New book:  Moodle Teaching Techniques
• 2 conference calls for papers

MindBites

"The place to learn what others know."

A self-publishing platform and social marketplace for instructional content, MindBites enables people to share their unique knowledge, skills and passions through audio and video lessons, earning money for themselves or for charity.

MindBites