The future of e-learning is social learning

from Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day

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Free University Lectures

I’ve previously posted some consolidated lists of free resources but this is a nice clean and simple list of free university lectures compiled by

http://www.lecturefox.com/

The Semantic Web | MIT World

“In his fast-paced address, Tim Berners-Lee not only recaps the origins of the Internet, but sketches its future.”

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Relearning Learning-Applying the Long Tail to Learning | MIT World

from MIT World

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Web Developer Firefox Add-on

I have just discovered this handy toolbar for firefox which has loads of great tools like direct links to validate using w3c or check accessibility issues. Brilliant.

Web Developer 1.1.6

by Chris Pederick

“The Web Developer extension adds a menu and a toolbar to the browser with various web developer tools. It is designed for Firefox, Flock and Seamonkey, and will run on any platform that these browsers support including Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.”

Download here.

Gary Vaynerchuk – Web 2.0 Keynote in NYC

Goomoodleikiog: In Plain English

“How Google Aps, Moodle, Wikis, and Blogs can enhance student learning, enable collaboration and information exchange both inside and outside of your classroom.”

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Connected: The Movie – ACU

Connected: The Movie

“The video below, Connected, was produced by ACU students, faculty and staff to visualize a new kind of learning environment. It’s an exciting vision that is quickly becoming a reality.”

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Jane Hart’s Top Ten Tools for Learning 2009 (April update)

Jane Hart of C4LPT has updated her tools for learning. There are two lists: Top 10 Tools for Learners and Top 10 Tools for Learning Professionals.

Top 10 Tools for Learners

The current Top 10 list of tools for learners, based on contribution of 47 Learners AS AT 4 APRIL is:

1. Google Search
2. YouTube
3. Firefox
4. Twitter
   Wikipedia
5. Delicious
6. Facebook
7. Gmail
8. Google Reader
9. Skype

Top 10 Tools for Learning Professionals

The current top 10 tools for learning professionals to use in their own professional practice for creating learning “solutions” for others and their own productivity is AS AT 4 APRIL as follows, based on the contributions of 21 learning professionals

1. Delicious
2. Twitter
3. Skype
4. Slideshare
5. Google Reader
6. Google Docs
7. Audacity
8. Google Search
9. Moodle
10. Ning
11. PowerPoint
12. SnagIt

Full lists here.

Computer Games Based Learning in Scottish Schools

Ollie Bray’s NAACE 2009 Talk on Computer Games Based Learning

Ollie Bray has just won an international award for a games-based learning program. More on that here.

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related links:

Learning and Teaching Scotland

Consolarium blog

Edinburgh News article

related posts:

Professor’s Henry Jenkins on games-based learning at SxSWi 2009

The classroom is dead?

Nintendo DS used for learning in Scottish primary schools

Microsoft funds research into video games link to learning