XPERT – (Xerte Public E-learning ReposiTory)

XPERT – project is a JISC funded rapid innovation project (summer 2009) to explore the potential of delivering and supporting a distributed repository of e-learning resources.

It has a very useful search facility that allows you to attribute resources to the original creator. A great resource for finding and using images and video without fear of copyright infringement.

You can see what XPERT is about and why it is useful by watching this video clip:

Clipperz – Free Online Password Manager

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Can be used to store and freely organize passwords, confidential notes, burglar alarm codes, credit and debit card details, PINs, software keys, etc.. Clipperz does solve the “password fatigue” and make the Internet the most convenient and safe place to store private and sensitive data.
Give it a try, I found it easy to use and access.

Drop.io

Drop is an online tool to share files. Set up a private space to drop any files by email, web, phone, widget or fax and then share them with whoever you like in a variety of outputs. There is no need to register to use this service.

So you can upload some pictures, set a password on the space and supply that to your friends who you would like to see the pictures. They could also be allowed (or not) to add further pictures to the area. Drops are not searchable or networked.

I’ll be trying this out with a few of my colleagues and friends.

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101 Web 2.0 Teaching Tools

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Thinkfree reflected logo

Here is the full link to this resource 101 tools.

Here are a few of them to browse:

  • Awasu - A state-of-the-art feed reader that comes loaded with features for both casual personal use and professional, high-powered information management
  • MyProjectpages.com  – Built by teachers for teachers, use myprojectpages.com to create structured online inquiry-based learning activities for the courses you teach that enable your students to engage in meaningful learning experiences while online.
  • Slideshare – Share presentations online, either openly or with a group. Add other features to them such as audio and join community groups. Discover and promote your interests professionally
  • ThinkFree – Online FREE office package. Allows you to create docs, spreadsheets, presentation and web documents. No need to download any software…comes with 1 GB storage

Free Courses Online at the Top 10 Universities

Top 10 Universities With Free Courses Online

#1 UC Berkeley

Berkeley offers podcasts and webcasts of professors lecturing. Each course has an RSS feed so you can track each new lecture. For printable assignments and notes you can check the professors homepage, which is usually given in the first lecture or google their name. Even though the notes, homework and tests are not directly printed in the berkeley website, as they are in MIT and other courseware sites, it’s not a problem to find them.

Visit: Berkeley Webcasts
Visit: Berkeley RSS Feeds
Visit: UC Berkeley on Google Video

#2 MIT Open Courseware

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ranked 7th nationally in the United States. Many of the courses do not have video lectures. Instead, they have notes in PDF format along with tests and homework.

Visit: MIT OpenCourseware Course Listings
Visit: MIT OpenCourseware Online Textbooks
Visit: MIT Courses With Video Lectures
Visit: MITWorld Public Videos
Visit: MIT Pocast: ZigZag

Getting the Most Out of MIT OCW

Since MIT OCW is heavily based on opening PDF files it’s recommended you download FoxIt Reader, a freeware PDF reader that’s many times faster than the bulky and slow adobe acrobat. Also Ghost Script in combination with GSView is able to read pdfs, and post scripts files.

Download: Foxit Reader

#3 Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative

Carnegie Mellon is a private research university ranked equal with Berkeley. Though registration is not required they have a registered user mode that allows you to keep track of your scores and progress.  The courses are basically ebooks in a frame-based easy to use navigation system with an occasional powerful interactive Java Applet for practice and testing.

Visit: Carnegie Mellon OLI

#4 Utah State OpenCourseWare

Utah State has a very familiar structure as MIT OCW with large available course listing.

Visit: Utah State Course Listings

#5 Tufts OpenCourseWare

Tufts University in Massachusetts has a very familiar structure as MIT OCW with large available course listing.

Visit: Utah State Course Listings

#6 Openlearn

Open University’s OpenLearn supported by The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. Contains many online course and a different style content management system, powered by Moodle.

Visit: OpenLearn

#7 JHSPH OCW

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health offers health based lecture notes and assigments. You’ll find the JHSPH OCW website uses the same familiar navigation structure as MIT OCW.

Visit: JHSPH OCW Course Listings
Visit: Johns Hopkins University Podcasts

#8 Connexions

CNX.org is an open-content library of course materials developed by Rice University. It has a huge database of content which is very useful for people who know what they’re looking for. It does have ebook style higher level courses courses you can choose from.

Visit: Connexions
Visit: Connexions Course List

#9 Sophia

Initiative is led by Foothill College which contains 8 free courses.

Visit: Sofia

#10 University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering

Contains posted lectures and classnotes. Some of the courses even contain video lectures.

http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/course-webs.html

Notre Dame OpenCourseware

http://ocw.nd.edu/

Wikiversity

From the creators of wikipedia, Wikiversity describes itself as being a community seeking to create and use learning materials and activities. Wikibooks is also incredibly powerful already containing everything from a detailed guide to learning French to Organic Chemistry and Nanotechnology.

Visit: Wikiversity
Visit: Wikibooks

Archive.org Education

Visit: Archive.org Education

Honorable Mention: Peoi.org

Visit: Peoi.org

More University Video Sites

http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations/
http://graduateschool.paristech.org/?langue=EN
http://www.researchchannel.org/prog/
http://mitworld.mit.edu/
http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/lectures/
http://ci.columbia.edu/ci/
http://www.law.duke.edu/webcast/index.html
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/multimedia/video_mm.html
http://www.law.georgetown.edu/sci/sls.html#Presentations
http://athome.harvard.edu/archive/archive.asp
http://www.ksg.harvard.edu/multimedia/videoarchive.html
http://www.law.harvard.edu/news/webcasts/
http://webcast.oii.ox.ac.uk/?view=Default
http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/lectures/
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/audiovideo.html
http://shc.stanford.edu/events/archive.htm
http://www.oid.ucla.edu/Webcast/
http://www.yale.edu/yale300/democracy/mediatranscripts.htm
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/video.jsp