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25 Tools Programme

Online programme

Cost:
Together with the
Introduction to E-Learning: £25

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(Note: if you are a lecturer/professor/teacher and would like free access for yourself and/or for your students if you are using this programme as part of a course, then please email us using your edu, ac or school email address)

About the programme
This programme is intended for learning professionals who want to broaden their horizons in terms of the range of tools available for learning - in a very practical way - by getting to grips with 25 key FREE tools.

The tools are a mix of personal productivity tools for managing your own personal learning as well as authoring tools for creating all kinds of learning and performance solutions.  Many of them are Web 2.0 tools that promote a social, collaborative, sharing approach to learning.  

Use this resource to experience (for free) the wide variety of learning tools available - and in order to define your specific personal and organizational requirements.

Over 350 people have already enrolled on this programme.

Suitable for
Those who want a "practical" introduction to e-learning.  For a theoretical overview, try the complementary
Introduction to E-Learning programme

Community
The (freely accessible) 25 Tools Community is available to participants (and others)
to share thoughts and experiences with these and other tools.

Contents
Behind each of the Tools is a Mini-Tutorial that comprises a number of short tasks to help you find out how to use it as well as reflect on its application for teaching, learning and for productivity and performance support.  (Note: we will be enlarging and developing the toolset further.)

  1. Web browser - Firefox
  2. Email tool - gMail/Google Mail 
  3. Instant messenger - Skype
  4. Social bookmarking tool - Delicious
  5. RSS reader - Google Reader
  6. Real-time messaging tool - Twitter
  7. Online Calendar -  Google Calendar
  8. Office suite - Google Docs
  9. Mind mapping tool - FreeMind
  10. Start page tool - iGoogle
  11. Blogging tool - Wordpress
  12. Web authoring tool - Nvu
  13. Wiki tool - PBwiki.
  14. Photo hosting and sharing tool - Flickr
  15. Presentation hosting and sharing tool - Slideshare
  16. Video hosting and sharing tool - YouTube
  17. Collaborative presentation tool - Voicethread
  18. Podcasting tool - Audacity  
  19. Screen capture/ casting tool - Jing
  20. Polling and survey tool - PollDaddy
  21. Web meeting tool - Yugma
  22. Live broadcasting tool - Ustream  
  23. Social networking tool - Ning
  24. Course authoring tool - eXe
  25. Course management tool - Moodle

Reviews

"Jane Hart is a great eLearning professional because she pins down what is important and distributes it to anyone who is interested". Ignatia, 17 June 2008

Seb Schmoller reviews the 25 Tools PD resource in his Fortnightly Mailing, 13 April 2008

AlphaPlus Centre blog in Toronto Canada reviews the 25 Tools PD resource, 13 April 2008

|I highly recommend going to the site and working through the activities for any of the tools you are unfamiliar with  .." Computer Science Teachers Association, the Advocate, April 2008

"25 Tools Professional Development Programme "is one of many produced by Jane Hart. Its an interesting compilation of 'free' tools' , many of which you are probably aware of. It's a resource that's being constantly updated. Well worth exploring and getting to grips with some of these useful tools. One of the nice things about the site is that it provides you with some simple tasks so you can get an idea of what each tool does."  E-Learning Watch, 1 April 2008

Jenny Lucas writes about the 25 Tools Professional Development opportunity in her blog, Lucacept, 31 March 2008

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