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25 Tools
every Learning Professional should have in their Toolbox - and all for FREE!

These tools are the most popular free tools in 25 tools categories of tools on the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list.  The Top 100 Tools list was compiled from the Top 10 Tools lists of over 200 learning professionals worldwide   (NOTE: These tools are therefore NOT the Top 25 Tools)

They are a mix of personal productivity tools (for managing personal learning) as well as authoring tools (for creating learning solutions). Many of them are Web 2.0 tools that promote a social, collaborative, sharing approach to learning.

25 Tools
View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: free tools)

Slideshare's Slideshow of the Day - 27 August 2008

Links to more information about the Tools

  1. Firefox - a web browser plus extensions
  2. delicious - a social bookmarking tool
  3. Google Reader - an RSS reader
  4. gMail (or Google Mail) webmail
  5. Skype - instant messenger and voice call tool
  6. Google Calendar - an online calendar
  7. Google Docs -an online office suite
  8. iGoogle - a personal start page tool 
  9. Slideshare -  a presentation sharing tool
  10. flickr - an image hosting and sharing tool 
  11. Voicethread - a collaborative slideshow tool
  12. Wordpress - a blogging tool 
  13. Audacity - an audio/podcasting tool
  14. YouTube -a video hosting and sharing tool 
  15. Jing - a screen capture and screencasting tool
  16. PBwiki - a wiki tool 
  17. PollDaddy - a polling tool
  18. Nvu - a web authoring tool
  19. Yugma - a web meeting tool
  20. Ustream - a live broadcasting tool 
  21. Ning - a (private) social networking tool
  22. Freemind - a mind mapping tool 
  23. eXe - a course authoring tool 
  24. Moodle - a course management system 
  25. twitter - a microblogging tool

Alternative tools
For alternatives to the above 25 tools take at look at the Toolset (derived from the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list)

Online Workshops
If you need help in using these 25 tools, an Online workshop is available, which contains Mini Tutorials on how to use these tools.  This is hosted in our Moodle environment at www.shortcourseunit.comNo need to sign up for an account to access this Online Workshop, you can have guest access.

25 Tools Community
Join the Community and discuss these tools with
over 400 learning professionals from around the world.


Visit 25Tools

An Introduction to E-Learning
An Introduction to E-Learning is a more comprehensive resource that provides theory as well as practice, and also includes a downloadable PDF version.

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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