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E-Learning Showcase

E-Learning examples are both instructional, informational and performance support solutions, and have been developed using a variety of technologies.

Example

Description

200words-a-day If you find learning new vocab a time-consuming grind, try boosting it with the 200 Words a Day! language learning programme.   Spanish, French, German and Welsh
About.U Courses by email
Babbel Learn languages online
Becoming human Educational resource (with video)
Blood Typing Simulation/game
Brainpop UK Educational programme for children
BricksorClicks.com Strategy game that pulls you in the role of a CEO of a toy company
Campusbug Campusbug combines social networking, online education, and e-commerce into a simple and easy-to-use online experience.
ChinesePod Learn Mandarin with free daily MP3 podcast
Complete works of Charles Darwin online Largest collection of writings by and about Darwin ever published.
Computer Tutor The BBC's guide to using a computer
Connexions A place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc.
Crabby Office Lady Videos Humorous videos of Office problems
DailyLit Choose the book you want to read.  It will show you the number of instalments to read it.  Then read it via email or RSS
Diary of Samuel Pepys Read a daily entry or a monthly summary via RSS
DNA from the beginning The science behind each concept is explained by: animation, image gallery, video interviews,
problem, biographies, and links.
eHow How to do just about everything
Energee Incorporated Run and energy company game
Epistemic games Computer games that can help players learn to think like engineers, urban planners, journalists, architects, and other innovative professionals, giving them the tools they need to survive in a changing world.
Goodtyping.com Online typing course
Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips to Better Writing A podcast series on English grammar
Gresham College Lecture Archive Recorded lectures from Gresham College
Guardian Podcasts Newsdesk, Science Weekly, Commons Uncut, etc
HBR IdeaCast Biweekly podcasts featuring breakthrough management ideas
How stuff works Online reference tool
How to be a gardener Online resource on gardening
iCue A fun, innovative, learning environment built around video from the NBC News Archives
iNatomy iPod anatomy learning resources
Industry Player Business game. You are the CEO of a multinational industry holding. Your success depends entirely on your management skills.
Instant Anatomy A website with illustrations of the Human Body
to aid the learning of Human Anatomy with diagrams, podcasts and revision questions
intute Free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research.
italki Everything you need to learn a language
Keybr Online keyboarding lesson

LazyLibrary Find books on any topic without having to worry about high page counts. If it's over 200 pages, you won't even see it.
learnitlists Language learning by learning lists of vocab
LearnToDance These online dance lessons will teach you the basic dance steps and styling for the dance style you choose
Learn to play the piano A video course
Learning by screencast Using screencasts to teach
LearnItalianPod.com Learn Italian with free podcasts
Lemonade Game Try to make money from running a Lemonade Stand
LessonBItes Provides lessons in bite sizes (like individual tracks of a CD) so you can learn what you want
LIFE: A Journey through time Lyrical interpretation of life on Earth from its earliest beginnings to its present diversity.
LitSum Literature summaries and guides
LiveMocha The social way to learn a language
Mango First free enterprise language learning course available on the Internet
MathTutor Watch mathtutor videos on your iPod
Morse Code Trainer Test 1: Listen and guess; Test 2: Morse the lette
Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci Read a page a day using your RSS reader
Office Word 2003 demos Screencasts of how to carry out Word tasks in Word 2007 (Others available for other MS Office products)
Peacemaker Challenges you to succeed as a leader where others have failed
Peter's Online Typing Course A set of free online typing lessons and typing exercises for beginning typists
Podictionary Podictionary is the audio word-a-day.  For a couple of minutes Charles Hodgson discusses the unexpected history of words you thought you already knew
Podiobooks Free serialized audio books, delivered on your schedule - by podcasts
(The) Resistors The use of interactive 3D technology to present a number of science equipment and experiments in an immersive way
Rocket Science 101 Interactive demo of rockets
Rota Period A new way at looking at the periodic table
RSS in plain English One of a series of videos on how to use Web 2.0 tools
Rouxbe Videos on how to create cooking recipes
Sclipo Broadcast and share your skills
Showmehowtoplay Free music lessons
SitesALIVE Skipper/teacher Rich Wilson shares his voyages as he sails across the world
Songsterr Play, learn and sing guitar on-line.
SoZiety The language-learning social network based on Skype.
Spanish Word of the Day A daily email with new vocabulary
Splendid Speaking Podcasts for advanced learners of English who want to develop their top-level speaking skills and communication strategies
Stellarium Free open source planetarium for your computer. It shows a realistic sky in 3D
StockNewsGame A fun new way to learn fundamental financial analysis principles.
(The) Symphony An interactive guide to the great composers of the finest symphonies
Timeline of art history Interactive timeline from Metropolitan Museum of Art
Tourcaster The largest online library of downloadable tours for iPods and mp3 players.
Turning the pages Leaf the great books at the British Museum
typeonline.co.uk A structured touch typing course for motivated individuals looking to develop their keyboard skills
Universal Leonardo Programme aimed at deepening our understanding of Leonardo da Vinci through a series of European exhibitions (2006), scientific research and web-based resources.
Video-tutes Video tutorials on using graphics programs
Virtual Trader UK's largest and best stock market simulation game
Virtual Yeast Cell This rich learning object is used to introduce yeast cytology to students taking Brewery Yeast Management
Visible Body Complete, fully interactive, 3D human body model
Walking A daily email with a walking assignment, walking lesson, nutrition tip, healthy recipe and motivational tip.
What is a print? Interactive tutorial
Wikieducator Free eLearning content that anyone can edit and use
WikiHow The how-to manual that anyone can write or edit
Wikiversity A community for the creation and use of free learning materials and activities
Word of the Day Every day you will receive an e-mail with the Word of the Day, its definition and example sentences from literary works, newspapers, magazines and other published sources.
WW1 Experiences of an English Solider The blog is is made up of transcripts of Harry Lamin's letters from the first World War. The letters are posted exactly 90 years after they were written.

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Virtual Knee Surgery "I still use the Virtual Knee Surgery example when I teach Flash and Multimedia courses"  Brent Schlenker, Research and Emerging Technologies Evangelist, eLearning Guild

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Cathy Moore's List This page links to samples of interactive graphics, simulations, and other materials that could give you ideas for your own projects.
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