EduMoodle demo site (with sample themes)
Roadmap for Moodle 2.0 in development – planned changes etc.
Dynamic chart of Moodle 2.0 development progress
Niles VikingNet – administrator/designer Patrick Malley
Moodle’s Human readable course links
A disguised moodle – Leeds City College, UK
Another disguised moodle – The site of an intermediate school class
Any implementations of Moodle at CUNY?
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What is Web 2.0 A wiki page on the Commons with an introduction to Web 2.0 for teaching and learning.
Wikis in the Classroom A wiki page on the Commons with resources for faculty interested in incorporating wikis in the classroom.
Blogs in the Classroom A wiki page on the Commons with resources for faculty interested in using blogs in their teaching.
Kitchen Sink Utilities A wiki page on the Commons with a list of all the miscellaneous odds and ends and potpourri that are out there for doing cool things with classes and students. This page was adapted from a blog post on the ITCP Core 2 Spring 2011 blog.
Cool Tools for Teachers A wiki page on the Commons with a list of innovative new web 2.0 tools for teachers.
Web 2.0 Tools and their Potential Uses for Educators This is an continuously updated list of Web 2.0 applications and their potential uses for educators.
Sites with Information about Teaching with Web 2.0 Another growing list of websites with information for faculty interested in incorporating web 2.0 tools into their teaching.
Learning Tools Directory This site lists (and links to) more than 2000 tools, grouped into ten categories (instructional; “virtual”/live”; documentation & presentation; images, audio, & video; blogs & wikis; micro-blogging & Twitter apps; collaboration & bookmarking; social networking; personal productivity; and browsers, players, & readers.
Web 2.0 Tools: Annotated Links and Resources Explanations (with illustrations) of social networking tools, blogs and blog guides, wikis and wiki guides, collaboration tools. social bookmarking tools, virtual arts collaborations, RSS feeds, and more.
Software Essentials for the Modern Educator This has links to dozens of (mostly free) applications to make online course design (and life) easier.
Moodle 2.0 and EduMoodles What is “Moodle”? Why should we create and use one?
Microblogging and “Twittering” in College Courses What is microblogging? What is Twitter? And what relevance does either have for higher education??
Twitter and Classroom Engagement A blog post from Valerie Futch on the TE(a)CH with Purpose @ Bronx CC blog.
The Brain Free Thinking Software Software which allows users to create diagrams during brain storming sessions. Users can attach files or webpages to different nodes in the diagram.
Dipity Interactive Timelines Allows users to create interactive timelines with text, pictures and video.
Omeka web publishing softwareOpen source web publishing platform which can be used to display collections, create visual exhibits,or personal pages.
Evernote Note taking and research organizing system which allows user to capture full web pages, journal articles or pictures.
Zotero Free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself.
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Below is a list of helpful PDF documents that provide advice on various web applications and their eductional uses. Please add others as you find them.
A Guide to Social Learning This guide explains Web 2.0 social learning tools (e.g., blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking, podcasts, RSS, micro-blogging, photo sharing and video-sharing sites) and illustrates some of the ways in which instructors can use these tools to help students learn.
eLearning 2.0: All You Need to Know
Why Should We Incorporate Web 2.0 Tools and Practices in Our Teaching?
College 2.0: Higher Education, Online Learning and Web 2.0
A Bibliography of the Educational Applications of Second Life
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The linked sites explain eTeaching 2.0–a social and collaborative approach that facilitates active learning through the use of online communities and networks in which students co-create, collaborate and share knowledge, thereby participating fully in their learning.
These links describe (and provide examples of) dozens of new social interaction tools, social bookmarking tools.
This is a “resource kit” for educational technology teaching and research,.
This is a repository of free learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education (including professional training and informal learning).
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The linked sites explain eTeaching 2.0–a social and collaborative approach that facilitates active learning through the use of online communities and networks in which students co-create, collaborate and share knowledge, thereby participating fully in their learning.
These links describe (and provide examples of) dozens of new social interaction tools, social bookmarking tools.
This is a “resource kit” for educational technology teaching and research,.
This is a repository of free learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education (including professional training and informal learning).
A gravatar is a digital image that follows you from online site to site, appearing next to your name, identifyng your posts on blogs and web forums. Gravatar is an abbreviation for “Globally Recognized Avatar.” Free gravatars are provided by Gravatar.com, where you can get one that’s already been created or you can create your own. When you register for a gravatar, your account is based on the e-mail address you provide. From then on, whenever you register in most online sites (especially blogging sites) using that e-mail address, your gravatar loads immediately.
If you want to create your own gravatar on Gravator.com, you can load any jpeg image. The maximum image size is no larger than 500 pixels in length OR width. If you upload an image that’s larger or smaller than this, Gravatar automatically rescales it (and does an excellent job of keeping the image’s sharpness). When the gravatar displays, it is always square and always displayed at 80 by 80 pixels.
“A Guide to Social Learning”
This guide explains Web 2.0 social learning and tools (e.g., blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking, podcasts, RSS, micro-blogging, photo sharing and video-sharing sites) and illustrates ways in which educators can help students improve their learning (and their ability to learn) through online social interaction, networking, collaborating, and sharing.
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This documents consist of a table explaining the “what, “how,” and “why” of various social learning strategies.
Item College 2.0: Higher Education, Online Learning and Web 2.0
This is an example of social networking for college teachers. It currently has 430 members from colleges and universities acrodd the country. I urge you to join it!
The Future of e-Learning: A Shift to Knowledge Networking and Social Software
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Item E-Learning 2.0: What it Means and Where it’s Going
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Item What are E-Learning Web 2.0 Tools?
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In this brief article, Bryan Alexander (Director for Research at the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education), explains the applications and implications of various Web 2.0 tools for higher education. Here’s a quote: “The rich search possibilities opened up by these tools can enhance all curricula and pedagogies. . . The ability to save and share a search ,and in the case of PubSub, to literally search the future, lets students and faculty follow a search over time, perhaps across a span of weeks in a semester.”
Web 2.0 Concepts, Theory, Uses, and Research – What is E-Learning 2.0? What are Web 2.0 tools? What is social bookmarking and how can students use it as a learning tool and an academic resource?
Educational Wikis and Blogs – Blogs, wikis, and other interactive tools are the major educational social interaction tools of the Web 2.0–or as Will Richardson, author of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms calls it, the “Read-Write Web,” because everyone is encouraged to participate and not simply read, but also write! Information and samples of these are in this folder. Also included is a link to Blogs@Baruch, which includes terrific “How-Tos” and descriptions of “best practices” of Web 2.0 pedagogical applications and discussions of new technologies to watch for (and their implications for teaching and learning).
Web 2.0 Tools and Resources – Inside this folder are descriptions of and links to dozens of new social interaction, social bookmarking, and other kinds of tools currently being used for learning and teaching .
Blogs about Education and Technology – Most of these blogs are written by directors of Instructional Computing units at colleges and universities; many discuss the pros and cons of emerging technologies for teaching and learning.
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