Alternatives to LMS and Content development

ACPET - Vic Government e-Learning Program 2012Alternative Delivery Tools

Intermediate Stream

Alternatives to an LMS

Name and title of presenter goes here

WordPressBlogging System• Open or closed• Server or web application• Lots of plug ins• Can create social network using BuddyPress

http://wordpress.org/

WordPress

WordPress

WordPresshttp://www.yumstudio.com.au/acpet12/

WikiWebsite System• Allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a

web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.

• Users can comment on each page• Can track page changes• Can close wikis off to public• Many systems around (web, cloud, server)

http://www.wikispaces.com/

Wiki

Wiki

http://acpet12.wikispaces.com/

NingMember based social network site• Allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a

web browser usually using a simplified markup language or a rich-text editor.

• Users can comment on each page• Can track page changes• Can close wikis off to public• Many systems around (web, cloud, server)• $

http://ning.com/

Ning

Google SitesGroup Website• Share posts• Share calendars in posts• Add shared Documents• Comments

http://sites.google.com

Google GroupsGroup social network• Share and reply to topics posted by members

http://sites.google.com

Google Groups

Visual Tools for creating content

Name and title of presenter goes here

XtranormalText to Movie tool• Characters, settings• Poses• Camera angles• Small cost for assets you use• Download or embed movie

http://www.xtranormal.com/

Xtranormal

Xtranormal

VokiSimple Website Avatar creator• Create and customise characters• Add audio or text to speech• Embed into website, blog, Moodle etc.

http://www.voki.com/

Voki

Code BabySimple Avatar creator• Create and customise characters• Software suite• Very $• PC only software• Add audio or text to speech• Export to Flash for insertion in rapid eLearnng tools

http://codebaby.com/

Code Baby

PreziPresentation software• Cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new

world between whiteboards and slides.

http://prezi.com/

Prezi

Communication and Facilitation Tools

Name and title of presenter goes here

YammerSocial Enterprise Tool• Text• Chat• File Sharing

https://www.yammer.com/

Yammer

Yammerhttps://www.yammer.com/acpetementor/

Big Blue ButtonOpen Source Webinar Tool• Text• Chat• Presentation• Recording when integrated with Moodle

http://www.bigbluebutton.org/

Big Blue Button

Big Blue Button• http://trainspace.bigbluebutton.org

SkypeVoice over internet communication tool• Text and Voice Chat• Skype to Phone• Group calls• Application Sharing (pro)

http://www.skype.com

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Skype

TwitterMicro Blogging tool• 140 Characters• Followers, Groups, Hashtags• Myriad of apps and software for PC, Mac and Mobile• Twitter stream can be embedded across the web

http://www.twitter.com

@mickgwyther

Twitter

Google +Facebook style social media• You catergorise followers into Circles• Can hang out and chat with followers• Can comment and add to others posts

https://plus.google.com

Google +

Student Productivity Tools

Name and title of presenter goes here

Google Suite - Student productivity• Mail• Calendar• Documents• Blogs (Blogger)• Reader• YouTube

http://mail.google.com

Google Suite

Google SitesGroup Website• Share posts• Share calendars in posts• Add shared Documents• Comments

https://sites.google.com/site/acpet2012/

http://sites.google.com

Google Reader

Google ReaderFollow hundreds of blogs in one place• Subscribe to Blogs• Tag by topic• Share with others

http://www.google.com/reader

Google DriveCreate and share documents• Create documents, spreadsheets & excel in the Cloud• Share and joint editing• Download in variety of formats• Embed into blogs, wikis, Moodle etc• Repository of files

https://docs.google.com

Google Drive

Google Drive

Social Bookmarks - DiigoCreate and share bookmarks• Social bookmarking, web annotation, collaborative

research services, • Capture a variety of data - screenshots, pictures, notes,

etc• Share on mobile, read sites offline

http://www.diigo.com

Diigo

Social Bookmarks - DiigoCreate and share bookmarks• Social bookmarking, web annotation, collaborative

research services, • Capture a variety of data - screenshots, pictures, notes,

etc• Share on mobile, read sites offline

http://www.diigo.com

Microsoft SkyDrive

https://skydrive.live.com

Document sharing and cloud creation • Scaled down versions of Office Software apps• Create in the Cloud• Software for PC, Map, Mobile Devices• File storage similar to DropBox

Microsoft SkyDrive

Microsoft SkyDrive

MindmapsTools for organising and representing knowledge and relationships graphically•to generate ideas (eg brainstorming)•to design a complex structure (eg complicated texts, large web sites)•to communicate complex ideas•to aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge

Mindmaps

https://bubbl.us/

Resources – Top 100 tools

http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/

Resources – Cool Tools for Schools

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

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