Best Practices in Instructional Design & Use of Learning Technologies

The manner in which children and adolescents interact learn and play has changed more over the turn of the century than it did in the 500 years before that. In fact, the last such change was seen when the movable type printing press was invented by Gutenberg in 1439!

WebRoom is your free virtual room with HD video and audio, screen sharing, Whiteboards and more for up to 15 participants. Our cloud-based tool includes all the features you need for effective live online classes and meetings.

Online simulations that excite curiosity and invite interaction in math and science. Gizmos help students dig deeper into subjects and really understand challenging concepts.

"Nothing comes without a price tag, and the same goes for education. As learning becomes increasingly digitized, new expenses continue to arise for educators, making it an expensive endeavor to keep your classroom stocked with the latest e-learning tools and technology

Fortunately, there are plenty of open source and freemium e-learning tools available online that you can take advantage of to keep your students engaged and expenses within your budget. By utilizing these free online teaching tools — and the multitude of teacher discounts — you’ll have your class leaping into the digital age in no time!"

If you are looking for inspiration when it comes to content curation, here is a great example at work.

Elearning Examples is a curated collection of "examples" from the real world of online communications in the areas of "multimedia journalism", "infographics" and "html5" among others.

For each one of these categories the author has written and edited a specific information card containing relevant information, images and links to the work being referenced.

The design of the site and the quality of the work "examples" being showcased make this a good example of what good "content curation" is. 

Clearly, the work produced by this site, produces no noise or regurgitation of information, but rather offers a better way to make sense and discover the communication areas being curated on the site.

Thanks to David Anderson, an e-learning designer & community manager at Articulate for having created this excellent curated set of galleries.

Inspiring. 9/10

Look: http://elearningexamples.com/ 

David Anderson's blog: http://multimedialearning.com/ 

His Twitter channel: https://twitter.com/#!/elearning 

(Reviewed by Robin Good)

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