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Using Game-Based Learning Online – A Cookbook of Recipes Author: The EGG

Games are likely to reinforce students’ commitment to the learning process. In an educational context, these characteristics and qualities can greatly enhance student engagement, motivation, and learning. This collection of recipes has been created to present game-based strategies to make online learning more stimulating and engaging for students. In this cookbook, an interdisciplinary panel of…
WordTalk

An extension that adds text to speech to your word processor. A “best free text-to-speech software of 2021.”
JeopardyLabs

JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template easy. Just use our simple editor to get your game up and running. You can also browse other jeopardy templates created by other people instead of…
Type Studio

Type Studio is an online text-based video and podcast editing software. It transcribes your video and audio files into text. Then you can edit your media based on the transcribed text. There are a few features that Type Studio comes with besides just editing. Translation: Translate your video and audio files into different languages. Automatically…
Venngage

Venngage is an online tool for creating infographics, reports, and data visualizations. Infographics make complex, important, or technical information easy to digest. Pick from hundreds of charts, maps, icons, and import data directly from your spreadsheets into numerous chart styles and infographic templates. This blog post titled, “Venngage: 7 Ways eLearning Infographics Make Education Easier,”…
IT Security Basics Course – Indiana University

Everyone should have a clear understanding of IT security basic skills, in today’s world where our digital lives and connections are increasing constantly. Enroll in the IT Security Basics online course to learn 10 simple and effective skills, habits, and tools to stay safe online. This short, user-friendly course also includes an opportunity to earn…
Frame VR

Immersive presentations and meetings – right from the browser on desktop, mobile, and VR. FRAME is a virtual world environment. It is a beta product from Virbela, which is a full-fledged virtual world that requires an application that needs to be downloaded and installed on a computer. FRAME VR makes it easy to come together…
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) is a community-curated online directory that indexes and provides access to high-quality, open access, peer-reviewed journals. All DOAJ services are free of charge including being indexed. All data is freely available. Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
Icebreaker.Video

Icebreaker videos are a great tool to help promote collaboration for icebreakers, meet-and-greet, or meetups. You can plan your meeting by choosing a topic and conversation games through a template or yourself. Prompt cards make this a fun and fast-paced meeting space. Tiered pricing available and easy to use. Icebreaker.video
Checkology | The News Literacy Project

Checkology® Virtual Classroom can help educators, students, and anyone learn how to tell the difference between fact and fiction. Checkology | The News Literacy Project
Critical Media Literacy Library Guide – UCLA Libraries

This guide has many free resources to help learn skills to become a critical media literacy consumer and is created and maintained by the University of California Libraries. Critical Media Literacy Library Guide – UCLA Libraries
Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone, in their own language. It acts as a common repository for the various projects of the Wikimedia Foundation. The repository is created and maintained by volunteers. The scope of Commons is set out on the…
Google Translate

Google’s free service instantly translates words, phrases, and web pages between English and over 100 other languages. You can also use your phone’s camera to translate text in the Translate app. For example, you can use your camera to translate signs or handwritten notes. Google Translate
Microsoft 365: Here’s how to get it for free

This blog post by c|net explains how anyone can use Microsoft’s Word, Excel, and PowerPoint apps without spending any money. Microsoft 365: Here’s how to get it for free
Using Online Whiteboards to Boost Student Engagement and Confidence in Math – Edutopia

This article shares ways to better grasp thought processes in math class by using online whiteboards—web-based tools that enable students to write or type content that teachers can instantly see and share. A few examples of some freely available online whiteboards are also linked to in the article. Using Online Whiteboards to Boost Student…
ComPair

ComPAIR is a peer assessment and feedback application in which students first answer an assignment and then compare and respond to pairs of peer answers. For each pair, students pick the answer they think better meets instructor-set criteria (e.g., “Which is better articulated?”, “Which is more accurate?”) and write feedback to each peer. The above…
Coggle

Coggle is a collaborative mindmapping tool that allows for the creation and sharing of flexible diagrams that illustrate connections between various concepts. Coggle
Aropä

Aropä is an online peer-review system designed to support peer review and peer grading. It was developed by Helen Purchase and John Hamer of the University of Glasgow and is available for worldwide use for free. Aropä can be scaled to accommodate any size group with the flexibility to create smaller sub-groups or communities of…
Making Accessible Word Documents – Coaches of Tech

Microsoft Word has evolved into a tool that allows you to make accessible documents. The built-in tools in the latest version will check your accessibility before publishing it. Accessibility is important for everyone. Proper use of headings, lists, image alternative text, reading order, and contrast will make documents that everyone can interact with. Apply “Proactive…
Taquette

Taguette is a free an opensource text tagging tool for qualitative data analysis and qualitative research. Taguette