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Visual Learning Center by Visme

The resource to help you become a better visual communicator. The site contains a wide array of resources visual learners and presenters. These resources will help you become a better presenter, communicator, and storyteller by creating better presentations and infographics. Visual Learning Center by Visme Keywords: visual learning, digital literacy, blogs and wikis, visualize information, presentation
Todoist – The Best To Do List App & Task Manager

Life has become much more demanding in this digital era than it has ever been before. To keep track of everything that needs our attention, we now seek aids of technological tools. Todoist is an organizational tool to tame life’s chaos. Todoist – The Best To Do List App & Task Manager Keywords: Organization,…
Project Noah | Networked Organisms And Habitats

Project Noah is “a global citizen science platform to discover, share, and identify wildlife. It is a software tool that that nature lovers can use to explore and document local wildlife and share with others. It also provides a common technology platform for research groups, teachers and students interested in wildlife. Project Noah | Networked…
7 Things You Should Know About Open Textbook Publishing – EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)

With the ever rising cost of education, the textbook price is also rising. The open educational resources model has surfaced as a response to this problem and to meet the increasing demand of high-quality learning materials. Open textbooks can be offered by commercial publishers or found in open repositories. Open resources can promote active learning…
Unsplash

All photos published on Unsplash can be used for free. You can use them for commercial and noncommercial purposes. You do not need to ask permission from or provide credit to the photographer or Unsplash, although it is appreciated when possible. Unsplash Keywords: stock photos, images, Creative Commons
Digital Note Taking Strategies That Deepen Student Thinking

In a world of competition and exhilaration, success comes to those who are actively organized. A vital tool to aide students in today’s digital era where as much of learning happens online as it does in an in-person classroom is a proper note taking strategy. KQED Inc. describes how digital note taking strategies can enhance…
Screenshot Tools, Tips, and Shortcuts: How to Capture Anything on Your Screen

Screenshots are a simple way to show what displays on your screen. Screengrabs can help you point out a bug, save a picture on Facebook to your camera roll, or demonstrate anything you see on your screen. All operating systems comes equipped with a screenshot tool. Use this guide to help you take screenshots. …
Versal

Versal is a ‘daily learning platform’ with a holistic approach with educators as the target audience, Versal provides an online space for easy presentation of lecture materials with integrated interactive assignments. Versal makes online learning simple enough for anyone to deploy. Blend classroom lectures with interactive assignments, make distance learning more effective, Versal
Mathway

Mathway is a problem solving tool, providing algorithms that will solve many algebraic problems. It is available on most cell phone and personal computer platforms. Using this tool, the instructor can create scenarios in which the learner can solve more realistic problems than normally included in many first year college math texts. A common complaint…
SOL*R Repository

SOL*R is a repository service provided by BCcampus that allows educators to access free online learning resources. SOL*R includes learning resources from a wide variety of disciplines and subject areas. Resources range from open textbooks, individual learning activities, and tools, all the way to full programs. SOL*R Repository
Open Culture

Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it,…
Mason OER Metafinder

The Mason OER Metafinder searches seventeen targets in real-time, instantly returning the top several hundred or so relevant hits from each site. Searches include open textbooks, libraries, museums and organizations from around the world. Mason OER Metafinder
Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS)

Openly Available Sources Integrated Search (OASIS) is a search tool for open educational resources (OER). OASIS currently searches open content from 52 different sources and contains 155,375 records. Use OASIS to discover quality, free open textbooks, courseware and more. OASIS was developed by the SUNY Geneseo Milne Library, in consultation with SUNY OER Services. Openly…
Creative Commons

CreativeCommons.org is the official site for Creative Commons, which is an American non-profit organization devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. The organization has released several copyright-licenses, known as Creative Commons licenses, free of charge to the public. Use the tools found on Creative…
Ten Tips for Hosting a Web Meeting

This short article from Faculty Focus shares 10 tips for hosting web meetings. Web meetings allow participants to meet online to collaborate and share information. This article is published through the Faculty Focus website, but the tips provided are very relevant to any web meeting. Ten Tips for Hosting a Web Meeting Keywords: Collaboration, webconference, webconferencing,…
Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship

Mike Ribble identified Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship that comprise a digital citizen and he explains each on his website. The updated Digital Citizenship definition is “the continuously developing norms of appropriate, responsible, and empowered technology use.” Nine Themes of Digital Citizenship Keywords: Digital literacy, Digital Fluency
Snapchat

Snapchat is a popular messaging app that lets users exchange pictures and videos (called snaps) that are meant to disappear after they’re viewed. It’s advertised as a “new type of camera” because the essential function is to take a picture or video, add filters, lenses or other effects and share them with friends. It’s like texting,…
Populr.me

Populr.me can be used for social media, business, education, or many other uses. Build websites with templates for networking, sales, marketing, etc. Drop in text, video, pictures, embeds. Upgrade for additional features, or keep it free. Great for building interactive syllabi, professional profiles, ePortfolios, and other online information. Populr.me Keywords: web editing, websites
SUNY OER Services – Embracing Open Pedagogy

Open Pedagogy is a commitment to learner-driven education AND a process to shape teaching approaches and use tools for learning that enable the learners to contribute by creating and sharing learning content. SUNY OER Services – Embracing Open Pedagogy
Podbean

Podbean is used to listen to podcasts and can be used on a phone, mobile device, or desktop. You can use Podbean to easily record and publish your own podcasts. Podbean