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College Open Textbooks Collaborative

This is a collaborative of educational non-profit and for-profit organizations that are affiliated with more than 200 colleges. The group is focused on raising awareness and adoptions of open textbooks for community and two-year colleges. The collaborative also offers training for instructors adopting open resources, peer reviews of open textbooks and mentoring online professional networks…
Pinterest

Pinterest is a web and mobile application startup that operates a software system designed to discover information on the World Wide Web, mainly utilizing images and on a shorter scale, GIFs and videos. Pinterest The Atlantic – What is Pinterest? – A magazine article that defines what Pinterest is and how it has…
What are Open Educational Resources? – SUNY OER Services

The guide below from SUNY OER Service that explains the best uses for OERs in the classroom and how to implement them into your teaching. Open Educational Resources (OER) includes any type of educational materials that are in the public domain, and are legally and freely available for use and reuse by anyone, without charge.…
Flickr

Flickr is an image and video-hosting website and web services suite. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, and effectively an online community, the service is widely used by photo researchers and by bloggers to host images that they embed in blogs and social media. Flikr has…
Google Photos

Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google and gives users free, unlimited storage for photos up to 16 megapixels and videos up to 1080p resolution. Google Photos PC Magazine – 25 Tricks to Master Google Photos – A magazine article describing tricks, tips, and hints users can practice…
Instagram

Instagram is a mobile, desktop, and Internet-based photo-sharing application and service that allows users to share pictures and videos either publicly or privately. Users can apply various digital filters to their images, and add locations through geotags and assign hashtags to link to other photos. Instagram University of New Hampshire – Instagram Help…
Pixlr

Pixlr is a cloud-based set of image tools and utilities, including a number of photo editors, a screen grabber browser extension, and a photo sharing service. The suite was intended for non-professionals, however, the apps range from simple to advanced photo editing. PIXLR Pixlr Support Page – The link to the Pixlr Support and…
Coursera

Perhaps the best-known provider of online MOOCs, Coursera describes itself as providing “universal access to the world s best education, partnering with top universities and organizations to offer courses online.” While courses are mostly free or low-cost, students must pay to secure a certificate of completion. Students can even complete degrees online via Coursera and…
Udacity

Udacity’s tagline reads: “where lifelong learners come to learn the skills they need, to land the jobs they want, to build the lives they deserve.” While Udacity offers many university-style MOOCs, this for-profit site is now oriented towards vocational education, offering courses and nanodegrees in technological fields. Udacity Keywords: Open Educational Resources (OER) &…
Plickers

Lets you poll your class for free, without the need for student devices. Just give each student a card (a “paper clicker”), and use your iPhone/iPad to scan them to do instant checks-for-understanding, exit tickets, and impromptu polls. Best of all, your data is automatically saved, student-by-student, at plickers.com. Plickers Plickers Help –…
Canvas Network

Canvas Network provides an open platform where “teachers, students, and institutions worldwide can connect and plan their own course for personal growth, professional development and academic inquiry.” Learners can choose between enrolling in a MOOC or courses that have enrollment caps. Canvas does not award certificates or degrees although many partnering institutions do. The Canvas…
Edorble Academy

Edorble helps teachers, trainers, and students create, publish, and use collaborative 3D + Virtual Reality worlds. Edorble is a virtual world for education and a learning community for those interested in 3D/VR technology, online learning, education technology, gamification, and more. Edorble Keywords: Flipped Learning, Presentations
Open SUNY Textbooks

A publishing model to support faculty adoption, remixing, and creation of open educational resources. Open SUNY Textbooks Information for Faculty – Information page for faculty who wish to implement OERs into their courses. Learn to navigate the Open SUNY Textbooks page and catalog. Keywords: Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Access
SUNY OER Course Development Support

SUNY OER Services is a well-organized collection of resources for courses in many disciplines with several subjects specialized within each. Each link provides a section for SUNY resources, where available, and another for Additional Offerings. The site is growing with resources being added regularly. Select your topic of interest to reach the individual support page for…
Intellectual Property: Part I Video

This entertaining video explaining intellectual property rights and discussing how you can share and protect your rights simultaneously is created the State University of New York Metaliteracy Learning Collaborative. Intellectual Property: Part I Video (3 min. video) What is Intellectual Property? – A definition and resources from the World Intellectual Property Organization Keywords:…
Four Reasons to Care About Your Digital Footprint

This enlightening 8-minute video demonstrates the lesser-known issues that can arise from our trips around the Internet. It discusses how extensively our online views are tracked and shows how this information is of commercial value to various entities, how little control we have over who gets access, the possibility of identity theft, and the potential…
The Padagogy Wheel

A graphical representation of the interface of mobile apps with Bloom’s Cognitive Domain Categories and the SAMR Model of technology integration. The Padagogy Wheel, developed by Allan Carrington of Designing Outcomes in Adelaide, Australia, is a graphical representation of the interface of mobile apps with Bloom’s Cognitive Domain Categories and the SAMR Model of technology integration. Consider more…
AudioNote

An iOS and Android app that combines a notepad with a voice recording, giving your tablet with a stylus functionality similar to that of a LiveScribe pen. Watch as your text and drawings highlight during playback, helping you to remember the context in which they were taken. Tap your notes to hear the audio that…
Google Search Advanced Feature

Google can be helpful in finding reusable resources. It explains how to use their advanced search features and explains various types of usage rights. Google Search Advanced Feature Google Guide making searching even easier – More information about how to use this tool – with examples. Keywords: Audio, Copyright, Creative Commons, Digital…
Evernote

A cross-platform app designed for note taking, organizing, and archiving. The app allows users to create a “note” which can be a piece of formatted text, a full webpage or webpage excerpt, a photograph, a voice memo, or a handwritten “ink” note. Notes can be tagged or placed into Notebooks for organizational purposes. Evernote Evernote…