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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…
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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. …
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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
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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
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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
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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…
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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…
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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
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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
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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
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Accessible Course Design
This site helps instructors and instructional designers implement strategies for accessible course design. The goal is to provide information that is easily understandable to individuals who are not necessarily technology-oriented and may not know much about working with people with disabilities. The tips on this website have been written to accommodate students who are deaf…
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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
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Edulai for employability skills development
Dynamic library with free internet learning material for improving employability skills
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StoryMap
StoryMap, by Knight Lab, can be used to tell a highlight of a particular image or historical map (its tagline is “maps that tell stories”). Users can guide viewers through a series of zoomed-in highlights to a particular image or map, highlight areas of interest in the image. Each item that’s designated can feature text,…
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Thinglink
Thinglink can annotate images with text, audio, or video. You can then share your annotated media in a website, LMS, or present online. Educators can use ThingLink for free. Sharing the content you create with your students can be done from your free account. Allowing students to create content requires a paid teacher account. Thinglink…
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Helping Apps for Practitioners and Educators (HAPPE)
Helping Apps for Practitioners and Educators, HAPPE, is a monthly blog series of the University at Buffalo School of Social Work. The goal of the series is to connect practitioners and educators in the Helping Professions with mobile apps they may find useful in practice or in their pursuit of life-long learning. We believe digital literacies…
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Four Moves & A Habit (infographic)
Michael Caulfield, Washington State University Vancouver, leads the American Association of State Colleges and Universities”s Digital Polarization Initiative (“DigiPo”). The work is framed by his “Four Moves & A Habit” strategy from his OER Web Literacy for Student Fact Checkers. Caulfield’s work is important, and this infographic of Four Moves & A Habit, provide an exceptional resource…
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Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL)
This open education resource (OER) is designed to assist with reading and writing at the college level. The Excelsior Online Writing Lab (OWL) provides multimedia support to students preparing for college-level writing, as well as students making the transition out of introductory-level writing courses. The Online Reading Comprehension Lab (ORC) is the, first of its…
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SurfSafe
Defend the internet. Bring the world to the Internet without false news. If you see something that is false, report it! Supercharge your browser to catch fake news! SurfSafe is protecting users from misleading, photoshopped, and fake news throughout the Internet. The extension marks the level of safety of an image or article on the corners. Never…
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Universal Design for Learning (UDL) from the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST)
Universal design for learning (UDL) is a framework to improve and optimize teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn. It is described by the National Center for UDL as, “a blueprint for creating instructional goals, methods, materials, and assessments that work for everyone–not a single, one-size-fits-all solution but…
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Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance)
“Teaching Tolerance provides me with the means to promote social justice, challenge bias, and engage students in discussions about diversity that would perhaps not happen otherwise.”
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9 Ways to Be a Good Digital Citizen – using technology appropriately
This webpage from Digital Citizenship, developed by Mike Ribble, shares Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship. They fall into three categories, which are listed below. Respect Your Self / Respect Others Etiquette Access Law Educate Your Self / Connect with Others Communicate Literacy Commerce Protect Your Self / Protect Others Rights & Responsibilities Safety (Security) Health…
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OER Community Course Experience
The OER Community Course Experience is created by the State University of New York (SUNY) OER Services. The SUNY OER Community Courses introduce you to the fundamental principles and effective practices related to Open Educational Resources. Throughout the learning space, you have the opportunity to explore and discuss methods and approaches to finding, adopting, customizing, integrating,…
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Med-Tech Innovation News
This website is the UK and Ireland leading publication for medical design and manufacturing technology and innovation. Their expert editorial team brings together daily news, technical content, analysis, case studies and high-profile interviews with industry experts and thought leaders. Med-Tech Innovation News provides intelligence for professionals involved in the design and production of Class I,…
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Open Attribution Builder
Open Attribution Builder is a tool to help you build attributions for Open Educational Resources (OER) and other items you find that have Creative Commons licensing. Fill out a form and the app automatically generates an attribution for you. This website is created by the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges. Open Attribution Builder …
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Discovering Open Educational Resources OER – Temple University
This guide by Temple University is an introduction to open educational resources. It provides information about what open education resources are and how to discover and use them. Temple University Libraries – Discovering Open Educational Resources OER Keywords: Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Access
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TED Talks
TED Talks: ideas worth spreading include talks from speakers from a variety of backgrounds who provide thought-provoking presentations about a wide variety of topics. The short TED Talk videos average 10 to 18 minutes. This is a powerful tool for life long learning. The talks are given by people from all walks of life who share insights…
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Google – Search Better Tutorial at GCFGlobal
This site shares a number of Google search strategies and tips created by the Goodwill Community Foundation (GFC) Global to get you started on your quest to find new things to learn about. Learn the basics and advanced strategies for searching for info online. Get more out of your Google Search results with this helpful…
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7 Things You Should Know About Open Education – EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)
Open educational resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research materials in any medium that reside in the public domain or that have been released under an open license that permits no-cost access, use, adaptation, and redistribution by others. The 7 Things You Should Know About… series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses on…
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Web2Access (Disabilities and Tests)
Web2Access is a resource that aims to help those making decisions about their use of freely available ‘Web 2.0’ interactive and collaborate e-learning tools. The website provides rankings based on its accessibility. Web2Access Web2Access (Disabilities and Tests) – tests the accessibility of Web 2.0 tools based on different disabilities. Using the results, they then rank…
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