
Resources
Teaching Tips
Web 2.0
Articles
Journals
Educational Games
Mind Mapping Software
- bubbl.us is a free web based brainstorming application. Allows collaboration and posting mind maps to the web. (Requires Flash)
- Gliffy - a freeware web based mind mapping and drawing application.
- IHMC CmapTools is a freeware web based mind mapping application. It allows for online collaboration within the mindmaps.
- Mapul is a silverlight-based collaborative mind mapping tool having many features: collaboration, posting maps in web, free-float texts and images, hyperlinks, color and fonts, etc.. Free version provides up to 8 maps and unlimited shared maps.
- Mind42.com is a free, online mind-mapping application. Online collaboration is possible with 2 or more users - plus integration of resulting maps into blogs, linking with web-pages, inclusion of graphics in the mind-map, attachments such as wikipedia articles and notes to the mind-map, rich text along with nodes.
- Mindomo is a free web-based (flash player is necessary) mind mapping application with an impressive set of features: rich text topics, rich text notes, hyperlinks, task info, topic images, various topic layouts, boundary around topics, outline export, etc...
- MindMeister is a 100% web-based collaborative mindmapping tool. Using only a standard web browser you can manage your own mindmaps, or collaborate with others in real-time on the same mindmap in brainstorming mode. This works on a subscription model - free use provides up to 6 mindmaps.
- Compendium is a free mind mapping application created by the Open University (Requires Java runtime).
Online Course Development
Student Portfolios
Tools
Content
Journals
Background about Distance Education and eLearning
- Bonk, C. J. (2004, June). The perfect e-storm: Emerging technologies, enormous learner demand, enhanced pedagogy, and erased budgets. (see or http://www.publicationshare.com/).http://mypage.iu.edu/~cjbonk/part1.pdf and http://mypage.iu.edu/~cjbonk/part2.pdf
- Sloan Reports (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007). http://www.sloan-c.org/index.asp
- Sizing the Opportunity: The quality and extent of online education in the United States, 2002 and 2003. Needham, MA: Sloan-C. http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/sizing_opportunity.pdf:
- Growing by degrees: Online education in the United States, 2005 http://www.sloan-c.org/resources/growing_by_degrees.pdf
- Making the grade: Online education in the United States. The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C). http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/survey/pdf/making_the_grade.pdf
- Thirty-two trends affecting distance education: An informed foundation for strategic planning. http://www.westga.edu/%7Edistance/ojdla/fall63/howell63.html
- Theoretical challenges for distance education in the 21st century: A shift from structural to transactional issues.http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2/333
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