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Comprehensive List of Free Online Classes and Online Courses
Lots of open courseware classes from different universities, sorted by subject. Nice to have an aggregated list from the various sources
30 Stunning Fonts To Enhance Your Designs | Fonts | instantShift
Free fonts & additional links for free fonts. Check the licensing and be careful though; some are personal use only, some require registration, at least one requires personal info & credit card even though it's "free."
Create Online Surveys: Guide To The Best Free Services
Comparison of free tools for online surveys
CourseLab - free e-Learning authoring tool
Free tool for course authoring. Screen captures and PowerPoint imports are paid extras, but the basic tool is free. Might be nice for creating portfolio samples if you don't have access to Captivate or Articulate.
SpeEdChange: Refusing Free, Depriving Students
Why do schools refuse to use free and open source software options, even when those options would improve accessibility for students? Ignorance? Fear? Politics? Probably some combination of all three.
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If an electrician was too afraid of electricity to touch a wire, he'd be an electrician no more. So if an educator is afraid of the information and communication technologies of his/her age, then he/she can no longer be an "educator" in any meaningful way.
News: U.S. Push for Free Online Courses - Inside Higher Ed
The Obama administration is pushing for creating free online courses at the high school/community college level, focusing on basic skills and job training. Some sort of examination/assessment is also possible, plus the idea of mixing free and paid courses at community colleges to reduce the cost of tuition.
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Bonk said that administration's ideas about open courses are consistent with the "convergence" he sees taking place in online learning. There is a growing belief that for many kinds of courses, there are best providers whose work can be made available online, there are large numbers of students who could benefit from those courses, and those who might benefit don't necessarily have a lot of money.
Free e-Learning | MinuteBio
Directory of free online courses, sorted in categories including art, science, computers, and instructional design.
40+ Sources To Download High-Quality Royalty Free Stock Images | Showcases | instantShift
Free image sites--read conditions carefully
Kapp Notes: Free e-Learning Stuff
Resources for e-learning, all free. Includes an online book, whitepaper, interview transcript, presentation, book chapter, book summary, and more.
ZaidLearn: University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE!
Huge directory of links to free educational resources--open courseware, open educational resources, and general resources. Mostly higher ed.
Call Graph: The free Skype call recorder
Free tool for recording Skype calls without limits on time
Spotlight: Free Science Resources Online : March 2008 : THE Journal
Overview of free science resources from NASA, the Smithonian, and MIT OCW
Where to Find Free Images and Visual for My Blog
Large list of image resources. In spite of the title, many of these also turn up copyrighted images (e.g., Google Image search), but there are some interesting collections for noncommercial use too.
Logic+Emotion: How To Reference an L+E Visual
David Armano on the benefits of sharing his images and how this has built his reputation. He asks that people cite him, but knows that some won't.
Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business
Examines the change in the economy to free products and services as the costs approach zero. Several models are shown, such as the "freemium" model that Flickr uses with a free service plus a premium paid service.
Find free images online - my list! « HeyJude
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Lots of sources for free, Creative Commons, and public domain images. Most of these were new to me.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-11-15
The National Academies Press Home Page
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Free online science books, including a number of education-related titles.
- christyinsdesign on 2007-11-13
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