eFront Learning: Free and Open Source Authoring Tools for e-Learning As an e-Learning consultant I always was fun of open source software. Why? The answer is simple. Because I could use them as I wish, for whatever I wish, without long-term commitments and with the extra bonus of a community of professionals that use, extend and support them. In this post I am not going to talk about open source learning management systems such as eFront [1] but rather dedicated open source "authoring tools". We support Free eLearning! => If you know a free or open source authoring tool that is not included in the list I will highly appreciate if you write a comment with a link! What2Learn makes it easy for e-Learning developers to create interactive games and quizzes and track learners' attainment. xical.org With Xical you can produce web-based slide shows, tutorials, tests and whatever else you can think of that can make use of integrated rich media, such as audio (speech and music), video, animations or interactive visual diagrams and the likes. ClassTools.net eXe Wink
ThePirateBay.org - Download unlimited torrents on Pirate Bay OnWebinar - OnWebinar.com a free platform for hosting webinars 9.1 Defining and Measuring Intelligence – Introduction to Psychology Learning Objectives Define intelligence and list the different types of intelligences psychologists study.Summarize the characteristics of a scientifically valid intelligence test.Outline the biological and environmental determinants of intelligence. Psychologists have long debated how to best conceptualize and measure intelligence (Sternberg, 2003). These questions include how many types of intelligence there are, the role of nature versus nurture in intelligence, how intelligence is represented in the brain, and the meaning of group differences in intelligence. General (g) Versus Specific (s) Intelligences In the early 1900s, the French psychologist Alfred Binet (1857–1914) and his colleague Henri Simon (1872–1961) began working in Paris to develop a measure that would differentiate students who were expected to be better learners from students who were expected to be slower learners. Other researchers have proposed even more types of intelligences. Figure 9.2 Expertise. Figure 9.3
464 Digital Learning Tools To Sift Through On A Rainy Day The quality and practicality of digital learning tools is a bit subjective. Where one classroom may do very well with the unpackaged and unfiltered content available on YouTube, Scribd, or podcasts, another teacher may want a practice app that picks one grade level of one content area and has students practice. Where one teacher may create a classroom full of self-directed learners working through way through project-based learning units, another may want pre-packaged content like that available through MOOCs and iTunesU. So the following list by Dale Borgeson then–almost maddeningly long at 464 digital learning tools and counting–will make some of you crazy, and some of you smile. With all due respect to subjectivity, that is. 464 Digital Learning Tools To Sift Through On A Rainy Day