E-learning Information Portal (http://elearning.draigweb.co.uk)
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Maintained by Paul Catherall BA(Hons),
Dip(ILM), MA(Dist), MCLIP, APHEA
I have also written an e-learning publication, available from Chandos
Publishing: Delivering E-Learning for Information
Services in Higher Education (available from Amazon Hardcover / Softcover).
I am also undertaking research
on distributed learning with MMU. You can also view my homepage and
my illustrated poetry book.
E-learning links: Contact Paul (elearning
draigweb.co.uk)to
suggest a link. Use the scroll bar to explore the page, or click on a category below:
Academic
/ Educational Teaching Repositories
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Accessibility
and Standards Validation Online (also see Web standards...)
- Bobby
- Watchfire product (Web site validator) This free service will allow
you to test web pages for Section 508 and the WCAG (note - you are restricted
to one validation per minute on this free online service). Also see the
application version of Bobby in the section below 'Accessibility Applications
and Systems'.
- W3C
CSS Validator A free service that checks Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
in (X)HTML documents or standalone for conformance to W3C recommendations.
- W3C
MarkUp Validation Service A free service that checks documents like
HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C Recommendations and other standards.
- Web
Design Group HTML / XHTML Validator A good mark-up validator provided
by a group allied with the W3C.
- WebXact WebXACT
is a free online service that lets you test single pages of web content
for quality, accessibility, and privacy issues.
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Accessibility
Applications and Systems
- A
Real Validator Web Design Group application for HTML/ XHTML validation.
- A-Prompt
(Web site validator) The A-Prompt software tool examines Web pages
for barriers to accessibility, performs automatic repairs when possible,
and assists the author in manual repairs when necessary.
- Accessible
Web Publishing Wizard For Microsoft Office An add-on for the Office
suite that converts Powerpoint, Word etc. to accessible HTML (note this
appears to be commercial now and the resulting files may also require additional
work to get to WCAG etc.)
- Accessify.com An
accessibility support site, providing software to generate accessible Web
content.
- aDesigner The
aDesigner is a disability simulator that helps Web designers ensure that
their pages are accessible and usable by the visually impaired.
- Betsie
(Text only / Accessible display script) Betsie is a perl script (a
program) that runs behind your web pages and provides on-the-fly conversion
of your site to a text-only format, it does have some limitations, such
as limited support for authentication (e.g. password entry).
- Bobby
- a Watchfire product (Web site validator) An application version of
the online Bobby validator, unlike the free online service, the application
is a commercial product. An earlier freeware version of Bobby (install_bobby3_2.exe)
is still available from some locations on the Internet.
- Java
Access Bridge For Windows Operating System Java Access Bridge for the
Microsoft Windows Operating System makes it possible for a Windows based
Assistive Technology to get at and interact with the Java Accessibility
API.
- LIFT
for Dreamweaver / Frontpage (Web site accessibility support tool) Desktop
solution for developing usable and accessible "508/W3C compliant" websites
within Dreamweaver or Frontpage.
- Patsie (Commercial
text only display adaptation of Betsie). Essentially, Patsie is a way of
producing an 'on-the-fly', text only version of any Web site which will
improve the accessibility of your site to users.
- Text-transcoder
(LIFT) A Web site text-only display system, more powerful than Betsie
but a commercial product.
- Toronto
University Accessibility Checker A thorough online WCAG validator.
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Accessibility
Auditing Services
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Accessibility
Bodies
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Accessibility
Support Sites
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Assessment
Software (also see VLEs)
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Assistive
Technology
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Content
Management Systems
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Copyright
Licensing Agencies
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Document
Authoring Applications and Viewers
- Adobe
Acrobat PDF
- Microsoft
Office Application Viewers All the Office viewers are here, if you
don't have an Office application such as Word, these can be used to view
Office files.
- Microsoft
Office
- Open
Office An open-source (not-for-profit) suite of applications which
are compatible with Microsoft Office files.
- Star
Office This is another suite of applications compatible with Microsoft
files, this is free for educational users (see license info on the site.)
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E-Learning
/ Educational Technology Support Bodies (also see Pedagogy)
- JISC
Legal Information Service JISC Legal is a free information service offering
high quality legal information to further and higher education relating to
the use of information and communications technologies. We run training events,
provide publications, and offer an enquiry service.
- E-Learning
in Health and Social Care Information and conference pages devoted to
e-learning issues in Higher Education for nursing practitioner and health
studies.
- SCVS
E-Learning portal A site hosted by Swansea Council for Voluntary Service.
- ALT (Association
for Learning Technology)
- BECTa
(British Educational Communications and Technology Agency
- Bristol
Learning Technology Support Service (LTSS)
- Bristol
Learning Technology Support Service - Elearning
- CIDER - The Canadian Institute of Distance Education Research.
- Community
Learning Resource The Community Learning Resource website supports Adult
and Community Learning (ACL) and provides information about the extension
of the National Learning Network (NLN) to ACL and related news, content and
resources.
- CSILE
- Computer Supported Intentional Learning Environments
- Edutools
- European
institute of elearning (EIfEL)
- FERL
(Further Education Resources for Learning)
- JISC (The
Joint Information Systems Commitee)
- JISC
Glossary of HE terms. A useful list of Higher Education terms, acronyms
etc.
- JISC
infoNet Effective Use of VLEs The infoKit aims to enable tutors to make
informed decisions, based on sound educational principles, about the use of
technology in their teaching and their students' learning when using a VLE.
- LTSN
Centre for information and computer science
- NILTA
(National Information and Learning Technologies Association)
- NLN (National
Learning Network)
- Royal
Holloway University of London The E-learning support & information
page of Royal Holloway, University of London.
- RSC
Wales (JISC Regional Support Centre) RSC Wales Site, for other regional
RSCs in the UK, see the JISC site (http://www.jisc.ac.uk) and choose the RSC
pages.
- ScotFEICT
Online Learning Centre of Excellence for Scottish Further Education. ScotFEICT
provides a mix of news, views and information on matters relating to elearning.
ScotFEICT is aimed at the Scottish Further Education community, but welcomes
visitors from all over the world.
- Southampton
e-learning site Guides for e-learning, particularly for Blackboard.
- Teaching
with Independent Learning Technologies Based at Glasgow University, this
project aims to show how teaching and learning can be made more productive
and efficient ...by demonstrating how to use Information Technology effectively
in teaching methods, especially to support more independent learning.
- The
Elearning Group Website of the JISC email list 'elearning'.
- UCISA
(Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association)
- UCISA
Reports and Surveys
- UKOLN
Education-focused faculty based at Bath University.
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E-Learning
Providers
- KESDEE Courses
for finance professionals. KESDEE's Course Catalog features an online library
of over 1500 hours of instruction delivered through the Internet or intranet
to meet professional needs across numerous financial topics.
- Illinois
Colleges Wide selection of career development programs through online
learning and applied skills training at reputable universities and colleges
in Illinois.
- NKI The
Norwegian NKI online university.
- The
New Curiosity Shop The aim of the New Curiosity Shop is to provide
high quality online courses in a wide range of topics. At the New Curiosity
Shop we encourage learning for the pleasure of learning, and our short
courses are designed to stimulate thinking, provoke questions and provide
opportunities for our students to explore ideas.
- The
Phoenix Safety e-Learning unit Phoenix Safety provides regular computer
based Health and Safety training modules to company employees and tracks
their progress on behalf of the company. Delivery of the training can be
through the internet or on a dedicated stand alone workstation.
- WUN
- Worldwide Universities Network A consortium to provide online learning
/ distance-learning courses via major universities.
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Education
Bodies
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Enquiry
Systems
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Government,
Official Bodies and Statistics Agencies
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Information
Science / E-Learning (General portals / groups etc.)
- E-Lis:
E-prints in Library and Information Science E-LIS is an open access
archive for scientific or technical documents, published or unpublished,
on Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related application
disciplines. The archive's goal is to promote communication in LIS by the
rapid dissemination of papers.
- American
Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) ASIS&T
brings together diverse streams of knowledge, focusing what might be disparate
approaches into novel solutions to common problems. ASIS&T bridges
the gaps not only between disciplines but also between the research that
drives and the practices that sustain new developments.
- E-Learning
Knowledge Base E-Learning in Museums and the Tertiary Education Sector.
- E-prints
in Library and Information Science An open access archive for scientific
or technical documents, published or unpublished, on Librarianship, Information
Science and Technology, and related application activities. E-LIS archive's
goal is to promote communication in this field by the rapid dissemination
of papers. You can search or browse the content, register for e-mail alerting
of new additions, and submit your own documents for inclusion in the archive.
- Elearning
group for museums and galleries, libraries and archives The elearning
group for museums, libraries and archives is an informal, rapidly growing
group through which those interested in elearning projects share ideas,
help and inspiration. There are currently around 360 people subscribed
to the 'elearning' email list.
- Elearnspace.org A
site developed by an academic on general e-learning issues, it contains
links to other very interesting sites and several articles on elearning
themes.
- Info
Connect A general Information science and management directory for
Web-based resources.
- Morten
Flate Paulsen's E-Learning Web pages. E-learning site provided by Morten
Flate Paulsen at NKI University.
- RDN
- The Resource Discovery Network The Resource Discovery Network is
the UK's free national gateway to Internet resources for the learning,
teaching and research community. The service currently links to more than
80,000 resources via a series of subject-based information gateways (or
hubs). The RDN is primarily aimed at Internet users in UK further and higher
education but is freely available to all.
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International
E-Learning Bodies
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Journals
(online) and E-Zines
- ACM
Digital Library This is an archive of articles published by ACM, including
the Journal on Educational Resources in Computing and ACM Journal of Computer
Documentation.
- Ariadne
(Information Science e-journal)
- Auricle University
of Bath e-learning ezine.
- Blackboard
Matters An e-journal for Blackboard VLE.
- E-prints
in Library and Information Science An open access archive for scientific
or technical documents, published or unpublished, on Librarianship, Information
Science and Technology, and related application activities. E-LIS archive's
goal is to promote communication in this field by the rapid dissemination
of papers. You can search or browse the content, register for e-mail alerting
of new additions, and submit your own documents for inclusion in the archive.
- Edutools
(Educational Technology Reviews)
- EURODL The
European Journal of Open and Distance Learning - EURODL, supported by the
European Distance and E-Learning Network EDEN), publishes accounts of research,
development and teaching for Europe in its most inclusive definition.
- FindArticles Search
and read 2.8 million articles from over 500 publications (contains many
articles dealing with e-learning).
- Google
(scholar search) Scholar.google.com provides acces to online articles
via Google.
- Information
for Social Change Information for Social Change is an activist organisation
that examines issues of censorship, freedom and ethics amongst library
and information workers. It is committed to promoting alternatives to the
dominant paradigms of library and information work and publishes its own
journal, Information for Social Change.
- Information
Research Information Research is a freely available, international,
scholarly journal, dedicated to making accessible the results of research
across a wide range of information-related disciplines.
- Information
World Review The online version of this printed journal.
- Internet
Resources Newsletter An e-journal provided by Heriot-Watt university.
- Journal
of Digital Information
- Journal
of E-Literacy
- Managing
Information The online version of this printed journal.
- NEWI
Student Zone links Links to electronic databases, subject-based web
portals, e-zines and other resources.
- Online
Journal of Distance Learning Administration
- ResearchResearch A
research-focused information service, including jobs and research funding
information a free lite version is available for non-subscribers.
- Synergy The
newsletter of the Learning Services Department of Glasgow Caledonian University.
- Widening
Participation and Lifelong Learning The Journal of The Institute for
Access Studies and The European Access Network
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Learning
Object Applications
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Learning
Object Repositories
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Multimedia
Applications
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Pedagogy
/ E-Learning Academic Practice
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Plagiarism
Detection Systems
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Presentation
Tools
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Professional
Bodies
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Suppliers
and Resellers
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Survey
Software / Online Survey Systems
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Training
(VLE Manuals and Guides - please contact relevant organisations to obtain
permission before re-using the material.)
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Training
Providers, Resources and Staff Development Bodies
- Kwango.com Company
providing general e-learning solutions - Kwango develops and delivers e-learning,
blended learning and training.
- Howtomoodle.com Specialises
in training teachers, tutors and trainers on how to use Moodle VLE.
- Learning
to Teach On-line A FENTO-verified award winning course that helps participants
gain the skills needed to develop and deliver on-line courses of all kinds.
- Certificate
of Professional Development in eLearning, Teaching & Training (CeLTT) University
of Greenwich course. The whole programme is undertaken on-line. The Certificate
of Professional Development in eLearning, Teaching & Training (CeLTT)
will equip you with the fundamental knowledge, skills and attitudes to
operate effectively and efficiently within a virtual learning environment.
The four courses offered are: An Introduction to eLearning, Teaching & Training,
Designing eLearning, Teaching and Training,Principles of eLearning, Teaching
and Training, eLearning, Teaching and Training Project.
- ECDL
(European Computer Driving License)
- Netskills
(IT / E-Learning training materials)
- Online
Education and Training Distance learning course for educators either
available over 10 weeks by distance learning or 4 weeks intensive study,
delivered by the Institute of Education at the University of London.
- RDN
Training suite RDN (Resource Discovery Network) Virtual Training Suite
RDN Virtual Training Suite - a set of free online tutorials designed to
help students, lecturers and researchers improve their Internet information
literacy and IT skills.
- Solent
Training and Development / Virtual Learning Centre
- Staff
and Educational Development Association (SEDA)
- Thompson
Net G (mainly IT tutorials)
- TONIC
(Netskills)
- W3C
Schools Web Tutorials
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Translation
Systems
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Video-conferencing
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Virtual
Learning Environments / E-learning systems (Commercial)
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Virtual
Learning Environments / E-learning systems (Not for profit)
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Web
Authoring Applications and Resources
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Web
Browsers
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Web
Standards Organisations and Guidelines
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Mobile games and applications
( J2ME / Midlet ) classic
games retro games for PC