Top 10 Providers Of Free Online Training

From e-Learning

1. How to Create a Cartoon in After Effects: Excellent  and detailed tutorial showing how you can create funny and semi-complex cartoons using Adobe After Effects.
2. CBTcafe.com: Some great free training demonstrations. They also resell inexpensive e-Learning tutorials.
3. GCF Learn Free Organization: GCFLearnFree.org® is supported by the Goodwill Community Foundation, Inc.
4. Free Microsoft Office  Online Training Courses (by Microsoft): Courses developed and offered by Microsoft.
5. Small Business Association (government): SBA is dedicated to helping you and your small business succeed. There are a variety of online trainings which cover many business topics for you to learn.
6. Free Online Conversvation Training: Learn more about this facinating subject. This conservation training is an online course system focused on conservation-based training, created and maintained by the Nature Conservancy in partnership with other conservation organizations.
7. Lynda: A popular provider of e-Learning covering a wide range of areas
8. Free OSHA Training: OSHAcademy online safety and health training is endorsed by theNational Safety Management Society and approved for the accredited Associate Safety Health Manager (ASHM) certification through the Institute for Safety and Health Management. We provide free online safety courses and low cost certificate programs. We also conduct training throughout the world by independent Authorized Trainers.
9. Free Training Power: TrainingPower is committed to connecting individuals and companies to valuable free resources, getting them started with long-term training initiatives. TrainingPower has added valuable usability and effectiveness functions to free government-published content and is offering a selection of free courses to workers, trainers and employers on its FreeTrainingPower.com web site.
10. Online First-Aid Training: Everyone who loves someone should know first-aid. Do you and your fellow employees need or want first-aid training? Try this great free resource.
11. Free Online Safety Training: Offering a wide range of free and fee-based online Safety courses.
12. eLearning Center

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Evaluating the User Experience: How Instructors Can Track Behavior

Evaluating the User Experience: How Instructors Can Track Behavior

For eLearning courses, evaluation of test scores alone is not enough to determine the learner’s overall experience. In their presentation at the Lectora User Conference, Peter Sorenson, President of Quizzicle, LLC, Bradley Fredrick, Instructional Designer at Correctional Medical Services and Michelle Allen, Senior Manager at Pfizer, introduced three different viewpoints regarding evaluation, and how Lectora allows instructors to track students’ behavior even from a distance.

Sorenson’s main points
Think about education programs as a living entity. It’s able to monitor, observe, support and modify the actions and behaviors of users while engaged in the program. This is the ONLY way to TRULY evaluate the experience.

Free and Open Source Web Conferencing (Online Meetings, Webinars) Tools for e-Learning

The following list contains free and open source Web Conferencing tools and are not in any particular order.

BigBluebutton* is built for Higher Education. It enables universities and colleges to deliver a high-quality learning experience to remote students. BigBlueButton is an active open source project that focuses on usability, modularity, and clean design -- both for the user and the developer. The project is hosted at Google Code. BigBlueButton is built by combining over fourteen open source components. 

*note: Epignosis has created a module that provides integration of BigBlueButton conferencing in eFront Open Source Learning Management System. BigBlueButton is a free web-conferencing tool with text chat, audio and video capabilites, a virtual whiteboard and many more presentation and conferencing features.

OpenMeetings is a free browser-based software that allows you to set up instantly a conference in the Web. You can use your microphone or webcam, share documents on a white board, share your screen or record meetings. It is available as hosted service or you download and install a package on your server with no limitations in usage or users.

OpenMeetings Key Features Mini Demo

Mikogo is a free desktop sharing tool full of features to assist you in conducting the perfect online meeting or web conference. Take advantage of the opportunity to share any screen content or application over the Internet in true color quality with up to 10 participants simultaneously, while still sitting at your desk.

Yugma free web conferencing allows anyone, anywhere to instantly share their desktop and ideas online with others. To start hosting your own meetings you have to sign up for FREE. Your Yugma Free web conferencing account allows you to invite up to 20 attendees 

Using WebHuddle, you have options and flexibility. Meetings can be conducted either in conjunction with an enterprise’s existing teleconferencing service, or utilizing WebHuddle’s optional voice over IP. WebHuddle also offers recording capabilities -- presentations can easily be recorded for playback over any web browser for those who missed the live meeting. 

With Vyew you can give a presentation to a hundred people online or post a document you've been working on for review by your colleagues at the convenience. Vyew is extremely flexible alloying you to bring online collaboration and conferencing into your workflow on your terms.

Dimdim delivers synchronized live presentations, whiteboards and web pages while sharing your voice and video over the Internet - with no download. With the Free edition you can get 10 person meetings, 1 way video, standard support, Dimdim branded rooms, and public meetings.

*note: Epignosis has created a module that provides integration of Dimdim conferencing in eFront  Open Source Learning Management System.

Adobe® ConnectNow is a great way to share ideas, discuss details, and complete work with others all online. Reduce travel costs, save time, and increase productivity with a web conferencing solution that's easy to access and simple to use. ConnectNow operates inside a web browser. There's no installation required, so getting started is easy and Free

E-learning industry under spotlight

e-Learning industry under spotlight

Written by Administrator   http://www.rtomanagement.com.au/magazine/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=45

Feb 07, 2011 at 05:29 PM

The development of the e-learning industry will come under the spotlight at the E-Learning Summit, to be held on 21-22 March in Melbourne.  Supported by the Australian Flexible Learning Framework, the summit will feature ideas, technologies and strategies to support a range of learners in the tertiary sector. Sessions will cover: Australian university case studies digital marketing campaign analysis latest learning technologies branding in e-learning distance education as a tool for furthering social inclusion effective student support. There will be two international case studies. Dominic Newbould, from the UK-based Open University, will look at maintaining internationally respected programs in the online space.Carmel McNaught, from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, will provide an insight into planning e-learning infrastructure. Professor James Dalziel, of Macquarie University, will provide a keynote presentation on e-learning in Australian tertiary education, including a snapshot of the current market, characteristics and aspirations of online learners and how to provide successful online learning. There will also be two half day workshops post-summit on 23 March: Building international e-learning networks – looks at how to identify opportunities in foreign universities, negotiating different approaches to assessment and maintaining brand identity while using third party content. How to build an effective digital marketing acquisitions strategy – looks at the ‘nuts and bolts’ of an effective digital acquisition marketing strategy, how to develop effective open source branded content and identifying new target markets. Read the full program or register

e-Learning Glossaries

Leaning Circuits - ASTD

Everyone has something to say about e-learning, but are we communicating in the same language? In the glossary you will find a collection of terms and their definitions to help you "speak" e-learning. This glossary is updated periodically and reviewed by a panel of e-learning experts.

E-Learning Essentials

Common e-learning terms used in online education including accreditation, virtual classroom, community, university, college, etc.

Ecampus 

Ecampus glossary provides definitions of e-Learning.

E-Learning Glossary - Imperial College London

Barrier-Free eLearning 

When participating with WSU, College of Engineering's Barrier-Free eLearning program, you may be introduced to new terms and concepts. WSU have provided the glossary to assist new users joining their eLearning community.

Glossary of Online Learning Terms

Connie Malamed has created a glossary of online learning terms at her blog the eLearningcoach!

ISITE Design's e-Learning Glossary

e-Learning Glossary

The glossary is actually a wiki created by the eLearning Network's members.

Ontario's Ministry of Education e-Learning Glossary

e-Learning Glossary 

e-Learning glossary and Important Instructional Design Terminology

Big Dog and Little Dog's Performance Juxtaposition

Definitions for learning and e-Learning concepts and theories.

In my opinion the BEST e-Learning Glossary is with the  ASTD's.

Free Stock Photos Sites for e-Learning

Free Stock Photos 
(Update 12/24/2010: suggested by Citizen)
FreePixels offers free high resolution stock photos for use in both personal and commercial design projects.

Free Stock Photos 
(Update 10/28/2010: suggested by Queralt Suñé)
Nearly 100% of their Royalty Free photos are Free Download. Every image is absolutely free, with some more options to buy individual higher resolutions. They can be used either for private or commercial purposes. In exchange, we only ask you to use the images according to our Licensing.

SXC (stock.xhng) 
The SXC is a website providing free-to use stock photography and illustrations. The stock.xhng operates as a hybrid of a picture library site and a social networking site; registered users may set up a personal profile, upload their photographic works to share with other users, write a blog and participate in online forums to discuss and critique each others' work.

4 Free Photos 
The website is an online community of photographers who enjoy taking pictures and decided to share them with the public to use them for free in their private or commercial projects. They  hope you will find the collection of free and public domain images useful.

Morgue File 
An easy to use free photo site. Free images for your inspiration, reference and use in your creative work, be it commercial or not!

Free Digital Photos 
Download royalty free photos and illustrations for websites, newspapers, magazines, video and TV productions, iPhone applications, PowerPoint presentations, forums, blogs and school work.

Turbo Photo
Free stock images from 10 categories (3.4 GB). Stock images are in the public domain.

Dreams Time 
If you are a designer you can download high resolution RF stock images for free. If you are a photographer you have the opportunity to achieve a great portfolio exposure by offering free images.

Image * After 
Image*After is a large online free photo collection. You can download and use any image or texture from our site and use it in your own work, either personal or commercial.

Public Domain Photos 
5,000 free photos, 8,000 free cliparts. All photos on this web site are public domain. You may use these images for any purpose, including commercial.

Flickr Free Use Photos Group
The photos in this group are available for use by anyone. There is no need to give credit or to fear rights infringement. These images are posted by their creators. By posting to this group, you're allowing freedom of use.

Free Images 
Not just another clipart graphic site. Collection now contains more than 5000 ORIGINAL stock photos in 76 Galleries all for FREE!

Public Domain Image 
Public domain images, royalty free stock photos, copyright friendly free images. Not copyrighted, no rights reserved. All pictures on this site are explicitly placed in the public domain, free for any personal or commercial use.

PhotoXpress
In this website you can get 10 free images per day by signing up.