Blended Learning - Week 3 VLE, Open Tools, OER


VLE

The VLE is an online software tool that provides students with controlled access to learning materials specific to their course.

Moodle Hub

Open Tools

Open tools are free, accessible tools available on the internet in a way where you can use them to collaborate, to share, to create, and to present material in any way you want.
- Multimedia production (Audacity)
- Presentation tools (Prezi)
- Collaborative writing tools (Google Docs, Wiki, Mediawiki)
- Reflection tools (Wordpress, Pebblepad)
- Collaboration tools (Hangouts, Skype)
- Interactive tools (Socrative, Poll Everywhere, Nearpod)
- Social tools (Twitter, Facebook so on)
Also: Screen Casting, Learning Objects

OER - Open Educational Resources

a list of web links to common OER repositories:


Merlot - MERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.

Open University’s OpenLearn - The Open University’s range of free educational courses and resources.

MIT’s Open Courseware - Free online educational resources from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

XPERT - repository of e-learning resources created through the open source e-learning development tool called Xerte Online Toolkits

Khan academy - 3600 videos from across many disciplines

TES - shared teaching resources of all kinds, mainly for schools, but also for the VET sector.

OER COMMONS - open educational resources for all sectors.

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