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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.
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.
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.
Spotlight: Free Science Resources Online : March 2008 : THE Journal
Overview of free science resources from NASA, the Smithonian, and MIT OCW
Call Graph: The free Skype call recorder
Free tool for recording Skype calls without limits on time
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.
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.
40+ Sources To Download High-Quality Royalty Free Stock Images | Showcases | instantShift
Free image sites--read conditions carefully
Free e-Learning | MinuteBio
Directory of free online courses, sorted in categories including art, science, computers, and instructional design.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Free Music Archive
Over 10,000 free mp3s for download, all CC licensed
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.
Create Online Surveys: Guide To The Best Free Services
Comparison of free tools for online surveys
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."
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
10 eLearning Freebies: Instructional Design and eLearning: Tips, Advice and Reviews
Free templates, sound effects, graphics, and more
5 Free Desktop Image Editors for E-Learning » The Rapid eLearning Blog
Free options for image editing. I've used Picasa, Paint.net, and GIMP before, but PhotoScape and PixBuilder Studio are new to me.
Feature Comparison - ActivePresenter
ActivePresenter is a screencast/simulation tool with some similar features to Captivate. The free version can do screencasts and export them to WMV, but not simulations in Flash. You can add captions and zoom and pan even with the free version.
Flat Icons & Icon Fonts | CSS-Tricks
Large list of icon fonts, many of which are free
PlagTracker - Plagiarism Checker
Highlights sentences, shows links to sources where content came from. I wish it showed the original and copied content side by side so it was easier to compare; you have to just go to the source and find it yourself.
Free Screen Sharing | Screenleap
Free screen sharing. Click to share and let Java run. Send a link to the other person or give them a 9-digit code. No sign up required
Trello
Free tool for organizing projects. This isn't a standard project management tool, but you could use it to assign and manage tasks in a team.
Cometdocs
Online tool for converting PDF files to Word, Excel, PPT, etc. It does a good job of making text editable, but converts SmartArt as static graphics. It would work for small text edits in a presentation where you don't have the original PPT file, but if you had a lot of SmartArt to rebuild it wouldn't save much time. It might work better for Excel spreadsheets than the PPT I tested.
8 Free Applications To Record Your Computer Screen | inspirationfeed.com
Multiple free options for screen recording. This is mostly about making videos for YouTube or similar sites, but these could be used for quick tutorials and demos in e-learning. I'm familiar with Screenr, Jing, and CamStudio, but not BSRSoft, XVidCap, EZVid, BB FlashBack Express, or Rylstim.
Amazon.com: Free Book Collections: Kindle Store
Free ebooks for Kindle
Gantter - web-based project scheduling made easy
Web-based project management tool. Can import/export to MS Project. Integrated with Google Drive.
Free Open Source LMSs are like Puzzles « E-Learning 24/7 Blog
Nice metaphor for working with free LMSs. Moodle can work "out of the box" for some small instances with limited needs but this description is a fairly typical experience of customization.