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    <title>elearning 2.0 | Diigo Group Forum</title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:55:10 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>101 Free EduGames</title>
      <link>http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/topic/101-free-edugames-5819</link>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/edugames&quot;&gt;edugames&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/games&quot;&gt;games&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/learning&quot;&gt;learning&lt;/a&gt; | post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-08-28&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;trim_content&quot;&gt;Hi All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are 101 Free EduGames to spice up your learning and courses:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/08/101-free-edugames.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Got any others to add :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great day learning and discovering :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zaid&lt;/div&gt; post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-08-28&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:55:10 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>101 Free Learning Tools</title>
      <link>http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/topic/101-free-learning-tools-5645</link>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/learning&quot;&gt;learning&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/teaching&quot;&gt;teaching&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/thinking&quot;&gt;thinking&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/tools&quot;&gt;tools&lt;/a&gt; | post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-08-18&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;trim_content&quot;&gt;Dear All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have updated my list of free learning tools, and made it more visual:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Let's explore the idea that there is at least one excellent free learning tool (or site) for every learning problem, need or issue! Here are 101&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/08/101-free-learning-tools.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great day learning and hopefully you discover a new tool or two :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zaid&lt;/div&gt; post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-08-18&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 01:06:36 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>69 Learning Adventures in 6 Galaxies (eBook)</title>
      <link>http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/topic/69-learning-adventures-in-6-galaxies-ebook-5497</link>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/e-learning&quot;&gt;e-learning&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/ebook&quot;&gt;ebook&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/learning&quot;&gt;learning&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/oce&quot;&gt;oce&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/oer&quot;&gt;oer&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/teaching&quot;&gt;teaching&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/tools&quot;&gt;tools&lt;/a&gt; | post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-08-08&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;trim_content&quot;&gt;Hi All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just want to let you know that I published my first (free) ebook (The Scribd way!) a couple of days ago:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;eBook: http://www.scribd.com/doc/4545960/69-Learning-Adventures-in-6-Galaxies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Blog post: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/08/69-learning-adventures-in-6-galaxies-my.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Title: 69 Learning Adventures in 6 Galaxies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A collection of 69 learning nuggets (articles) from ZaidLearn compiled into an ebook. This ebook is divided into six learning galaxies (or themes), which are: Learning, Teaching, Stories, Free e-Learning Tools, Free Learning Content and Free EduGames.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have a great day learning :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zaid&lt;/div&gt; post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-08-08&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:26:14 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>University Learning = OCW + OER = FREE!</title>
      <link>http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/topic/university-learning-ocw-oer-free-4668</link>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/educational&quot;&gt;educational&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/ocw&quot;&gt;ocw&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/oer&quot;&gt;oer&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/open&quot;&gt;open&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/opencourseware&quot;&gt;opencourseware&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/resources&quot;&gt;resources&lt;/a&gt; | post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-06-23&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;trim_content&quot;&gt;Hi All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just want to share an interesting OCW/OER compilation post I did the other day, which you might find useful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post is about smashing all free University learning related OCW and OER resources and collections discovered into an all-in-one quick-to-access/find juicy compilation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;URL: http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/06/university-learning-ocw-oer-free.html&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It would be interesting if others could share with me repositories to add to the list, or any feedback would be wonderful (positive and negative) :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zaid&lt;/div&gt; post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-06-23&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;trim_content&quot;&gt;Hi this is a great resource Zaid - especilly with the tools which have been developed ot search it. Think we need to promote this big time&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Graham&lt;br /&gt;Zaid Ali Alsagoff wrote:&lt;br /&gt;&gt; Hi All,&lt;br /&gt;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&gt; Just want to share an interesting OCW/OER compilation post I did the other day, which you might find useful.&lt;br /&gt;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&gt; This post is about smashing all free University learning related OCW and OER resources and collections discovered into an all-in-one quick-to-access/find juicy compilation.&lt;br /&gt;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&gt; URL: &lt;a href=&quot;http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/06/university-learning-ocw-oer-free.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/06/university-learning-ocw-oer-free.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&gt; It would be interesting if others could share with me repositories to add to the list, or any feedback would be wonderful (positive and negative) :)&lt;br /&gt;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&gt; Warm Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&gt; Zaid&lt;/div&gt; post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/grahamattwell&quot;&gt;grahamattwell&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-07-25&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:49:04 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>100+ Free Learning Tools</title>
      <link>http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/topic/100-free-learning-tools-3898</link>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/e-learning&quot;&gt;e-learning&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/learning&quot;&gt;learning&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/tools&quot;&gt;tools&lt;/a&gt; | post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-05-13&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;trim_content&quot;&gt;Hi All,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nice to be here. I recently posted in my blog a list that might interest you all:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://zaidlearn.blogspot.com/2008/04/free-learning-tool-for-every-learning.html &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This post explores the idea that there is at least one excellent free learning tool (or site) for every learning problem, need or issue! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Although, it is far from perfect, it is a good start :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have fun learning :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm Regards,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Zaid&lt;/div&gt; post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/zaidlearn&quot;&gt;zaidlearn&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-05-13&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 00:21:48 -0000</pubDate>
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      <title>WiZiQ free Virtual Classroom</title>
      <link>http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/topic/wiziq-free-virtual-classroom-3855</link>
      <description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/free&quot;&gt;free&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/virtual_classroom&quot;&gt;virtual_classroom&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/virtual_whiteboard&quot;&gt;virtual_whiteboard&lt;/a&gt; |&lt;a href=&quot;http://groups.diigo.com/elearning-20/forum/tag/wiziq&quot;&gt;wiziq&lt;/a&gt; | post by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.diigo.com/profile/markcruthers&quot;&gt;markcruthers&lt;/a&gt;  on 2008-05-11&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;trim_content&quot;&gt;&lt;p style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://api.ning.com/files/uuNIiyeCw6eL7WXcYXn2dJANqKlaQ6eGgI-sA4hGK4g_/WiZiQlogo2.gif?width=300&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; width=&quot;300&quot; height=&quot;93&quot;/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

Link to March 17 Demo Replay.
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.wiziq.com/Replay_Session.aspx?key=t&amp;amp;id=73125&quot;&gt;http://www.wiziq.com/Replay_Session.aspx?key=t&amp;amp;id=73125&lt;/a&gt;


WiZiQ is an online teaching platform, which provides a free virtual classroom environment for teachers to interact online and teach students in real time. Teachers can also build a profile, keep an availability schedule, and maintain a content library, which is associated with their profiles, by uploading PowerPoint presentations and PDF Files.

&lt;object width=&quot;425&quot; height=&quot;355&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/_Yty0cPzlcU&amp;amp;hl=en&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;wmode&quot; value=&quot;transparent&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed  src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/_Yty0cPzlcU&amp;hl=en&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;never&quot; height=&quot;355&quot; wmode=&quot;transparent&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;aWiZiQ offers the following features: &amp;lt;br /&quot;&gt;&lt;/param&gt; Works in Flash format and needs no downloads
2-way live audio/video delivery
Whiteboard with Math tools
Synchronous Content sharing such as PowerPoint (retains animations and transitions), PDF, Flash, MS Word, MS Excel files and videos
Records all sessions to be played back in Flash format (needs no downloads)
Share PowerPoint presentations asynchronously even with narrated audio in slides

WiZiQ's Blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://wiziq.typepad.com/&quot;&gt;http://wiziq.typepad.com/&lt;/a&gt;

Feedback from Nellie, English Teacher
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7sJ-RsWMI4&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7sJ-RsWMI4&lt;/a&gt;


&lt;a href=&quot;http://wiziq.typepad.com/wiziqcom/2007/12/collaborating-o.html&quot;&gt;http://wiziq.typepad.com/wiziqcom/2007/12/collaborating-o.html&lt;/a&gt;

Wiziq YouTube Presentations:
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yty0cPzlcU&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Yty0cPzlcU&lt;/a&gt;

Free Online Virtual Classroom

WiZiQ's free Virtual Classroom is an online internet mediated classroom where the teacher and the students are connected to share a common workspace. In this online session, they make use of audio-video conferencing, text chat, whiteboard, and content sharing capabilities. There are no costs for using the virtual classroom. The sessions are recorded and are available online on WiZiQ, which can be accessed for later review or reference.

Attendees can join a session with privileges to converse verbally with others; draw and write on whiteboard; and share Presentations, PDFs, Flash and Images. The teacher may withdraw or re-assign these privileges to the attendees. A Teacher can withdraw privileges from the attendee in terms that the attendee can not converse, or upload anything to share on whiteboard; in this case, the attendee is a spectator. An attendee can also request for rights, in which case, the teacher can click on the attendee’s name to transfer control.



Features for Teachers


Offers a complete online teaching management system to its registered teachers without installing any software.
Teachers get their own virtual classroom at no costs.
Provides the ability to schedule a session online through a calendar at teachers’ convenience.
Teachers can interact with students through an online whiteboard to share text or documents, and through a two-way audio and text chat.
Teachers can build their profile.
Provides the ability to conduct one-on-one or group sessions online.
Payments from learners can be accepted.
Teachers can maintain a learners’ corner.



Features for Students


Students can find teachers
Learn from home, live through the Internet through an easy-to-use and interactive browser based interface, without installing anything.
Access tutorials shared by subject matter experts

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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 16:01:54 -0000</pubDate>
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