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Free & unlimited survey tool

This site provides free self-paced tutorials on a variety of work-related topics. Some lead to certificates or diplomas as a paid option. Third party organisations can also use the platform to provide specific courses. General access is supported through on-site advertising.

A free real time collaborative writing tool that could also be used as a backchannel 

Here is an operational manual which guides creators step by step in the world of Creative Commons licenses, the most famous and popular licenses for free distribution of intellectual products. The author: Simone Aliprandi is an Italian lawyer and researcher who is constantly engaged in writing and consulting in the field of copyright and ICT law.

The OportUnidad project explores the adoption of strategies and channels that embrace the principles of openness and reusability within the context of educational institutions. The project intends to foster the adoption and pilot of open educational practices (OEP), and open educational resources (OER) in Latin America as a bottom-up approach to develop a common Higher Education Area. The initiative also opens the possibility to provide free educational resources for self-learners, in terms of informal and lifelong learning.

"Free and easy-to-use tool for interaction with your audience Mentimeter allows you to use mobile phones or tablets to vote on any question you specify. Our vision is to improve the meeting between a presenter and an audience."

Free access to learning materials from higher education courses drawn from a wider community of Open Education Resources associated with the UK Open University. Materials can be edited and new versions published and shared.

Free online courses that build on people's willingness to share their knowledge and learn together through challenges and other collaborative learning activities

Platform for online degree level courses from leading universities - free access (pay for certification)

Free online courses from the UK Open University

Free video lessons on a wide variety of topics (based around US K12 curriculum)

Collaboration between Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to provide free online course materials

A commercial company providing free video-based online courses (pay for certification)

A bog site providing a guide to free online courses and other learning resources

Thanks to Lionel Dabbadie for this link - it illustrates very well the potential for the Internet to profoundly affect the standard models of education - something I refered to at the aqua-tnet conference in Vilamoura last week.

Educaplay enables you to create activities and then embed in your blog or wiki. You need to set up an account. The default settings are Spanish, so make sure you select English. Ways to use this in a classroom: - spelling word activities - topic word activities - shared book activities (as shown below) - making crosswords about topics or books - specific grammatical activities like changing tense, adding endings, plurals etc - Comprehension activities