The Commonwealth of Learning (COL) is an intergovernmental organisation created by Commonwealth Heads of Government to encourage the development and sharing of open learning/distance education knowledge, resources and technologies. COL is helping developing nations improve access to quality education and training. The site contains both studies and policy documents and a wide range of open educational resources
US-based site providing resources and links for both prospective online students and educators. These include links to open access courses and educational resources, blog articles and useful link collections
A resource site for e-learning and learning technologies, aimed mostly at the business, public and not-for-profit sectors (i.e. for training and continuing professional development)
A huge variety of resources (info-kits, tools and topic information) to support further and higher education. UK based and focused, but many of the topics will be relevant internationally.
Pedagogy.ir was founded on July 2005 in Tehran, Iran, as an Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative, is an independent knowledge based expert network towards lifelong learning in knowledge society. pedagogy.ir's conceptual model is developed around two fundamental and interrelated concepts: learning performance and learning environments.
Pedagogy.ir was founded on July 2005 in Tehran, Iran, as an Open Educational Resources (OER) initiative, is an independent knowledge based expert network towards lifelong learning in knowledge society. pedagogy.ir's conceptual model is developed around two fundamental and interrelated concepts: learning performance and learning environments.
An Aquaculture Community Site focusing on sharing learning resources and themed discussions. Run by the University of Hawaii using a social networking platformÂ
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.
Cloudworks is an open participatory and social site for discussing and sharing ideas and resources about teaching and learning. It is based around the idea of "social objects" surrounded by a social space for discussion. These social objects can be cumulatively and collectively improved. Cloudworks is being developed by the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK.
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