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CBT Cafe stands for Computer Based Training Cafe. We offer free web based software video training and software video tutorials for multimedia and graphic design in HTML, QuickTime Video, and Flash video tutorial formats. CBT Cafe's software tutorials include the most popular web design and graphics titles, including: Flash; Fireworks; Dreamweaver; Photoshop; Cleaner; QuickTime; Ebay; and, PowerPoint. Our web based software training is entirely free! All you need is the free Flash or Quicktime player installed. To ensure you're able to view the multimedia tutorials, you can download QuickTime from Apple and the latest Flash Player from Adobe.

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. A web-based version of WorldWide Telescope is also now available. This version enables seamless, guided explorations of the universe from within a web browser on PC and Intel Mac OS X by using the power of Microsoft Silverlight 3.0.

WorldWide Telescope (WWT) enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. A web-based version of WorldWide Telescope is also now available. This version enables seamless, guided explorations of the universe from within a web browser on PC and Intel Mac OS X by using the power of Microsoft Silverlight 3.0.

Centre for Inquiry-based Learning in the Arts and Social Sciences From the University of Sheffield, ref Philipa Levy

"In Project Based Learning (PBL), students go through an extended process of inquiry in response to a complex question, problem, or challenge. While allowing for some degree of student "voice and choice," rigorous projects are carefully planned, managed, and assessed to help students learn key academic content, practice 21st Century Skills (such as collaboration, communication & critical thinking)"

The Xerte Project provides a full suite of tools for elearning developers and content authors. Xerte is a fully-featured elearning development environment for creating rich interactivity. Xerte Online Toolkits is a server-based suite of tools for content authors. Elearning materials can be authored quickly and easily using browser-based tools, with no programming required.

"Each year, the Horizon Report describes six areas of emerging technology that will have significant impact on higher education and creative expression over the next one to five years. The areas of emerging technology cited for 2011 are: Time to adoption: One Year or Less * Electronic Books * Mobiles Time to adoption: Two to Three Years * Augmented Reality * Game-based Learning Time to adoption: Four to Five Years * Gesture-based Computing * Learning Analytics"

"3D GameLab is an online, quest-based LMS that launches in August with a three week, FULLY ONLINE summer camp for educators who want to engage in and design quest-based learning that is tied to curriculum standards. This year's camp is just for TEACHERS, FACULTY and INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGNERS"

"Over 400,000 people use our web-based flashcard program to absorb information efficiently and permanently. Web-based means it works right in your web browser. You don't have to download, install, or update anything. Learn more..."

Bloglines is a free web-based RSS reader and aggregator. If you want to keep up to date with news and blog postings, you can subscribe to them in Bloglines and read them all in one place. There is also a handy desktop notifier that lets you know when new postings have come in.

Bloglines is a free web-based RSS reader and aggregator. If you want to keep up to date with news and blog postings, you can subscribe to them in Bloglines and read them all in one place. There is also a handy desktop notifier that lets you know when new postings have come in.

Allows users to upload pictures and create a 3D world based on the pictures

Allows users to upload pictures and create a 3D world based on the pictures

Story Stage is an interactive and highly creative puppet-based literacy resource. It encourages and facilitates groups or pairs of children working together around the computer to devise and create their own imaginative retellings of Traditional Stories.

Story Stage is an interactive and highly creative puppet-based literacy resource. It encourages and facilitates groups or pairs of children working together around the computer to devise and create their own imaginative retellings of Traditional Stories.

Spresent is a free Web-based alternative to PowerPoint. Create and edit high-quality Flash presentations online. You can send presentations via e-mail or publish on your web site or blog.

Spresent is a free Web-based alternative to PowerPoint. Create and edit high-quality Flash presentations online. You can send presentations via e-mail or publish on your web site or blog.

Mindomo is a versatile Web-based mind mapping tool, delivering the capabilities of desktop mind mapping software in a Web browser - with no complex software to install or maintain. Create, edit mind maps, and share them with your colleagues or your friends.

RealVNC provides remote control software which lets you see and interact with desktop applications across any network. The software has a widespread user base from individuals to the largest multi-national companies. Founded by the original developers of VNC to promote, enhance and commercialise VNC.

RealVNC provides remote control software which lets you see and interact with desktop applications across any network. The software has a widespread user base from individuals to the largest multi-national companies. Founded by the original developers of VNC to promote, enhance and commercialise VNC.

An amazing graphical search engine and knowledge base

An approach for adapting instruction based on student outputs

Jane Hart's 5th annual survey of learning tools that we have built based on the contributions of learning professionals worldwide. The 2011 list will be finalised on 13 November 2011.

Collaborative mind mapping in your browser Isn't 42 the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Well, in this case it means FOR TWO and indicates the collaborative character of mind42. Manage all your ideas, whether alone, twosome or working together with the whole world - collaborative, browser-based and for free.

The RAMS focuses on capturing E-Research activityflows so that they can be analysed, shared, re-used and adapted. This will lead to a national website providing a library of "actionable" best practice activityflows for common research processes and the Research Activity Management System (RAMS) to run them. This approach draws on the success of capturing and sharing "Learning Designs" within e-learning, and applies it to the challenges of people-based workflow in E-Research.

This is Identi.ca, a micro-blogging service based on the Free Software Laconica tool. Join now to share notices about yourself with friends, family, and colleagues! (Read more)