The document discusses ways to incorporate Web 2.0 technologies like images, video, audio, games, blogs and wikis into online courses to make them more engaging for students. It provides instructions for how to add these different media types by copying embed codes or URLs and pasting them directly into the course. A list of free content sources for different media types like video, audio, images and games is also included.

1. Ruth Alsobrook-Hurich

2. Population of online education increasing
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Students enrolling not tech savvy
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Students not ready to adventure to WWW
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3. Bring Web 2.0 into your online class
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Images
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Video
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Audio
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Games
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Blogs
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Wikis
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4. Creates mental picture
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5. To add an image
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image housed on
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your website
create an HTML
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page
copy and paste code
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into your course

6. Research a topic and “voila!” a video
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7. To add a video
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copy embed code
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paste code in course
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8. Add audio for
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announcements
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assignments
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discussion threads
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critiques
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9. To add sound
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audio housed on your
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website
use embed from a
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site
copy and paste code
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into your course

10. Add RSS feeds from Wikis and Blogs?
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11. To add an RSS feed
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copy the RSS
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Right click
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Internet Explorer-
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“copy shortcut”
Firefox-”copy link
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location”

12. Go to feed2js.org
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http:feed2js.org/
click “Build”
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paste RSS address
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make selections
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click “Generate JavaScript”
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copy code
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paste into your course
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13. HowCast - http://www.howcast.com/
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Graspr - http://www.graspr.com/
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YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/
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Flora TV -
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http://fora.tv/fora/showthread.php?t=258
MSNBC - http://www.msnbc.msn.com/
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Big Think - http://bigthink.com/
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Ted Talks - http://www.ted.com/
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Veoh - http://www.veoh.com/
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Blip TV - http://blip.tv/
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14. CC Mixer - http://ccmixter.org/view/media/home
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Favtape - http://favtape.com/
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Free PD - http://freepd.com/
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Jamendo - http://www.jamendo.com/en/
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Incompetech - http://incompetech.com/
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Acoustica - http://www.acoustica.com/sounds.htm
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Magnatune - http://magnatune.com/
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Freeplay Music - http://freeplaymusic.com/index.php
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Audacity - http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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15. Physical Games - http://www.physicsgames.net/
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Free code source -
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http://www.freecodesource.com/flash-
toys/myspace-games/index
Free Games for Your Website -
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http://www.freegamesforyourwebsite.com/
Kewl Box -
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http://kewlbox.com/about/freeGames.aspx
Addicting Games -
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http://www.addictinggames.com/gotd/games_fo
r_your_site.html

16. Flickr - http://www.flickr.com/
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Slide - http://www.slide.com/
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Clipart - http://www.free-clipart-pictures.net/
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Free Images -
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http://www.freeimages.com/photos/
Animated -
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http://www.gifanimations.com/animation/Ind
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17. Scribd - http://www.scribd.com/
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Delicious - http://delicious.com/
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Blogger - http://delicious.com/
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Wordpress - http://wordpress.com/
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Wikibooks -
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http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wiki Engines -
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http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines

18. Bringing More into Your Online Course
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