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1. Slide 1: More for Less Free Tools and Case Studies Steve Rayson www.kineo.co.uk
2. Slide 2: Kineo helping internal teams at…
3. Slide 3: Developments • Opensource • Freeware • Free online hosted tools & content
4. Slide 4: The Opportunity • No single tool does everything • Opportunity to mix and match tools to deliver low cost learning solutions – Smart Thinking • Interoperability - Integrate/Mash Up
5. Slide 5: What I will cover • Outline some tools & case studies • Live Demo
6. Slide 6: Free Tools for E-learning • Moodle & Moodle tools • eXe • Surveymonkey • Slideshare • Audacity • RSS • Free hosting – You Tube • HTML
7. Slide 7: Other Free Tools • Open Office • Freemind • MySQL • GIMP
8. Slide 8: Moodle & Free Tools – The Critics • Not really free • Free software not really making an impact • Lot of talk, not much happening • Not robust
9. Slide 9: Moodle – Is it free? Got to set up, install, host, support You can host on your own server or buy hosting. Low cost hosting and installation www.siteground.com $49pa. Install, url of your choice, year’s hosting LMS choices • Moodle • Ilias • Sakai
10. Slide 10: E-learning Guild Research
11. Slide 11: Medium & Small Companies
12. Slide 14: SurveyMonkey • Ideal for feedback, surveys • Basic free, 100 responses, 10 questions • Fully customisable look and feel • Integrate into your e-learning – Case Study
13. Slide 15: C&W New Way of Management
14. Slide 16: NEW WAY OF MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO OF FEEDBACK WEEKS 1 – 9 FEEDBACK FOR: STEVE RAYSON Throughout the New Way of Management e-learning programme we asked you to work through each module, then detail ‘What you are currently doing to meet expectations?’ ‘What you will do going forward to meet them? ‘What assistance do you require to help to get there? As part of the conclusion for the New Way of Management on-line modules, it’s time to review this information with your manager in preparation for your Straight Talking review.   Week 1 - Driving People Performance First I am new to the management team and currently only acting on a temp basis, however I have: 1) Set monthly 1:1 with all the team members 2) Asked them all to define their roles 3) Created a skills matrix for all to complete to identify strengths and areas of training. Although I will have two formal Straight Talking sessions, I will also add this an an agenda item at the monthly 1:1 to make sure that objectives and PDP are kept up to date. I have noted the point regarding making a formal record of the meeting, currently we just take notes but nothing is published so i will take this on. Help: I would like help on understanding the Straight Talking Process and specifically how we as a company are able to determine the recommendations. How does someone go from \"Solid Performer\" to \"Outstanding\" as the influence budget restraints may have on determining the final marking. Finally: The main issue I have is finding rooms! Week 2 - Making Development Happen As mentioned before, I am currently only a temp team leader, however over 60% of the team is new starters, with 80% of these new in the mast few months. I have set up a \"buddy\" system and aligned experienced team members with a new starter to help them through the
15. Slide 17: eXe Authoring Tool • Free downloadable authoring tool • Range of interactions • SCORM trackable quizzes • Only produces html but you can embed flash • Needs work on the template
16. Slide 18: Xtimeline • Timeline creation tool • Hosted service
17. Slide 19: Slideshare • Hosted powerpoint flash converter • Ideal for short presentations, knowledge chunks
18. Slide 20: Audacity • Free downloadable software • Record and edit audio Can also use Skylook or Total Recorder to capture audio • Export as MP3
19. Slide 21: RSS – Updating Content • Keep learners updated • Moodle has built in RSS facility • eXe allows you to create content pages from RSS feeds
20. Slide 22: Moodle Tools • Chat Room • Discussion Forum • Wiki • Blogs
21. Slide 23: Free Tools ELN Demo www.kineolearning.com/demo • Register, go to ELN area • Enrolment key is elnpass • Whole site and content completely built using free tools
22. Slide 24: Integrating with Commercial Tools • Example Articulate Example • www.kineolearning.com/60minutemasters
23. Slide 25: Get More for Less Steve Rayson Steve.rayson@kineo.co.uk