This document provides a summary of alternative delivery tools that can be used for e-learning, including blogs, wikis, social networks, visual tools, communication tools, student productivity tools, and mind mapping tools. Several specific tools are mentioned for each category, along with their website URLs. The document encourages exploring the top 100 tools for learning and cool tools for schools resources for more options.

1. ACPET - Vic Government
e-Learning Program 2012
Alternative Delivery Tools
Intermediate Stream

2. Alternatives to an LMS
Name and title of presenter goes here

3. WordPress
Blogging System
• Open or closed
• Server or web application
• Lots of plug ins
• Can create social network using BuddyPress
http://wordpress.org/

4. WordPress

5. WordPress

6. WordPress
http://www.yumstudio.com.au/acpet12/

7. Wiki
Website System
• Allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a
web browser usually using a simplified markup language or
a rich-text editor.
• Users can comment on each page
• Can track page changes
• Can close wikis off to public
• Many systems around (web, cloud, server)
http://www.wikispaces.com/

8. Wiki

9. Wiki
http://acpet12.wikispaces.com/

10. Ning
Member based social network site
• Allows its users to add, modify, or delete its content via a
web browser usually using a simplified markup language or
a rich-text editor.
• Users can comment on each page
• Can track page changes
• Can close wikis off to public
• Many systems around (web, cloud, server)
• $
http://ning.com/

11. Ning

12. Google Sites
Group Website
• Share posts
• Share calendars in posts
• Add shared Documents
• Comments
http://sites.google.com

13. Google Groups
Group social network
• Share and reply to topics posted by members
http://sites.google.com

14. Google Groups

15. Visual Tools for creating
content
Name and title of presenter goes here

16. Xtranormal
Text to Movie tool
• Characters, settings
• Poses
• Camera angles
• Small cost for assets you use
• Download or embed movie
http://www.xtranormal.com/

17. Xtranormal

18. Xtranormal

19. Voki
Simple Website Avatar creator
• Create and customise characters
• Add audio or text to speech
• Embed into website, blog, Moodle etc.
http://www.voki.com/

20. Voki

21. Code Baby
Simple Avatar creator
• Create and customise characters
• Software suite
• Very $
• PC only software
• Add audio or text to speech
• Export to Flash for insertion in rapid eLearnng tools
http://codebaby.com/

22. Code Baby

23. Prezi
Presentation software
• Cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new
world between whiteboards and slides.
http://prezi.com/

24. Prezi

25. Communication and
Facilitation Tools
Name and title of presenter goes here

26. Yammer
Social Enterprise Tool
• Text
• Chat
• File Sharing
https://www.yammer.com/

27. Yammer

28. Yammer
https://www.yammer.com/acpetementor/

29. Big Blue Button
Open Source Webinar Tool
• Text
• Chat
• Presentation
• Recording when integrated with Moodle
http://www.bigbluebutton.org/

30. Big Blue Button

31. Big Blue Button
• http://trainspace.bigbluebutton.org

32. Skype
Voice over internet communication tool
• Text and Voice Chat
• Skype to Phone
• Group calls
• Application Sharing (pro)
swampfox_mg
http://www.skype.com

33. Skype

34. Twitter
Micro Blogging tool
• 140 Characters
• Followers, Groups, Hashtags
• Myriad of apps and software for PC, Mac and Mobile
• Twitter stream can be embedded across the web
@mickgwyther
http://www.twitter.com

35. Twitter

36. Google +
Facebook style social media
• You catergorise followers into Circles
• Can hang out and chat with followers
• Can comment and add to others posts
https://plus.google.com

37. Google +

38. Student Productivity Tools
Name and title of presenter goes here

39. Google Suite -
Student productivity
• Mail
• Calendar
• Documents
• Blogs (Blogger)
• Reader
• YouTube
http://mail.google.com

40. Google Suite

41. Google Sites
Group Website
• Share posts
• Share calendars in posts
• Add shared Documents
• Comments
https://sites.google.com/site/acpet2012/
http://sites.google.com

42. Google Reader

43. Google Reader
Follow hundreds of blogs in one place
• Subscribe to Blogs
• Tag by topic
• Share with others
http://www.google.com/reader

44. Google Drive
Create and share documents
• Create documents, spreadsheets & excel in the Cloud
• Share and joint editing
• Download in variety of formats
• Embed into blogs, wikis, Moodle etc
• Repository of files
https://docs.google.com

45. Google Drive

46. Google Drive

47. Social Bookmarks - Diigo
Create and share bookmarks
• Social bookmarking, web annotation, collaborative
research services,
• Capture a variety of data - screenshots, pictures, notes,
etc
• Share on mobile, read sites offline
http://www.diigo.com

48. Diigo

49. Social Bookmarks - Diigo
Create and share bookmarks
• Social bookmarking, web annotation, collaborative
research services,
• Capture a variety of data - screenshots, pictures, notes,
etc
• Share on mobile, read sites offline
http://www.diigo.com

50. Microsoft SkyDrive
Document sharing and cloud creation
• Scaled down versions of Office Software apps
• Create in the Cloud
• Software for PC, Map, Mobile Devices
• File storage similar to DropBox
https://skydrive.live.com

51. Microsoft SkyDrive

52. Microsoft SkyDrive

53. Mindmaps
Tools for organising and representing knowledge and
relationships graphically
•to generate ideas (eg brainstorming)
•to design a complex structure (eg complicated texts, large
web sites)
•to communicate complex ideas
•to aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old
knowledge

54. Mindmaps
https://bubbl.us/

55. Resources – Top 100 tools
http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-100-tools-for-learning-2011/

56. Resources – Cool Tools for Schools
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

57. The quality stamp