The document discusses barriers to adopting online content and tools for teaching. It lists several free or low-cost online tools for creating and editing content, including Xerte for building interactive objects, Glo Maker for content creation, Jaycut for video editing, and Pixlr for photo editing. The document advocates for these tools because they are free or inexpensive, easy to use, reusable, student-centric, and allow access anywhere with an internet connection.

1. Colin Loughlin
Kingston University
Barriers to uptake [online content] (Conole 2010)

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 It’s free (or really inexpensive)
 It’s easy
 It’s re-usable
 It’s student centric

3.  Not reliant on institutional infrastructure or resources
 No ‘admin rights’ issues
 I can have it NOW! & not wait months or years
 Ease of access
 Anywhere with interweb access
 Online tools tend to be more intuitive
 Online tools are less of a barrier – not perceived as ‘learning new
software’ – merely an extension of the browser functionality
 Makes collaboration easy

4.  Xerte – For producing complete standalone objects which can
include video/audio/interactive quizzes/MCQ & dragNdrop etc.
Desktop & Online versions available.
 Glo Maker – desktop only version – content creation tool
 Jaycut – Video editing
 Xtra Normal – Produces movies of animated characters.
 Pixlr – photo editing
 PollAnyWhere
 More Free Stuff...

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Xerte
http://lms.kingston.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/users/ku42164/xerte_promo.html

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Xerte - cantasia

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Xerte II
http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_560

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Glo Maker
http://www.glomaker.org/samples/GLOMaker_Ref_journals/GLO_Player.html

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JayCut
http://jaycut.com/
http://jaycut.com/

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14. Free Stuff:
 Xerte – For producing complete standalone objects which can include video/audio/interactive
quizzes/MCQ & dragNdrop etc. - http://www.techdisplayxerte.info/
 Glo Maker http://www.glomaker.org
 Jaycut – Video editing - http://jaycut.com
 Xtra Normal – Produces movies of animated characters - http://www.xtranormal.com
 Pixlr – photo editing http://www.pixlr.com/
 OCR - http://www.ocronline.com/
 convertfiles.com http://www.convertfiles.com/
 Dial2do http://www.dial2do.com/
 youtubetomp3.com http://www.youtubetomp3.com/
 Wordle creates word clouds http://www.wordle.net/
 polleverywhere.com http://www.polleverywhere.com/
 PPT embed web page : http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm
References:
 Conole A. (2010) http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/assets/EvidenceNet/Conole_Alevizou_2010.pdf
 Biggs, J. (1999) Teaching for Quality Learning at University. Buckingham, Open University.

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