I've been told recently that one of the things that people like most about my blog is the cool new tools I find and share with the eLearnDev community. Well, here's the motherload of all developer tool lists compliments of Mashable.com . It's going to take me weeks to get through this list, but I'm glad its there when I need to look for this kind of stuff. I've already found some seriously cool nuggets that I'm hoping will be as cool as they look. Let me know if you find something cool and use it for an elearning project. Enjoy!

Very interesting UK-based Ning site - in their own words: The New Tools for Learning Club works like a Book Club. Every month we'll look at 5 new, upcoming or unrecognised tools and discuss their use for education, training or performance support. The tools will either be free or free trials of commercial tools. Check it out and comment here!

Silke Fleischer blogged about the latest eLearning Guild Handbook of eLearning Strategy She also adds a WONDERFUL chart for Development Tool Selection. This is going to save me hours of explaining. THANKS Silke!!! Adobe solutions supporting the eLearning Development Model Download HERE DevLearn - The eLearning Development Conference & Expo Co-located with the Adobe Learning Summit November 5-9, 2007 San Jose, ...

... well be an Adobe tool also! In the corporate world at least, a major factor in choosing a software tool is the ... thought that, with my extravagant purchases, I was maintaining the Adobe share price all on my own, but the eLearning Guild's latest research report on authoring and development tools proves otherwise. Just look at these results, showing the market share of tools in various categories: Rapid development tools: #1 Captivate (65% of Guild members); #4 Presenter (26%) Courseware authoring, i.e. more serious tools: #1 Captivate (60%); #2 Flash (47%); #3 Dreamweaver ...

... right tools. Ubiquity is one of these tools. It gives learners faster access to a wide range of information; it ... developers (you and me) to add commands and actions to the tool. Think of this scenario: You have a user who is interested ...

Jackpot! Finally got the buy in from the boss to spend some money on Adobe software, mainly for developing eLearning and printed training materials. Thanks to the good ol' educational discount I can really make the most out of a $1000 budget. Obviously, I need the Creative Suite 3 but that's where things get sticky. I am looking at 2 different packages and the only difference between the 2 packages is that one includes InDesign and the other includes Fireworks. I have ... Photoshop with some extra features that will come in handy for web development. InDesign looks like a great tool ...

Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) ... Posts on eLearning Tools: What is Rapid eLearning? eLearning Tools - Wikis, Blogs and More eLearning Course Authoring Tool Satisfaction - More Authoring in eLearning 2.0 / Add-ins & Mash-ups Use of Wikis as Compared to Other Tools Captivate and Articulate for Interactive Slide-Based Presentations Shift in eLearning ... Future Platforms for eLearning Solutions View of eLearning Development Software - Ease vs. Power Point Solutions ...

... minus the price tag, of course). If you are looking for a free tool to generate interactive eLearning content, give ... , elearning, free, learning, presenter, resources, tools, training, xerte    ... Thanks to Jane Hart , I was introduced to Xerte today.  Xerte is an open source software package for creating interactive eLearning content. The learning object interface feels a little awkward, but that is easily overlooked for its price tag … free.  It appears to have decent documentation to help you get started, and you don’t ...

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I'm never sure what updates people will see, but I wanted to alert people that I've made a small update to my page: Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) The update primarily added some data from the eLearningGuilds Research at the bottom of the page - eLearning Tools Satisfaction . This shows satisfaction among tools that fall into categories related to software simulation: screen capture, electronic performance support (EPSS) and simulation. There are some definite issues with some of these tools not really being for the same purpose, but I was looking to get ...

... a software provider/vendor from the USA Please do share your 10 favourite tools for learning or ... There have been 4 updated Top 10 Tools lists this week from: John Shaffer - John is an educational technologist based in Austin, Texas, USA Clark Quinn - Clark is the Executive Director of Quinnovation, an eLearning consultancy in the US. Bruce Richards - Bruce is the Research and Instructional Design Coordinator at the Office of Sponsored Research and Programs at Missouri ...

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... eLearning Software posts: eLearning Software Tools Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Software Satisfaction ... eLearning Development Software - Ease vs. Power - Graphic that compares different eLearning Software tools. Software Simulation eLearning (w/ links to Tools) - eLearning Software aimed at producing Software Simulations. eLearning Software - Wikis, Blogs and More - Alternative eLearning Software tools. Use of Wikis as eLearning Software - another post on ... Software tools for a particular kind of application. Virtual Classroom eLearning Software - Information about ...

Jane Hart has compiled an extensive list of FREE elearning Tools and a Guide for using those tools . Its an amazing resource and I didn't have time to view it all but I do recommend the Podcasting section . Lots of links to podcasting tips and tricks, and free tools as well. Be warned - you could lose many hours cruising this resource.

A reader last week wrote me and asked what PC I would recommend for her fledgling eLearning development shop. The ... , but I will make a case for the Mac being the ultimate eLearning development box. First, the hardware I’d choose ... evident from a product photo or spec sheet. Here are three reasons the Mac is the ultimate eLearning development ... Silverback . There are no limits to the software I can run, free or commercial. This kind of flexibility just can’t ... hardware and software. Test your courses in each OS quickly and easily on your Mac. At home I used to have a big, noisy ...

Rapid eLearning Tools Satisfaction from the eLearningGuild Research reported Feb 2007 - Course Authoring and Rapid eLearning Tool Satisfaction See also Software Simulation Tools . Page update Mar 2008. When the above graphic was ... , I believe that the eLearningGuild survey treated them as a Software Simulation Tool and that's part of the reason ... somewhat skeptical of niche tools (see eLearning Course Development ). In June 2007, I added a few more rapid eLearning tools . I also updated the graphic that shows eLearning Tool Satisfaction at the bottom of the page - see ...

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If an eLearning course will be build with audiovisual aids, in most cases you will draw up or write a storyboard ... input is due. Celtx is a great storyboard software. It just upgraded to their 1.0 version ( cross platform and delivered in a lot of languages ). This software is also useful if you want to construct a podcast which is in high need of a good narrative structure. Writing or drawing up a storyboard can be difficult by itself, but by using software ... deadline. Celtx is impressive software and free at that, under a CC license an amended version of the Mozilla ...

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TCExam : Courtesy of amatbest54 TCExam is an assessment software system that enables educators and trainers to author, schedule, deliver, and report on surveys, quizzes, tests and exams. TCExam project was started in 2004 and now it is translated in several languages and freely used all over the world by universities, schools, private ... ), please let us know what you think.    Tagged: elearning, learning, opensource, resources, tcexam, tool, tools    ...

... about those robotic text-to-speech tools that are being foisted upon the eLearning development community (note my rant on ... In an April post , I made my case for narration in eLearning. As a learner, I love it (when done right). So as a developer, I like to create narrated courses. Many of us, for budgetary reasons, have to do our own in-house ... the mic back out of the way until the next project. Cake. And who doesn’t love cake? For software, I use Apple’s free (with any Mac) GarageBand, which has been a great tool for narration recording. I will detail my ...

... just don’t get it . We have fantastic tools at our disposal, like blogs, social bookmarking, wikis, RSS, etc. - and many of these tools are free. However, it feels like we’re pulling teeth when we try to make a business case to show the value and possibilities for these tools. To get around this, we’re seeing more grassroots movements take place. Instead of waiting for top-down direction, employees are installing learning 2.0 tools/technologies and ... get writer’s block. On the other hand, if you provide these tools and let people run with their ideas, I ...

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In my quest to realize a Star Trek-ian society within my lifetime I wish to promote free tools, eLearning tools ... . Everyone could build a repository with free eLearning tools, but she did it by distilling the top 100 tools that were provided to her by expert eLearning colleagues from all around the world. While surfing to her list, you get a nice bonus: each tool has a small tutorial linked to it. Nice. The top 10 free tools lists Firefox, delicious, Google reader, Gmail ... and see which ones you use or ask a couple of your colleagues if they are using any. For me I use 17 of those tools ...

Realmac Software . With the beautiful (both visually and functionally) website development app RapidWeaver in ...

Last week I discussed Mozilla’s new project, Ubiquity . Ubiquity is an add-on for Firefox that allows you to quickly perform tasks that would normally take several extra steps (and involve you having to access other web sites). It’s a great little tool that makes power-users giddy with excitement. Ok, maybe just me… I’ve been experimenting with the commands in Ubiquity , and I managed to create a few that will be pretty helpful at work. The three commands I’m sharing are: lms Type in lms topic - and Ubiquity will take you to your ...

When it comes to measuring the impact of training events (ex. instructor-led classes and online courses), there are two main types of metrics: transactional data and user data. Transactional data is all about numbers. For example, it tells you how many people completed a class in a given time period. While this data is sometimes mildly interesting, it doesn’t tell you if your students learned anything. That’s where user data comes in. User data allows you to dig a level deeper to see the true impact of your training event. This is where we get into Kirkpatrick’s levels of ...

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I often get requests for visual timelines in eLearning courses. Typically I’ll try to cobble something together using PowerPoint’s charting or drawing tools (shudder). Sometimes I’ll create the timeline in Apple’s Keynote (much nicer charting tools) and bring the graphic into PowerPoint (since I do most of my development work in Articulate Presenter). I’ve also created timelines from scratch using something like Adobe Fireworks, which can be a time-consuming endeavor. Timeline from Bee Documents looks like an interesting application. Whip up ...