Last month (October 2008) the members of the New Tools for Learning Club discussed the use of 5 tools for learning and performance support: GoAnimate - create and share animations in mere minutes SlideRocket - everything you need to make great presentations Edmodo - Microblogging for the classroom Yammer - Microblogging for the enterprise Plaxo - Stay in touch with the people you care about and October's favourite tool was SLIDEROCKET. Join the 86 members of the Club to discuss and vote for a further 5 tools this month in November.

Articulate Studio '09 has just been released after extensive beta testing. Studio '09 significantly upgrades popular Articulate products and introduces a new video encoder. Studio '09 Professional includes four integrated tools: Articulate Presenter '09, Articulate Quizmaker '09, Articulate Engage '09, and Articulate Video Encoder '09 . Other new features include branching, animated annotations, and community-developed interactions. You can download free trials at Articulate.

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, ...

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!

... more online rapid e-learning authoring environments come onto the market and the reason I claimed that this prediction was on target was because of the announcements by established authoring tool vendors of two very promising new online products, Unison from Rapid Intake and RapideL-i . I suppose it was only to be expected that other tools were on the market ... : "How come this tool never even got onto your radar? We had been congratulating ourselves on the explosive ... reminded me that an online rapid e-learning authoring environment was an idea that "... would have been revolutionary ...

For companies: anyone can create lesssons deliver lessons to anyone For trainers sell your lessons online For everyone browse and register for public lessons All paid plans include a 30-day free trial. Dojo Learning ...

Some updated tools lists this week from: Nick Hood ... Gascoyne - Debbie is an English instructor and E-Learning facilitator at Camosun College in Victoria, BC ... Pellissippi State Tec One new tools list this week from: Tiago Goncalves Tiago is an instructional designer at LearnAbout in Portugal Please note that I am going to be closing the Top 10 Tools list activity on Friday 31 October 2008 , in order to finalise the Top 100 Tools list for this year.  Please do share your favourites or ...

... and doubt around these tools. What do you think? Do you use blogs and/or RSS at your organization? Has it been successful? Please chime in! Also see: Blogs in Plain English RSS in Plain English Directory of Learning Tools: Blogging Tools Directory of Learning Tools: RSS Feed Tools ... ton of potential related to RSS in terms of learning and I don’t think many people are harnessing it well (yet ... observations and discussions with colleagues.) Second, users are either hesitant or scared to use new tools like an ...

I have now finalised the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list based on the contributions of 223 learning ... (see below) or as a PDF to download . I have also sorted the tools into categories, and this table also shows the top tool in each category as well as the top free tool, if different.  This list is available at Toolset for Learning 2009 Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: elearning learning ) ...

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 (43%); #5 Authorware (16%). Simulation tools: #1 Captivate (79%); #2 Flash (45%). Audio recording (!!!!): #1 Captivate (44 ... that job. And given that Captivate outputs to Flash, a very high proportion of e-learning content seems to be in ...

... you would like to share your top ten tools for learning or update your list, here's how . ... Here are some recent contributions to the Top 10 Tools lists: Arta Szathmary - Arta teaches Information Science and Technology at Bucks County Community College in Newtown, Pennsylvania Rich Chetwynd - Based in New Zealand, Rich is Founder and CEO of Litmos, a hosted training system Bill Miller - Bill is a Terranean e-Learning Plumber at the University of Birmingham in the ...

Clipmarks : I'm starting to feel the outlines of this class of tools that includes Zotero , Evernote and Clipmarks ... take that course on the cell phone? Yes. These are the same mistakes that we made with e-learning - we horribly ... training. We thought "we know ISD and we can use this authoring tool, therefore we can make good e-learning" ... satisfactory experiences than typical m-learning interactions. Red Delicious : An iPhone app for managing ... talk to more enterprise people about 2.0 tools, delicious is one that they consistently seem to be able to ...

Yet another great video from CommonCraft.  This one about Google Reader: Google Reader is currently in joint 3rd position (with Skype) on the Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list .  Read why it is so popular here .  And because of this , It's also one of the 25 Tools every learning professional should have in their toolbox .

Zoho has just announced significant updates to Zoho Show, its presentation application. Here are some of the new features: Export to PPT, PPS , PDF, ODP 11 new languages Picasa and flickr integration Personal groups and contacts support Embed enhancements Remote presentations The update follows on the heels of recent updates to Zoho Writer and Zoho Sheet. Zoho Suite [Zoho is ranked 36= on our Top 100 Tools for Learning .  You can read the comments from those who selected it as one of their Top 10 Tools here ] ...

Delicious has just launched a major update.  As the delicious blog says: "The new Delicious is just like the old del.icio.us, only faster, easier to learn, and hopefully more delightful to use and to look at." They are also "flipping the switch on the new web site: delicious.com . Take a look at all the new features here and/or view the video below: Remember, delicious tops our Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008 list, this is what other learning professionals think about it .

What is KallOut? KallOut is the first application to bring "selection-based search" to any web page, email, presentation, document, spreadsheet or PDF. Unlike other search methods that are trapped inside the browser, KallOut serves up content from the most popular sites on the web inside floating information palettes). Using only your mouse, you can now avoid the disruption of launching a browser and let KallOut bring you the best the web has to offer. How do you use KallOut? KallOut is designed to seamlessly integrate into the everyday tools you already use. There is NO learning ...

Questler is an informal learning network that enables you to reflect on your everyday learning with individuals that share your interests and quests. Quests in Questler are mini-blogs of information categorized into 6 types, Query, Observation, Discovery, Research, Media and Story. Each of those types represents an informal aspect to everyday learning.

Browsing the net for web2.0 tools left me with a void: what about my graphic diary - PLE? since I was a child I make drawings in my diary. Now that I have crossed the digital bridge, I blog, but I just cannot seem to find a tool that enables me to make a graphic evolutionary diary. You know the Chinese/Ethiopian/Japanese scrolls? ( a nice online example ... to the digital diary - which also mapped my learning progress - my life's scroll has somewhat come to a halt. It would be ... . Does any of you know a tool that makes this possible? or would anybody be interested on working on such a tool?

While reorganising my netvibes . Must confess the learning curves for using new softwares that link to a personal knowledge environment are getting smaller and smaller.

Whizle is a place for sharing plans and guides helps you achieve your goals; learn and discover is ideal for technologists, bloggers, business professionals, students and professors or anyone who wants to discover and share guides and plans ...

Today's students are uninspired by traditional textbooks and course packs because they are largely text-based, static, and expensive. A Utilium Study Pack is a fresh approach. It's an integrated collection of learning resources drawn from a range of trusted online sources. These resources include timely articles, videos, podcasts, and exercises that fit the learning styles and preferences of today's students. There are two ways to use Utilium: Adopt a ready-made Study Pack and customize it to fit your teaching objectives. Author a Study Pack from scratch and upon ...

Brightstorm is an online learning network for high school students. Each of the courses covers the core topics commonly taught in college high school subjects (e.g. Geometry, Algebra, Writing, etc) and are designed to support  students in classes where they need additional help in order reach their full potentiall. The courses are therefore inteded to complement in-school learning. Each course is broken into 10- to 20- minute video lessons divided by topic. A coursealso includes interactive quizzes, facts as well as materials like practice problems and study ...

LinkedIn just launched a platform and SlideShare is one of the first apps to go live! With the SlideShare app you can display presentations on your LinkedIn profile, browse presentations from your network and find out what's going on with your connections For more information about the Slideshare app on LinkedIn and the others currently available, see the LInkedIn Learning ...

Quickly and visually share with your students/colleagues a world of educational content the Web offers - engage them! Capture / share web videos, part of pages, pictures, photos - add your thoughts and get theirs! Complements other Digital Learning solutions. Since SimplyBox is web based, you and your students/colleagues can access the information from anywhere and from any computer.

WiZiQ is a web-based platform for anyone and everyone who wants to teach and learn live, online.  If you want to give a public or private WiZiQ session you can now embed the code right into your own blog.  Here's an example of a public session to be given by Nellie Deutsch: ...

Camtasia Relay is a software solution for recording and automatic distribution of lectures and presentations. Record on a Mac or a PC in your classroom, in your office or in a coffee shop. With a simple recording interface, it's as easy as click to start recording, click to stop recording and in a short time, viewers can access the video on their iPod, a website or from a link in a learning management system. Sign up for the beta Camtasia Relay [via Digital Inspiration ] ...

A new version of ProProfs QuizSchool is available.  New features include: Brand new user interface, completely revamped for ease of use. Social sharing through customizable widgets which allow YouTube-style quiz embedding on any blog, e-learning system, and social networks like Facebook. Yahoo Flick r integration for a limitless image library for quizzes. Interesting aggregate analytics & trends reports, with precision down to a stored snapshot of each attempt. Google Maps integration for visualization of where quiz takers are located ...

A few new contributions this week from: Debora Gallo Debora is a Senior Learning and Development Specialist at ING Australia Ian Usher Ian is the E-Learning Co-ordinator for Buckinghamshire County Council in the UK. Jack Chapman Jack is retired from a career with ExxonMobil (HR Director, UK & also Middle East). He is now an Executive Coach ... ; - Guy is a Learning Advisor at Laval University, in Quebec City, Canada. 6 months is a long term in ...

Jane Hart from the Center for Learning & Performance Technologies is still looking for Top 10 Tools for Learning. Anyone who wants to add their knowledge feel free to go to http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/yours.html and add your own list. I have added my Top 10 Mobile Tools for Learning and they are: Opera mini browser http://www.operamini.com/ : this browser saves me on download time and size (which comes down to saving ... multiple choice quizzes. Let me know any great mobile tools you are using, always hungry to learn!

InVision Learning in Westborough, Massachusetts in the US Don't forget!  The Top 10 Tools list closes on Friday 31 October. If you haven't yet shared your 10 favourite tools, then t his is your last chance to share your tools this year. ... This week, contributions and updates to the Top 10 Tools lists have come from: Barry Dahl - Barry is CIO at Lake Superior College, Duluth, MN, USA.  Antonio Vantaggiato ... - Damien works at NCALT, leading a team of Instructional Designers, to deliver learning to the 43 ...