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Trello

October 12, 2011

Trello is an online collaboration tool helping users perform tasks in a productive manner.

Users can

- create boards,

- add lists and cards which contains description about the tasks,

- share the tasks with a group of people and work on it in real time,

- add labels and more.

Users can also track the activity on the board through Trello’s user friendly interface and monitor who is making changes on the board.

Visit https://trello.com/to try it out - we have!

Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Planning

280 Slides - Create & Share Presentations Online

September 8, 2011

Having purchased a Chrome Book, I've been test-driving a few of the newest web applications to see if they’re going to help my everyday life.

While looking for an elegant web-based way to create and present slides, where there are no downloads needed, I came across 280Slides, an excellent site that has an intuitive interface.

Users can...

import presentations from Keynote and PowerPoint,
select a variety of themes, and
use it anywhere because it’s cloud-based.

If you’ve used either PowerPoint...
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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Presentations

ShoutOmatic: Audible Shout-Outs: Stop Typing, Start Shouting!

August 26, 2011

The ShoutOmatic platform lets Practitioners, Learners and other Stakeholders record short messages ("shouts") straight from their desktops and smartphones, and have them instantly delivered to others.
These short "shouts" can be used in so many different ways, within the learning environment,in a more personalised way than faceless emails, texts, tweets etc.

"Shouts" are particularly suitable for educational use since they all come with their very own QR codes; providing alternative communicat...
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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Communication

Twijector

August 25, 2011

Twitter is normally used to update statuses and share activity updates with friends. Twijector allows Twitter users to hold text conferences.

Twijector is a free to use web service providing a wall that can gather public tweets with a particular hashtag.

Choose a custom hashtag and ask your colleagues/learners/stakeholders to tweet with it. The wall will then show all the public tweets containing that unique hashtag. Options provided by the application include blocking certain users and using ...
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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Communication

DROPitTOme - Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox

August 25, 2011

Ever wish you could easily receive big files from anyone?
Now you can - together with Dropbox you can setup an unique upload address with password protection for FREE. DROPitTOme is your one stop solution when email is just not enough.

DROPitTOme is a free service that works with Drop Box to allow learners to upload files to your Drop Box account without giving them access to the contents of your Drop Box account.

Ideal for WBL/ACL learners, Learning providers without VLEs etc.

Visit http://www...
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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Assessment

Students Love Technology

August 25, 2011

While it's no secret that learners are addicted to technology, the specifics of their gadget usage have never been studied scientifically - until now.

Are learning providers using New and Emerging Technologies (uNET)?

Visit http://www.onlineeducation.net/students-love-tech to take a look.

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Infographic

Pollowers - Twitter polls

August 25, 2011

Pollowers: Poll your followers. A tweet is a poll. Twitter polls.

Needs some planning to ensure that the poll is posted when followers are likely to respond. Practitioners could find it useful to use with learners and/or at events etc.

Visit http://www.pollowers.com/ to find out more and/or to try it out.

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Polls/Surveys

Wunderlist | Task Management At Its Best

August 25, 2011

"Organize your life with Wunderlist, a free and easy-to-use Task Manager"...

Wunderlist is a simple task manager that works on the web or on a user’s PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Android phone. A users list follows them and stays synced across all their devices, and they can even share their to-do list with the Wunderlist via URL or Twitter. Ideal for "Team Collaboration"

Find out more by visiting http://www.wunderlist.com/account.

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Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Project Management

Verifiable signatures online

June 8, 2011

I'll start by quoting from...

Guidance Note 7 - Published 11 April 2011
Skills Funding Agency-P-110031

"Electronic Records
80. Providers must retain a robust and reliable form of evidence to support funding claims including evidence of learner existence, eligibility, and achievement. From 1 August 2011, providers will be able to hold evidence in electronic format. This may include holding data on electronic platforms and in scanned format, including learner signatures." ...

Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Assessment

Criminal Background Checks

June 1, 2011

The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) was set up to allow employers in the public, private and voluntary sectors to run a background check on all job applicants whom they might be considering offering work to.

The Safe Workers Website looks at...

how it is necessary to undertake a criminal background check on potential employees in order to protect the most vulnerable sectors of society;

how the information is gathered and what it is used for.

It also covers...

Benefit...

Posted by John Dalziel. Posted In : Legal

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John Dalziel

Liverpool Uk

I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.

aclJohn's eAdministration Finds

Trello

280 Slides - Create & Share Presentations Online

ShoutOmatic: Audible Shout-Outs: Stop Typing, Start Shouting!

Twijector

DROPitTOme - Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox

Students Love Technology

Pollowers - Twitter polls

Wunderlist | Task Management At Its Best

Verifiable signatures online

Criminal Background Checks

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