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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Are you or your organisation/learning provider looking for free websites to create online courses, then perhaps you should check out Udemy. This educational tool allows registered users to draft and publish their own interactive course(s) complete with...

• videos,
• presentations,
• articles,
• mashups, and
• live sessions.

Go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNG31hhVH6I to watch an overview video or watch the embedded version below...

Registered users can create individual lectures, withi...

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Kubbu - an eLearning Tool  available to Practitioners, Managers, Administrators etc. every where.

For many this may be the solution they have been looking for - Kubbu allows users to author activities to keep learners engaged, and enhance the learning experience.

Activities that can be created include...

• games
• quizzes and
• crosswords

...that can be set at appropriate levels for the learner.

The only condition is that users have to sign-up for an account...

I would suggest that the FRE...

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Timetable Online is a relatively new and free tool which allows learning providers to book resources online.

The TimeTable Online website has very clear tutorials for those of you who are interested in seeing how it works; I imagine many learning providers will request a free sign-up via their online form.

Visit http://www.timetableonline.com/ to find out more.

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