WEB RESOURCES AND TOOLS FOR TEACHING ADULTS ONLINE
LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
MOODLE
Moodle is a free and open-source learning management system. Developed on pedagogical principles, Moodle is used for blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other e-learning projects in schools, universities, workplaces and other sectors.
POWERSCHOOL LEARNING
PowerSchool Learning (formerly known as Haiku) is an online Learning Management System service. It is used for creating online courses and organising classes. PowerSchool gives teachers the ability to create content, manage their grade book, hand out assignments, post videos, have discussion boards, and get high-quality reports.
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Google Classroom is a free web service that integrates Docs, Sheets, Slides, Gmail, and Calendar into a cohesive platform to manage student and teacher communication. Teachers can create, distribute, and mark assignments all within the Google ecosystem. Each class creates a separate folder in the respective user's Drive, where the student can submit work to be graded by a teacher.
COMMUNICATION TOOLS
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ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS
Zoom provides videotelephony and online chat services. It is highly used for remote education because of various features such as session recording and transcription, screen share, the possibility of breakout rooms, digital whiteboarding, etc. Recently, the Zoom app has been modified in a way that is easier for use for individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing, or visually impaired.
MICROSOFT TEAMS
Microsoft Teams is a communication platform that offers workspace chat, videoconferencing, file storage, and application integration. Microsoft Teams allows teachers to distribute, provide feedback, and grade student assignments, as well to create different channels.
GOOGLE MEET
Google Hangouts is a video-communication platform for messaging and video chat. It has a noise-canceling audio filter, a low-light mode for video, screen-share, and it can be accessed through a web app, an Android, and an iOS app. Users can synchronise to Google Calendar and Google Contacts. If a meeting is recorded, it will be automatically saved into Google Drive.
GOTOMEETING
GoToMeeting is an online meeting software that offers video conferencing through desktop and mobile phone, screen sharing, meeting recording and transcription, and conference room equipment.
CONTENT CREATION TOOLS
GOCONQR
GoConqr is a content creation tool that can be used to create mind maps, flashcards, quizzes, notes, slides, study planner, flowcharts, courses, and it has a virtual library with over 7 milion user-created resources and courses. Besides private groups, users can join public groups where he/she can connect with people from around the world with similar learning interests.
PIKTOCHART
Piktochart is a web-based infographic application that allows users to create infographics and visuals using themed templates easily. Piktochart provides over 600 templates that users can edit or customize as desired. While creating infographics, users can include multiple interactive elements such as charts, videos, map visualization, and animated icons.
CAMTASIA
Camtasia is a screen recorder and video editor. Camtasia offers pre-built video templates, pre-built assets, web camera capture, a library of royalty-free music and sound effects, PowerPoint integration, interactive options, green screen effect, and many more features.
QUIZZ-BASED ONLINE
LEARNING TOOLS
KAHOOT
Kahoot is a game-based learning platform. Combining curiosity and play can be a great learning tool either in the classroom or in remote environment settings. It consists of user-generated closed questions and multiple-choice question, and it can be accessed via a web browser or the Kahoot app.
SOCRATIVE
Socrative is a cloud-based platform that allows teachers to create simple quizzes with true/false, multiple-choice, short answer or open-ended questions, pools, and offers instant feedback. Activities can either be teacher-paced or student-paced. It also contains a gaming element, "Space Race" which sets up a quiz so that teams can compete against each other. Results can be displayed live with student identity kept anonymous.
GIMKIT
Gimkit is a classroom game-show platform where learners compete by answering questions on their electronic devices, at their own pace. It can also be used remotely.
Instead of earning points, students earn virtual currency, which they can "invest" during the game to boost their score. Gimkit generates a report detailing what your class needs help on which can be used to help specific students.
ACADEMIC DATABASES
ACADEMIA.EDU
Academia.edu is an American commercial social networking website for academics, and it is used for sharing research papers.
GOOGLE SCHOLAR
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text or metadata of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations, preprints, abstracts, technical reports, and other scholarly literature, including court opinions and patents.
JSTOR
JSTOR (Journal Storage) is a digital library that contains digitized back issues of academic journals, books and other primary sources. It provides full-text searches of almost 2,000 journals.