Free Online Resources for Enhancing Student Success; tools, books, apps, classes, and more

1. ELAC Flex Week Workshop, FA13
lordhc@elac.edu
FREE ONLINE RESOURCES
FOR ENHANCING
STUDENT SUCCESS

2. Why Use Technology?
•Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
•http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/US-
Program/Postsecondary-Success
•“Research…. reveals that technology-enabled
teaching and student advising tools, as well as
enterprise-wide (learner analytics) help improve
performance and student outcomes….”

3. Engagement: Video Resources
• Links to videos…
43+ alternatives to YouTube, http://bit.ly/147QryA
Instructor Sites….. (ELAC Moodle>Instructor Resources>
Teaching Resources, Topic 12)
http://bit.ly/16pclk0
• STEM specific sites… (ELAC Moodle>STEM Instructor
Resources>Online STEM Resource Sites)
http://bit.ly/16WA8Hl

4. Display Video Screen Shot
•Go to the selected video
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2oFamgr-sk
• Click on Share (below picture)
• To Link: Copy & paste the code: http://youtu.be/P2oFamgr-sk
• To Embed: Turn on html, copy & past the html code
• <iframe width="560" height="315"
src="//www.youtube.com/embed/P2oFamgr-sk"
frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

5. Engagement, Screenshots
•Add Pictures and Screenshots
use Jing, Snagit, Awesome Screenshot (Chrome)
• http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

6. Engagement, Word Clouds
•Add Word Clouds
• use Wordle, Tagxedo, WordItOut, ABCya!
www.wordle.net

7. Engagement, Music
•Add Music
• in MS tools, insert>media (see TLC for assistance)
• Pink Floyd… The Wall, part 1
•We don’t need no education,
We don’t need no thought control…..

8. Engagement, URL Shorteners & More
•ELAC Moodle>Instructor Resources>STEM Instructor
Resources> Teaching with Technology>URL
Shorteners, http://bit.ly/17El8hf
•Also: Whiteboard Tools,
Polling,
Web 2.0 Tools,
Presentation Tools,
Desktop Sharing
Back Channeling in the Classroom, etc

9. Retention
•Offer Academic Coaching!
•Where?
Moodle>Student Resources
•Minimum… advise/link site
•More….bring selected
resources into
your class; allows
Guest access.

10. Retention, 2

11. How to Read Your Textbook

12. Retention, 3

13. Free Textbooks
•Campus Technology: http://bit.ly/16WOZBm
8/13/2013
•ELAC Moodle>Student Resources> Open (Free)
Textbooks http://bit.ly/16ZYdi9
•ELAC Moodle> Instructor Resources>Teaching
Resources>Topic 9, http://bit.ly/1eXjSsc

14. Free Books
•Moodle>Stu Resources>Open(Free) Books,
http://bit.ly/14uxYwr
Moodle> Instructor Resources>Teaching Resources
>Topic 9, http://bit.ly/1eXjSsc
OER Commons, (Open Education Resources)
http://www.oercommons.org/
‘The network that brings together 47,996 OER, tools
for sharing curriculum with the world, and news and
training on the brave new world of open education.’

15. More Instructor
Resources

16. ELAC Moodle Apps Resources
•Many iPad Apps, some Android Apps
•ELAC Moodle> Stu Resources>Mobile Learning,
http://bit.ly/17wIgie
Moodle>Instructor Resources>STEM Instr Res>
Mobile Learning http://bit.ly/16TDpW5
Moodle> Instr Res> STEM Instr Res>Online STEM
Resources http://bit.ly/1cUphoh

17. iPad Education Apps
•Apple in Education – Thousands of Apps
http://bit.ly/151ZRiF
The 55 Best Ed Apps for iPad –
http://bit.ly/14uHuzw
Apps for Education - http://www.apps4education.com/
Educational iBooks - http://www.made4education.com/
Ed iPad Wiki - https://getyouripadon.wikispaces.com/

18. Android Education Apps
•Google Apps for Education http://bit.ly/1dmuVxc
•50 Free Android Apps Every College Student Needs
http://bit.ly/161qNew
10 Android Apps for College http://bit.ly/16X1NIa
40 Awesome Android Apps for College Students
http://bit.ly/1bMYzKn

19. Free Cloud Storage (& File Sharing)
• Google Drive, 15 GB free, https://drive.google.com
• Dropbox, 2 GB free https://www.dropbox.com/
• Sky Drive (MS), 7 GB free, https://login.live.com/
• Box, 5 GB free, https://www.box.com/
• Wuala, 5 GB free http://wuala.com/en/
• Amazon Cloud Drive, 5GB free, http://amzn.to/19vyGOj
• Get Up to 83GB Free Cloud Storage http://bit.ly/1563btb

20. More Technology to Explore
• SoftChalk: eLearning Authoring Tools - http://softchalk.com/
• SlideShare: Share privately or publicly PPTs, PDFs-
www.slideshare.net
• SlideKlowd: Cloud based presentation sharing-
http://slideklowd.com/
• Free Tech for Teachers: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
• Educlipper: Clip & Share - https://educlipper.net/
• Gizmos Freeware: http://www.techsupportalert.com/
• Make Use Of: http://www.makeuseof.com/