General Interest e-Learning Showcase
This page provides a showcase of examples of e-Learning solutions developed for general interest purposes and for learners of all ages. It consists of links to both formal online courses as well as other informal online learning solutions.
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Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma Black Belt online training certification courses.
Added: 15 February 2008
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A blog about Moodle, Moodle Training and VLE related issues for secondary and primary schools
Added: 7 February 2008
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eChinese Learning is a live one-on-one online Chinese language school located in Beijing.
Added: 22 November 2007
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Internet & E-mail for Teenagers with Down Syndrome
Series of interactive lessons designed specifically for teenagers with Down Syndrome to help them learn about and use the Internet & e-mail easily and safely.
Added: 9 August 2007
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e-learning blog from educational consultant and training manager Nils Hjelmervik. Currently employed at the norwegian VLE company it' s learning.
Added: 6 August 2007
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This flash animation takes your through a sturctured goal setting process. Applying imagery and empathic questions the user is able to create a receptive learning state, breaking down unconscious barriers which accelerates learning.
Added: 1 August 2007
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Wait for the animation to play
"The Care-Academy Blog contains a wealth of information and commentary on Care Learning - including the use of e-Learning and IT Skills requirements. "
Added: 02 July 2007
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"Michelle Gallen's e-learning blog - covering a wide range of technologies, news and issues in e-learning."
Added: 12 June 2007
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Free Web 2.0 E-learning Platforn & Marketplace
"eLearning Community 2.0 is a FREE marketplace for Infopreneurs (Internet Entrepreneurs) to grow their info business to the next level by leveraging the power of social networking offered by Web 2.0."
Added: 31 May 2007
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Getting to Grips with Heritage
"aberdeenquest.com is a new website which uses the collections from Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums to help children and young people learn. It is fully interactive and is a great source of cultural and heritage material."
Added: 31 May 2007
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"video4learning.com is dedicated to helping educators create and use video in their teaching and training. It covers all aspects from recording and editing techniques - through to innovative methods for sharing video."
Added: 31 May 2007
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"The Real Game is a series of classroom-based programmes developed to help students learn more about themselves and both the opportunities and the responsibilities of adult life in a fun and constructive way."
Added: 21 May 2007
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"Newcastle United Learning Centre presents THINKfootball! a web based learning system.
Learning is delivered through engaging football themed multimedia games accompanied by support materials."
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Added: 21 May 2007
"User generated educational site that lets you submit and rate News, Links, and Discussions."
Added: 29 March 2007
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"JotSpace is a free web-based, collaboration whiteboard. It allows multiple users to work on the same board simultaneously as if in the same room. Whiteboards include sticky pads, photo uploads, chat, connectors and markers that never run out of ink. Great for training and planning."
Added: 28 March 2007
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"We design e-learning products for K-12 and university level education, and continuing education for any business sectors. We utilize all the relevant tools of multimedia in our products. Our e-learning products are fundamentally designed to work in SCORM and other standards to fit seamlessly into Learning Management Systems (LMS)."
Added: 27 March 2007
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Based in Turkey
"A Buzz 3D Interface makes training a more engaging and attractive activity. Interactive environments can simultaneously display videos, audio, web content, PowerPoint, animated 3D models, and even live TV, all in the same branded 3D space, which offers the potential for achieving a far higher level of understanding and involvement".
Added: 14 March 2007
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UK Based
"Openlearn makes educational resources, taken from Open University (UK) courses, freely available under a Creative Commons copyright license to anyone, anywhere in the world with access to the internet. State of the art learning support and social networking tools have been built into the site to connect users".
Added: 28 February 2007
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The Open University is one of the oldest and biggest providers of online education both in the UK and other countries.
"This is a general study aid and memory improvement resource. It is geared towards helping it's viewers to improve their general memory and to help them absorb and retain new information better. It contains techniques for recalling names, faces, numbers, foreign language vocabulary and general facts."
Added: 18 December 2006
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An online e-book on how to improve your memory.
The site uses iterative learning techniques to let the user effectively learn the answers to a wide variety of topics. There are currently 12000 questions with many being added daily.
Added: 22 August 2006
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To improve understanding, knowledge and long term retention for a variety of user selected topics.
Added: 22 May 2006
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An online NASA demo to find out how to construct a rocket for space travel
Online educational resource at the Exploratorium about earthquakes.
Added: 30 April 2006
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As San Francisco commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Big Shake of 1906, this resource makes intriguing viewing
"Learn Italian when and where is most convenient for you with free podcasts. Published every Monday and Thursday."
Added: 30 April 2006
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Another example of using iPods for learning purposes
"This project examines the authenticity of The Shroud of Turin, and the possibility that Leonardo created it, in light of the recreation of the Shroud by Stephen Beckman who used a pinhole camera with renaissance technology and materials. Take the quiz to be rewarded with a Da Vinci Divination."
Added: 29 April 2006
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Recipient of the ISTE SIGTEL Online Learning Awards 2006
Ten best foods/ten worst foods
"Exploration of the best foods to manage weight and cure ailments and identifies the worst foods which are prevalent in our society. Take the quiz to receive your just dessert."
Added: 29 March 2006
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Selected as a Landmark Project and a USA Today Educator's Best Bet.
"ALBIS is a vocabulary learning system. ALBIS will enable you to pick up basic vocabulary of a foreign language quickly. With the mundane task of memorizing new vocabulary made less tedious by ALBIS, you can spend more time on other aspects of learning the language, such as pronunciation and grammar, or practicing your use of the language in conversation."
Added: 19 March 2006
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ALBIS is absolutely free for anyone to use. Try it out
Inside the Brain: An Interactive Tour
"What happens in the brain of a person with Alzheimer’s disease? This tour explains how the brain works and how Alzheimer's affects it." From the Alzheimer's Association
Added: 24 February 2006
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There are 16 interactive slides.
"Gardening Online is ideal for beginner gardeners and those who want to improve their gardening skills, and especially for those who have an interest in online communities. Aimed at adult community learners, they'll find all the essentials for creating a thriving organic garden or allotment." From the Workers Educational Association
Added: 15 February 2006
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Follow the link to Gardening Online from the homepage and then login as a guest
"Learn about Newton's discoveries and secret life, color, illusions, observations from nature and fascinating facts about how cars roll up hill and why dogs chase cars. There's several Project Legal lessons regarding copyright issues and a Newton Timeline. A perfect quiz score gains access to the treasures of the MoMA."
Added: 28 December 2005
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A stimulating journey into the revelations of Sir Isaac Newton
A Christmas Carol: the podcast
"Starting Thursday 15 December, we'll be podcasting a complete reading of Charles Dickens' classic yuletide tale, A Christmas Carol, narrated by Geoffrey Palmer." From thepenguinpodcast.
Added: 16 December 2005
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Subscribe today and don't miss an episode.
"wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual. With your contributions, we can create a free resource that helps people by offering clear, concise solutions to the problems of everyday life."
Added: 16 November 2005
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As of this date wikiHow currently contains 3399 articles written, edited, and maintained primarily by volunteers
"Learn Chinese with free daily podcasts"
Added: 1 November 2005
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Also includes a personal learning center.
"Punctuate plus offers a resource for learning the rules and styles of punctuation in English. This networked version runs in any web browser with the Shockwave plugin, and is ideal for educational establishments, or businesses wishing to enhance literacy skills amongst employees."
Added: 24 October 2005
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"This is a fully featured version of our forthcoming release 'Punctuate Shockwave' which is basically the Punctuate+ program adapted so that it can be installed onto closed network / intranet."
"The object of the game is to improve the health of the nation and increase your political popularity whilst staying under budget - and keeping the people depending on you happy."
Added: 11 October 2005
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Fantasy Health Minister is part of the New Statesman and Pfizer Policy Forum on Health.
"SMSBible allows you to send Bible verses of your choice together with your own personal message (up to about 150 characters total) to groups of people."
Added: 8 October 2005
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Free download
Computer Tutor: The BBC's guide to using a computer
"Computer Tutor is a resource for people who don't know how to use a keyboard, mouse or computer screen. Computer Tutor presenter Amani is then on hand to take computer novices from start to finish step-by-step. Sit back and watch as Computer Tutor teaches all the skills they need to use a computer"
Added: 9 August 2005
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To make things fun, the resource is set in 'Game Show World', a theme park about TV game shows.
"Learn how to type correctly in just a few hours using all your fingers. You will soon be typing faster than you ever imagined. 27 guided lessons to learn step-by-step from the beginning. Web-based course. No downloads required."
Added: 27 May 2005
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Sign up to ensure you learn on the correct keyboard for your country.
"This is a cell phone application that promotes the sharing of knowledge. It allows to send and receive encyclopedia-type inquiries between specific, pre-defined groups of users, through Text messaging. Users can register here on this site and start building the quick-reference Cellphedia-type encyclopedia entries, by asking other users and answering other users' questions where-ever cell phone service is available."
Added: 14 May 2005
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Cellphedia is a thesis project created by a graduate student at the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU.
"Are you studying Spanish? Spanish Word of the Day.com offers a unique free method in which to build your vocabulary. Daily we send you an email with new vocabulary words to your email box. The vocabulary includes the definition and examples of the proper use of the word. Proverbs and idioms are also provided. There are beginning, intermediate, and advanced vocabulary. Mailings are Monday through Friday."
Added: 3 March 2005
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Free educational tool that pushes content to you on a daily basis
"Joining the worldwide celebration of the centennial of Einstein’s "miracle year," the NASA-Smithsonian UniverseForum is creating a portfolio of highly visual, dramatic interactive learning resources especially for use by museums, science centers, planetariums and other science education organizations. "
Added: 3 March 2005
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The "Inside Einstein’s Universe" program uses the rich resources of NASA’s space science research missions to take audiences on a journey through the cosmos as we now know it.
"Discover the power of 1-Click AnswersTM. It brings you instant information about any word on your screen, whether you're working in Word, reading your e-mail, or browsing the web."
Added: 10 February 2005
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Here is an example: how it defines e-learning (http://www.answers.com/e-learning)
The British Library: A tour for public library staff
"This tour will enable you to improve the services and resources available to users of the public library network. The British Library is one of the world's largest libraries, which occupies three major sites and houses more than 150 million items. We take you on a virtual tour of the Library enabling you to experience the library, its services and collections and help you make them available to your users. Throughout the tour we highlight links to the British Library website which we hope you will want to explore."
Added: 6 December 2004
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"Using a combination of video, images, text and web links the online tour guides users through the range of the British Library's services. Taking about three hours to complete, the tour has been designed so that it can be completed in small portions, enabling users to return to where they left off. A simple downloadable workbook has also been created to help users work through the tour."
"The UK's largest and best Stockmarket simulation game. Experience the thrill of investing with no risk. It's completely free to play. Virtual Trader is the most comprehensive Investment Simulation Game available, offering its users the opportunity to gain practical experience trading a wide range of investment vehicles, such as Stocks, Options, Futures, Mutual Funds etc."
Added: 25 October 2004
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Start with a portfolio of £100,000 of virtual money and trade stocks listed on the London Stock Exchange and Euronext.. Conduct limit and stop orders, build your own private game and more!
"Interactive and online resources for young people and adults from Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives"
Added: 20 October 2004
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Includes Tate Kids, In Focus, Online Courses, Study Days Online, etc
"is a web-based learning system for individuals and schools worldwide. It combines leading language learning theories with cutting edge technology to bring users a unique approach to learning English. With the English Maze, students can improve their pronunciation, speaking, reading, listening and writing skills."
Added: 10 October 2004
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The site contains hundreds of hours of material, much of which is free.
"The Smithsonian hosts a wide array of performances, lectures, and other events that bring to life the everchanging exhibits found in our museums and traveling the country.
Added: 27 September 2004
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Smithsonian.TV is a guide to the latest live and archived streaming media content available for viewing from the comfort of your home."
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
"An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000."
Added: 25 September 2004
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The Oxford DNB is a subscription-only site: to see the full content you, your library, or an institution you belong to must have a current subscription.
"The Maverick eLearning Place provides innovative, cost-effective Beates-themed on-line learning courses for both individual learners and organisations. By using the analogy of the Beatles phenomenon as a source and inspiration in this way, it offers a suite of learning courses that provide lessons from the Fab Four's anthology that can help us to live better lives and maximise our potential."
Added: 14 September 2004
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The course "All you need is success" is designed to help you achieve a greater degree of success in your working life and personal life. It uses the analogy of The Beatles and their individual character types as a source and inspiration to help you recognise your own talents and your preferred communication style.
"The Boater's Toolbox, a new Web-based learning tool offered by the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water, is now available for those who want to learn more about boating concepts."
Added: 26 August 2004
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"The toolbox features in-depth information on safety and environmental issues affecting today's boaters. To make concepts more easy to understand, animation is used to illustrate hard-to-grasp ideas such as right of way and rules of the road."
"Brilliant orange, bright blue, dazzling red–frogs come in an astonishing array of colors. This vivid assortment of hues hints at the remarkable diversity that exists among the frog species inhabiting the globe. From lush rainforests to parched deserts, frogs are found in nearly every environment on Earth, and their survival strategies range from surprising to bizarre."
Added: 24 August 2004
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From the American Museum of Natural History
Interactive Graphics of the Olympics
Added: 22 August 2004
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From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
"WordCount™ is an interactive presentation of the 86,800 most frequently used English words."
Added: 28 July 2004
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"WordCount™ is an artistic experiment in the way we use language."
"The Visual Thesaurus takes a unique, and remarkably beautiful, approach to presenting the results of a word lookup. Discover and learn from nearly 140,000 words, meanings and relationships. Through its emphasis on exploration and vocabulary building, the Visual Thesaurus can improve reading, writing and communication skills."
Added: 5 July 2004
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Try it now: Type in a word into the textbox on the upper left corner of the site, and click "Look it up".
Interactive games - organs, muscles, skeleton, nervous system, puberty from the BBC
Added: 31 May 2004
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Winner of a 2004 Webby award in the Education category
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
"I want to read the Notebooks, but there are 1,565 pages and I have too much else to read. At a page a day it would take a little over four years, but be manageable. Using this site, I can read one page a day using my RSS News Reader. I started at page 1 on May 30th, 2004."
Added: 31 May 2004
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An example of an educational RSS application
"This site is a presentation of the diaries of Samuel Pepys, the renowned 17th century diarist who lived in London, England (read more about him). A new entry written by Pepys will be published each day; 1 January 1660 was published on 1 January 2003."
Added: 9 May 2004
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A more realistic way of reading the diaries
"The V&A offers a range of dynamic programmes and resources to school students and teachers as well as FE and HE students and lecturers."
Updated: 8 May 2005
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"is FA Learning’s first ever online qualification and is available now to anyone with access to the internet and gives you all these features as part of your enrolment on the course. The course is aimed at coaches, parents and teachers of 7-12 year olds looking to gain an introduction to psychology and understand the needs of players."
Added; 23 April 2004
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Access the FREE trial or enrol on the online course
"This is the of the Northern Lights international project. "This free site provides the 1st private worldwide live webcast of auroras in history"
Added: 16 March 2004
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Learn "live" about the Aurora Borealis (from Mt Aurora, Alaska)
"With spectacular photographs by leading astrophotographers, the Virtual Planisphere allows you to view the constellations at any time of the year"
Added: 16 March 2004
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"Ever wanted to examine cells up close and personal? The Online Digital Microscope allows you to examine plant and animal material, as well as a saucy selection of microbes"
Added: 14 March 2004
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A couple of interactive resources from the Open University. More on the same page.
"Amateur Microscopy of the Protozoa"
Added: 5 March 2004
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Beautiful imagery of protozoa
"PortCities UK invites visitors to experience the past by exploring the impact that major rivers and ports have had on the present and examines the influence of Britain’s maritime past on five UK port cities, particularly on the communities who lived and worked in them. The interactive website enables public access to images from the historic archives, museums and libraries of the five partners. The online collection follows the digitisation of over 60,000 photographs, paintings, drawings and documents, most now displayed for the first time."
Added: 4 February 2004
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PortCities is a partnership of websites supported by the New Opportunities Fund.
"A compilation of human knowledge and experience - Answerbag is a universal, user-generated collection of frequently-asked questions. It is built and moderated by you, our users - please feel free to look for answers, post answers, or post questions!"
Added: 29 January 2004
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A finalist in the SXSW awards in the Educational resources section
"An innovative take on the Oxfam Hunger Banquet, this easy-to-use and educational site invites a person to step into a world where access to food and other resources are often scarce. By "taking a seat" at the Hunger Banquet table, the user assumes the role of a person from a developing nation. Explore the causes of hunger around the world, and learn how your choices can determine the future!" Oxfam
Added: 14 January 2004
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An interactive approach to finding out about hunger
"The interior of our bodies is hidden to us. What happens beneath the skin is mysterious, fearful, amazing. In antiquity, the body's internal structure was the subject of speculation, fantasy, and some study, but there were few efforts to represent it in pictures. The invention of the printing press in the 15th century-and the cascade of print technologies that followed-helped to inspire a new spectacular science of anatomy, and new spectacular visions of the body. Anatomical imagery proliferated, detailed and informative but also whimsical, surreal, beautiful, and grotesque – a dream anatomy that reveals as much about the outer world as it does the inner self."
Added: 10 January 2004
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"Drawn mainly from the collections of the National Library of Medicine, Dream Anatomy shows off the anatomical imagination in some of its most astonishing incarnations, from 1500 to the present."
"Every now and then, a new topic will be posted. It could be anything from 'How to eat peas.' to 'How to build an areoplane.' No answer is wrong and it's up to you, the player, to explain how to do it. Have fun, try to keep it on topic and check back for more updates."
Added: 7 January 2004
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This is an experiment in intuition - a sociological project is about the study of knowledge among human society and how it can differ and change.
"An Educational Exploration of Nunavut. Setting out to document arctic climate change we will dogsled the territory of Nunavut, meeting Inuit Elders and students, to explore traditional ecological knowledge in the remote communities visited along the trail while gathering scientific data daily from the field for NASA and Environment Canada."
Added: 2 December 2003
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"Join Team Artic transect on an interactive journey to explore one of the most unique and most threatened environments on Earth - the Artic."
Love and yearning: mystical and moral themes in Persian poetry and painting
"Persian lyrical poetry flourished in the late 9th century at the provincial courts of eastern Iran, where poets used the context of romantic drama to express universal and timeless emotions such as loyalty, generosity and humility, love, yearning and loss." Smithsonian Institution
Added: 13 November 2003
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A Flash-based online exhibition with zoom features to look close up at the detail
European Space Agency Education
"The ESA Education Office coordinates all the education activities proposed by the various ESA Directorates and the Education Office itself. Our aim is to help young Europeans, aged from 6 to 28, to gain and maintain an interest in science and technology by organising or informing them about various activities designed for their specific age group."
Added: 1 November 2003
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Suitable for school, Higher Education and general interest
"The mysteries of Everest boggle the mind. How did it get so tall? What changes happen in the human body in the extreme conditions of high altitude climbing? Learn the answers to these questions and more by exploring plate tectonics, physiology , or following one of our many links to other terrific sites about the mountain." From the Tech Museum of Innovation
Added: 31 October 2003
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Experience the trek from base camp to the summit of the world’s highest mountain in the Interactive Tour.
"Here you can learn about the six geological processes that are either currently operating on Mars or have operated during Martian history. These include the aeolian, cratering, hydro, landslides, tectonic, and volcanic processes. The exploration of Mars is an ongoing NASA project, and you may visit their website to obtain the latest information on Martian research."
Added: 30 August 2003
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With all the excitement about Mars at this time, this is a good place to find out more
"Discover the British Library's award-winning system Turning the Pages. Just use the links to start turning the pages of our great books." British Library
Added: 30 August 2003
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Links to 2Leonardo Notebook", "lindisfarne Gospels", "Sultan Baybar's Qur'an" and "Sherborne Missal"
Anne Frank the Writer: An Unfinished Story
"Between the ages of 13 and 15, Anne Frank wrote short stories, fairy tales, essays, and the beginnings of a novel. Five notebooks and more than 300 loose pages, meticulously handwritten during her two years in hiding, survived the war. Launch the exhibition "An Unfinished Story" to reveal the original writings - through sound and images - of a young woman who had great ambition to be a writer and was exploring her craft."
Added: 24 August 2003
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Use the zoom tool to get a close-up view of Anne's writings.
"This website offers translations for thousands of words in dozens of languages and there's even an option for accessing the dictionary via your mobile phone or PDA when abroad.."
Added: 17 August 2003
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There are also games and quizzes you can play to help learn a language. You can even sign up to have the Word of the Day (translated into a number of languages) emailed to you every day - a good example of "push learning".
"AIM has developed an introductory website showing how various items are made. It covers over 40 different products and manufacturing processes, and includes almost 4 hours of manufacturing video. It is targeted towards non-engineers and engineers alike. Think of it as your own private online factory tour, or a virtual factory tour, if you wish." Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing at Stanford University
Added: 17 August 2003
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Optimized for DSL/Cable speeds or greater. Macromedia FlashPlayer plugin (6.029 or greater) required
"The central education website of the Smithsonian Institution."
Added: 17 August 2003
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This website is a collective effort by staff of the Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies.
"Many scientists, including more than ten Nobel Laureates, were interviewed for their viewpoints on how we came to understand the DNA language of life, how we began to bend it to our own service, and what it can tell us about who we are and how our lives may be in the future." Dolan DNA Learning Center.
Added: 10 August 2003
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A well produced, extensive site covering how the code evolved , how the Human Genome Project mapped the book of life, DNA fingerprinting and more
"iLoveLanguages is a comprehensive catalog of language-related Internet resources. The more than 2000 links at iLoveLanguages have been hand-reviewed to bring you the best language links the Web has to offer. Whether you're looking for online language lessons, translating dictionaries, native literature, translation services, software, language schools, or just a little information on a language you've heard about, iLoveLanguages probably has something to suit your needs."
Added: 3 August 2003
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iLoveLanguages is the latest redesign of The Human-Languages Page and the Languages catalog of the WWW Virtual Library
Race - The power of an illusion
"The online companion to California Newsreel's 3-part documentary about race in society, science and history."
Added: 4 July 2003
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Quick facts and quizzes about human diversity
"This Wise Guide portal was designed to introduce you to the many fascinating, educational and useful resources available from the nation's library and one of the most popular Web sites of the federal government. The "Wise Guide" will be refreshed monthly, much like a magazine, offering links to the best of the Library's online materials. Each of these "articles" is based on items contained in a collection, database, reading room or other area of the Library's online offerings. You will see that we are "more than a library," and our holdings range from prints, photographs, films, audio recordings, maps, manuscripts, music and digital materials to (of course) books."
Added: 12 June 2003
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This is one way of exploring the millions of resources available at the Library of Congress
"Thriftdeluxe is a non-commercial contemporary DIY zine which provides easy, inexpensive yet damn cool projects that anyone can make by following our simple instructions."
Added: 15 May 2003
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"Thrift deluxe is a London Based DIY site for cool people."
"A rare and unusual look into the complex beautiful structures of flowers and leaves. Mixed with a fine sense of design, he has given us a view of natures inner workings that unfolds into an intense beauty that is hidden from the naked eye"
Added: 11 May 2003
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Winner of a number of photography awards
"The sport of sailboat racing is one of excitement and strategy. Not only are you competing against the times of other boats, but you are also up against the wind and your own sailing knowledge and abilities. Introduction to Sailing is designed to teach you the fundamentals of sailboat racing. Once you understand the basic strategies, you can race a sailboat on the 'Skipper's Course' and the 'Web Cup Course.'
Added: 11 May 2003
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The 'About this Game' section gives you the story behind the creation of this game.
"100 paintings from international collections to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the end of the First World War."
Added: 10 May 2003
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"This is an excellent website devoted to the art produced during the First World War. The database includes 54 artists and images of 100 pictures from museums in London, Paris, Berlin, Bonn, Vienna, Caen and Verdun."
"At this first stage of a project which will take several years to complete, the places of memory selected have one trait in common: they are all situated within the present-day frontiers of countries of the six partner institutions. Over the next two years, our existing teams of historians aim to increase the number of sites in order to evoke further places of memory - including some of those situated outside the national territory of the six participating countries - and to increase the number of cross-references."
Added: 24 April 2003
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"The idea is to enable the public to compare different national experiences during, and memories of, these three wars (including military/naval/air operations, the home front, repression, occupation and liberation)."
"Welcome to our Tower of London website, created in association with the Yeoman Warders of the Tower. We hope that this site will help to capture some of the magic and excitement that you get when visiting the Tower in person. We have tried to bring you as much information as possible about the tower and show you some of the areas that are not accessible when you visit in person. This website however is no substitute for the real thing and if you ever get the chance to come to London then make sure that you pay the Tower of London a visit (don't forget to tell them you've seen this website)."
Added: 12 April 2003
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Excitement, information and education!
Added: 11 April 2003
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Click on the map to locate the country in questions - simple yet effective
"The discovery of DNA in 1953 revolutionized the way we understand life and promises to change the practice of modern medicine."
Added: 28 March 2003
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Major events and symposia will be taking place during the year to mark the 50th anniversary
"Gargoyles, Grotesques and the Nineteenth Century Imagination"
Added: 22 March 2003
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"Cornell University's art museum shares its gallery of gloriously grotesque architectural ornaments, a collection of images filtered through a 19th-century lens."
"An educational resource for the study of the art and cultures of Pre-Columbian MesoAmerica."
Added: 7 March 2003
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A beautifully illustrated site and magnificent resource
35th Infantry Division in World War II
"The 35th Infantry Division, during WWII, consisted of almost two dozen units – each with a specific purpose. Click on an banner below to learn more about a specific unit."
Added: 27 February 2003
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One of the the SXSW Website Competition Finalists for 2003 (Educational Resource)
"Playing With Time is an exciting, new project that looks at how the world around you is changing over many different time periods ... at the Playing With Time web site, unseen worlds of change will be revealed. You will see time sped up and slowed down, and behold the beauty of change. Time will be in your hands to witness, replay, and even create. You never know... you might not look at things quite the same way again."
Added: 20 February 2003
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just watch or collaborate!
"London's libraries, museums and archives possess a treasure house of modern and historic photographs of London. The photoLondon website exists to highlight and promote these collections. The site also provides background information on photography in London."
Added: 20 February 2003
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Founded by the Guildhall Library, Museum of London, London Metropolitan Archives, Westminster City Archives, National Monuments Records
"This feature has been designed to complement "Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Metropolitan Museum of Art
Added: 10 February 2003
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A number of features to help you explore the exhibition
"The Timeline of Art History is a chronological, geographical, and thematic exploration of the history of art from around the world, as illustrated especially by the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. The Museum's curatorial, conservation, and education staff–perhaps the largest single core of art experts anywhere in the world–research and write the Timeline, which is an invaluable reference and research tool for students, educators, scholars, and anyone interested in the study of art history and related subjects."
Added: 3 February 2003
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You can also explore special topics like The Ziggurat at Ur, Samurai or Jan Van Eyk
"is organized around key concepts. The science behind each concept is explained by: animation, image gallery, video interviews, problem, biographies, and links." Dolan DNA Learning Center, Gene Almanac - "The source for timely information about genes in education."
Added: 3 February 2003
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There are a number of other interesting resources about DNA at the Center
"Your goal in this game will be to make as much money as you can within 30 days. To do this, you've decided to open your own business -- a Lemonade Stand! You'll have complete control over almost every part of your business, including pricing, quality control, inventory control, and purchasing supplies. You'll also have to deal with the weather, which can be unpredictable. Unfortunately, the weather will play a big part when customers are deciding whether or not to buy your product."
Updated: 2 February 2003
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There are a number of variations of this game
The American Museum of Photography
Added: 20 December 2002
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Take the Guided Tour for floor plan, exhibitions and other features
"Welcome to the world's first digital news archive. Now you are here you can preview items from the entire 3500 hour British Pathe Film Archive which covers news, sport, social history and entertainment from 1896 to 1970. You can also license higher resolution copies of the same items for PowerPoint Presentations and Web Publishing."
Added: 21 November 2002
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"Just type in what you are looking for above and within minutes you could own a little piece of history!"
"Travel into the Future Solve Medicinal Mysteries from the past" Developed at Rice University
Added: 11 November 2002
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A series of learning games, eg Episode 1 is about pain and pain relief
"Workhouse is a word that often conjures up the harsh and squalid world of Oliver Twist. The workhouse could be a grim and brutal place, but its story is also a fascinating mix of social history, politics, economics and architecture.www.workhouses.org.uk is dedicated to the workhouse – its buildings, its inmates, its staff and administrators, and even its poets..."
Added: 30 October 2002
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An ongoing project building into a comprehensive educational resource about the workhouse.
"Journey through the story of human evolution in a broadband documentary experience."
Added: 19 September 2002
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Won a Webby Award this year for best Science site - almost like watching a TV documentary. There is also Learning Center for educational institutions.
"Since its inception in 1978, the Theban Mapping Project (TMP, now based at the American University in Cairo) has been working to prepare a comprehensive archaeological database of Thebes. With its thousands of tombs and temples, Thebes is one of the world's most important archaeological zones."
Added: 26 August 2002
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One of Yahoo's Picks of the Week
"Housed within the walls of San Francisco's Palace of Fine Arts, the Exploratorium is a collage of over 650 science, art, and human perception exhibits. The Exploratorium is a leader in the movement to promote the museum as an educational center."
Added: 21 June 2002
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Winner of the 6th Annual Webby Awards (2002) for Education
"The urlcalculator demonstrates the weirdest URL-tricks. YOU change the hostname to the function and arguments you want; and you get the result on the homepage of the site"
Added: 30 May 2002
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add, subtract, multiply, divide in the URL line of your browser!
"This online resource [from the BBC], prepared in collaboration with the Royal Horticultural Society, will bring life to your learning. There will be eight modules in all; each one will go live after an episode of the television series. You can work through them, or simply dip in, it’s up to you. The modules cover everything you need to know to give you a great start in gardening." Alan Titchmarsh, BBC.
Added: 27 May 2002
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Register to store information, track your progress and quiz results
Added: 17 March 2002
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Test yourself or work through a short presentation on CPR. Note Flash 5 plugin required.
"For hundreds of years, engineers have been finding new ways of using electricity to revolutionise the way we work, play, learn and communicate. Here you'll explore the history of the technologies, find out how they work, and learn about some of the people who invented them."
Added: 7 March 2002
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"Guided tours" and "exhibits" rather than "courses"
Jheronimus Bosch Internet Game
"an adventure game on the life and works of the painter Hieronymous Bosch"
Added: 7 March 2002
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The whole site won the EuroPrix 2001 - and is rather special
Audio tutorial of survival Chinese
"Developed by Haiwang Yuan with Remy Guo"
Added: 23 February 2002
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A collection of useful Chinese phrases for Greetings, Shopping, Dining, Travelling, etc
"Chisenbop is a method of doing basic arithmetic using your fingers. It is attributed to the Korean tradition, but it is probably extrememly old, as the soroban and abacus use very similar methods. Probably these other devices were derived from finger counting." Andy Harris, Indiana University
Added: 23 February 2002
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A simple one-page tutorial with a couple of little features that make it special: an opportunity to practice and self-assess yourself; and some extra streaming media lessons.
Learn to ballroom dance online
"To begin learning how to ballroom dance, click on the category of your choice. Each category contains lessons listed in order from least difficult to advanced. If you are a beginner, we recommend that you start with the Ballroom Basics. From there, you can progress to other categories of interest. If you are at an intermediate or advanced level, we recommend that you review the basics section as well before moving on. It will introduce you to the format of our online dance tutorial. Happy dancing!" dancetv.com
Added: 15 February 2002
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An example of how to learn a skill online
"The typewriter is one of the great inventions of 19th Century communications technology. Between the 1860s and 1920s engineers, inventors and even carpenters invested all their creativity in the development of the ultimate writing machine. This virtual museum, that is based on private collections from around the world, is a tribute to their ingenuity."
Added: 6 February 2002
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A great online resource and well designed
"an animation and interactive timeline featuring 4600 million years of dramatic continental drift, fossil life and rocks."
Added: 25 January 2002
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One of the interactive resources produced by BBC Education
Added: 24 January 2002
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This website and kiosk project from the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) has won a 2002SXSW award
The Great Buildings Collection
"Welcome to the leading architecture site on the web, GreatBuildings.com. This gateway to architecture around the world and across history documents a thousand buildings and hundreds of leading architects, with 3D models, photographic images and architectural drawings, commentaries, bibliographies, web links, and more, for famous designers and structures of all kinds."
Added: 12 January 2002
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And a nicely designed site too.
24 Hour Museum: the national virtual museum
"The 24 Hour Museum is an independent charity funded by the DCMS through Resource. Our aim is to promote UK museums galleries and heritage attractions and develop new audiences. The site was launched in 1999 as a partnership project between the mda and the Campaign for Museums."
Added: 3 January 2002
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Over 2,500 museums, galleries and heritage attractions
A short course in choosing a digital camera
"If you are in the market for a digital camera, here's the guide you've been looking for. It takes you around and through the digital camera so you know how it works and what its features are used for. It has hundreds of links to the best sources and products so you can learn even more. I Hope you enjoy it!" ShortCourses.com
Added: 26 December 2001
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Online courses don't need to be sophisticated to be of value. Here's a simply produced course using just text and graphics - yet functional
"This module introduces haggis hurling - its history, rules and the 'hurling method" !!!!
Updated: 8 May 2005
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A well produced example from Learning Channel
"Join scientists as they dive to the mid-ocean ridge thousands of meters deep." Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Added: 2000
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This is the same material used in the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services' foster parent classes, and adapted for the web.
Added: 2000
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Added: 2000
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a (sample) interactive tutorial from Sage Interactive. It uses Shockwave and demonstrates the elements of an instructionally designed tutorial using a tongue in cheek example
"Welcome to inner exploration of Human Anatomy and Automobiles. Each topic has animations, 100’s of graphics, and thousands of descriptive links."
Added: 2000
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"We have grammar, vocabulary and speaking pages, learning games, a free newsletter and an English FAQ."
Added: 2000
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Added: 2000
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A free online tutorial, verb drills, vocabulary practice, travel helper, cultural notes, etc
"This is a free Public Educational Service brought to you by Clinton Clark, The Art Department, and JTM MultiMedia, Inc." pianonanny.com
Added: 2000
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"An introduction to one of the best sports and fitness regimes most people have never heard of.
Added: 2000
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The Symphony: An interactive guide
"A journey into the great composers' finest symphonies
Added: 2000
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World War 1: Trenches on the Web
An Internet History of the Great War. "These pages contain information on the people, places, and events that comprised one of the worst calamities of modern history. Entire kingdoms were to vanish in the clash. The map makers of the world would be busy indeed!
Added: 2000
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"We have combined your passion for knowledge with our love of books, music, software, and video to bring you the future in learning."
Added: 2000
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"All of our courses are instructor-led, taught by respected names in the financial industry. Unlike costly, multi-day investor education seminars, all of our courses are completely free."
Added: 2000
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Worldwide solutions to help you achieve sustainable business performance improvement
Added: 2000
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"The OLN - Professional Subscription is a 100% online education offering designed to help you, the Oracle IT professional, stay abreast of the latest from Oracle."
Added: 2000
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