Openness in the resources people create and share when using internet and digital media is a concept that have been gaining importance in education settings. Open resources are made widely accesible all around the world with no cost thus benefiting teachers and students everywhere.
Click HERE and find at the end of this PDF document, a very useful list of websites that provide resources institutions have shared to prove and promote open education to the global teaching and learning community.
Aditionally, find below extra information regarding links to online resources and tools to enrich your VLRC.
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Links to online resources
1) Practice pronunciation online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/phonics/postcard/index.shtml
and http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/clusters/blender/index.shtml
2) Practice speaking English with 3 intelligent robots http://www.eslfast.com/robot/
3) The page introduces commonly used expressions in conversations provided by ESL
Gold http://www.eslgold.com/speaking/phrases.html
4) 5000 lessons with over 5000 audio files http://www.talkenglish.com/
5) Phonetics http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/english/frameset.html
6) Online language learning communities
• Livemocha http://www.livemocha.com/
• Busuu http://www.busuu.com/enc
• ESL Online Talk http://www.rong-chang.com/talk/talksign.htm
7) Online Pictures http://www.esl-galaxy.com/writing.html
8) Writing Resources http://www.my-english-writing.com/
9) Grammar exercises http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/exercises
10) Reading resources:
· http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngyoungexplorer/moreissues.html
· http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/
· http://www.starfall.com/ and http://www.storyplace.org/
· http://www.cdlponline.org/index.cfm
· http://www.scienceacross.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=content.showcontent&node=20 and http://www.readingenglish.net/students/
· http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/
Tools for the creation of self-access material
1) Treasure hunts http://www.aula21.net/cazas/ejemplos.htm
2) Webquests http://webquest.org/search/index.php
3) Highlighter www.awesomehighlighter.com
4) PPT templates http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/color/redorangeyellow19.html
5) Html to pdf http://www.htm2pdf.co.uk/
6) Word clouds http://www.wordle.net/
7) Tools for creating animated readings http://www.fodey.com/generators/animated/talking_tomato.asp
8) Tools for creating photobooks http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/
9) Gallery of free images www.taggalaxy.de
10) Puzzle maker http://puzzle-maker.com/
11) Webs
12) Hot potatoes
13) Google docs
14) Blogger
15) Xtranormal http://www.xtranormal.com/
16) Tools for creating photobooks http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/
17) Word clouds http://www.wordle.net/
18) PPT templates http://www.indezine.com/powerpoint/templates/color/redorangeyellow19.html
19) Cliché http://www.westegg.com/cliche/
Online spelling and grammar check http://www.whitesmoke.com/free-online-checker/
20) PhotoFace is a novel way to get your students talking, recording themselves and creating fun speaking images for class or homework assignments.
http://host-d.oddcast.com/php/workshop_UI/door=237&cl=86&AID=0
References
http://wiki.cetis.ac.uk/images/0/0b/OER_Briefing_Paper.pdf
