https://drive.google.com/
- Store, create and edit files online
- Lots of apps
- Create virtual organisations
- Collaborate with other
- Share calendars
Google Drive
http://prezi.com
- Create interesting presentations
- Free for simple use
- Easy to use
- Anyone with an Internet browser can use it
Other Tools
Formal training is often a prerequisite for the job, and usually location dependent.
Formal education can be had with almost complete freedom of location.
Useful Tools
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/
- Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/
- Camstudio: http://camstudio.org/
- Paint.net: http://www.getpaint.net/
- LibreOffice & OpenOffice
- Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com
- Moodle: http://moodle.org
Lots more: http://prezi.com/tff1xlphurq6/the-toolbox-useful-software-for-education/
The Present
The Future?
Training is Different
The Past
Training happened in lots of places
- Blacksmith's forge
- Building site
- Butchers
- Factory
- Usually on the job
Education (formal) happened in a few places:
The Web
- Proves that online can work
- Roughly 5m users and 450 courses
- You can do degree courses ... but won't get a degree
"Take the world's best courses, online, for free."
Current Push
Everywhere
Academia
- Online schools offering online courses
- Are they as good?
- Could they be better?
- But:
- The Fun They Had
- Brave New World
- Free high quality lessons on a range of subjects
- Provides a map to direct your learning
- Fun!
Into the Home
And Many Others
Education
- Early adopter
- Borderline love affair
- Struggles to go completely online
- Medium too challenging, unsuitable, or something else?
Education, Training & The Brave New World
by Neil Simon
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