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Open Source eLearning Tools

Tony Karrer

I was just asked about trends in open source for eLearning and particularly open source eLearning tools. Probably one of the better sources on this is Jane Hart’s Instructional Tools Directory. In addition, she indicates if they are free or cost money – which is not quite the same thing as open source.

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My Top 10 Tools for Learning 2021

Experiencing eLearning

Plus, it’s free and open source, with an active developer community working to extend its functionality and user communities for support. Audacity is free, open source, and does everything I need for quick audio revisions. Affinity Designer. PowerPoint.

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Balancing Quality and Speed in Rapid eLearning Content Development

Thinkdom

Here are a few widely used tools & resources that can help you make Rapid eLearning content development a breeze. ,, Adobe Captivate : Adobe Captivate offers robust multimedia capabilities, making it ideal for creating visually rich and interactive eLearning courses. ,, Adobe Creative Cloud : Adobe offers a suite of powerful tools, including (..)

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Technology Skills for Instructional Designers

Experiencing eLearning

I use the open source tool Audacity for audio editing. OpenShot is a free, open source video editor. Honestly, PowerPoint is a decent tool for simple image editing. I often use PowerPoint to remove backgrounds or make other quick changes. I use Camtasia for screen recording and video editing. Microsoft Office.

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Where are open source learning applications?

Tony Karrer

Good post by Harold Jarche - Where are open source learning applications? First, open-source generally succeeds once an application domain is fairly well understood and the feature sets are relatively more stable. Think of it as freeware Captivate. *

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75 Free Tools That Power Up Custom eLearning Development

Thinkdom

GIMP : An open-source alternative to Adobe Photoshop that offers advanced photo editing features for designing custom graphics and enhancing visuals. H5P : An open-source platform that provides a variety of interactive learning activity templates, such as quizzes and presentations, that can be easily integrated.

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Advanced Screencasting: Editing Narration in Audacity Tutorial

TechSmith Camtasia

For most TechSmith tutorials, the narration track is actually recorded first with a handheld microphone or a podcaster USB microphone that feeds straight into Audacity (an open-source audio editor). How to change the Audacity project rate. How to use the Amplify effect in Audacity. Can’t see this video?