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Revision as of 23:09, 10 September 2009
Welcome to World University and School Wiki
which anyone can add to or edit.
The Global, Virtual/Digital, Open, Free, {potentially Degree- and Credit-Granting},
Multilingual University & School
where anyone can teach or take a class or course
- Free, educational software.
- Add great free, open educational software.
Educational software
- Add free, open software.
Biology Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Immune Attack: an educational video game that introduces basic concepts of human immunology to high school and entry-level college students | http://fas.org/immuneattack/ | Made by Federation of American Scientists | High School |
Geography Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Seterra | http://www.wartoft.nu/software/seterra/ | Seterra is a challenging geography program with exercises about countries, capitals, flags and cities all over the world. | Made by Marion Wartoft | English |
Kids' Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Kids' Software | http://www.kids-software.com/ | English |
Math Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags |
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Mind Mapping Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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FreeMind - free mind mapping software | http://toncar.cz/Tutorials/MindMaps/getting_started_with_freemind.html | http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page | A mind mapper, and at the same time an easy-to-operate hierarchical editor with strong emphasis on folding |
Programming Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Alice 3 | http://www.alice.org/ | Carnegie Mellon University | The Sims | an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience. | |||
Robomind | http://www.robomind.net/en/index.html | Arvid Halma, Aksel Ethembabaoglu - University of Amsterdam | very simple educational programming language that will familiarize you with the basics of computer science by programming your own robot | ||||
MIT's Scratch: A Programming Language for Everyone | http://scratch.mit.edu/ | Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab | 'Drag and Drop' Teaching Language for Programming |
Vocabulary Learning Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Free Rice | http://www.freerice.com/ | non-credit, so far | Browser | Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple game that increases your knowledge. Used with great success in correction facility in Jamaica. | English |
Educational Software Tools
3-D Content Creation
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Blender | http://www.blender.org/ | model • shade • animate • render • composite • interactive 3d | free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License |
Animation and Machinima-Making Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Moviestorm | http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/ | Complete Movie-Making Package for Animations |
Anti-Virus
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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AVG Free Anti-Virus Software | http://free.avg.com/ | AVG | Free Anti-Virus Software |
Assessment tools and resources
Resource | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Description |
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QCommons: Chemistry | http://chemistry.qcommons.org | QCommons | This site is a open collaborative question bank, in which anyone can use, rate, discuss, and improve assessment and practice materials. Chemistry is the subject area offered, but there will be more domains in the QCommons. |
Audio Editor and Recorder
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Audacity | http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ | Soundforge | Audio Editor and Recorder | Free - To encode mp3 files from audicity, install Lame |
Backup Storage Online
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Drop Box | https://www.getdropbox.com/ | Sync your files online and across computers | Free for Windows, Mac and Linux | ||||
iDrive | http://www.idrive.com | Features include Automatic Backup, True Archiving, Versioning, Continuous Backup, Mapped Drive Backup and Web-based Backup Management | Get 2 GB of full featured Online Backup for free | ||||
Mozy | http://mozy.com | Simple, Automatic, Secure Online Backup | Get 2 GB absolutely free! No setup fee, no credit cards, no expiration, no hassle. |
Blogging tools
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Blogger.com | http://blogger.com | made by Google | free blogging tool, integrates with other, free Google technologies | All ages | |||
WordPress | http://wordpress.com | made by Wordpress | free blogging tools | All ages |
Communication
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Skype | http://www.skype.com/ | Skype | Free calls, video calls and instant messaging over the internet. | Conference calls and group instant messaging | Multiple |
Course Management System
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Moodle | http://moodle.org/ | Moodle | Browser | Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. Moodle.org is our community site where Moodle is made and discussed. | |||
Sloodle | http://www.sloodle.org/moodle/ | Sloodle | Browser | SLOODLE is an Open Source project which integrates the multi-user virtual environment of Second Life® with the Moodle® learning-management system. SLOODLE provides a range of tools for supporting learning and teaching to the immersive virtual world; tools which are integrated with a tried and tested leading web-based learning management system. | SecondLife, |
Debate
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Debate Visualization Tool | http://debategraph.org/ | Skype | Debategraph.org's goal is to make the best arguments on all sides of any public debate freely available to all and continuously open to challenge and improvement by all. | Level | Multiple |
Drawing Programs
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Google Sketchup | http://sketchup.google.com/ | Google Sketchup ... | English |
Firewall
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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ZoneAlarm Free Firewall | http://www.zonealarm.com/security/en-us/zonealarm-pc-security-free-firewall.htm | ZoneAlarm | Blocks hackers from infiltrating your home PC by hiding your computer from unsolicited network traffic. By detecting and preventing intrusions, ZoneAlarm Free Firewall keeps your PC free from viruses that slow down performance, and spyware that steals your personal information, passwords, and financial data. |
iPhone Educational Applications
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags
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The Chemical Touch - Lite Edition | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/the-chemical-touch--lite-edition-54377.html | Christopher Fennell | periodic table for your iPhone or iPod touch | English | chemistry | |||
CPR - Choking | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/cpr--choking-51423.html | Learn CPR | instant information on how to perform CPR and how to aid a choking victim | English | medicine | |||
eduMonkey | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/edumonkey-52947.html | eduMedia | eduMonkey teaches the complete multiplication and addition tables | English | mathematics | |||
Free Books | http://iphoneapplicationlist.com/2009/08/05/free-books/ | 23,469 books, the pillars of human literature, from Shakespeare to Cicero to Mark Twain, provided without cost- on your iPhone OR on your computer | English | Books | ||||
French Tutor | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/free-french-tutor-13553.html | http://www.247tutor.com/ | Learn or refresh your French; NATIVE SPEAKER audio for all words; Priority based optimization system; Entertaining PUZZLE GAME; WRITE-IN quiz to test language recall; Manual & automatic FLASH CARD method; Self contained, network access not required; MULTIPLE CHOICE quiz | English | French, Language Learning | |||
Graphing Calculator | http://www.freeiphoneapplications.com/education/graphing-calculator/ | Gabor Nagy | Allows you to graph various mathematical equations | English | French, Language Learning | |||
iChemistry | http://iphoneapplicationlist.com/2009/04/20/ichemistry/ | Kyle Moore | iChemistry balances equations and makes it easy to perform complex stoichiometric calculations in many units | English | chemistry
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MedCalc | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/medcalc-53199.html | Mathias Tschopp | a free medical calculator, that gives you easy access to complicated medical formulas and scores. | English, French, German and Spanish | medicine | |||
Quad Solver | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/quad-solver-54211.html | Michael Ball | Allows you to easily solve quadratic equations; give you the discriminate of the equation; supports imaginary (complex) numbers | English, French, German and Spanish | medicine | |||
Spanish Essentials | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/free-spanish-essentials-13555.html | Renkara Media Group, Inc | Vocabulary recorded in high-quality, static-free audio, spaced repetition, audio quiz, search, organize your words, Study mode, Flashcard mode, and Quiz mode | English, Spanish | medicine | |||
WebMD Mobile | http://www.brothersoft.com/mobile/webmd-mobile-5570.html | WebMD | trusted medical information on demand - look up symptoms, find drug or treatment information or need basic first aid | English | medicine
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Wikiamo | http://limechat.net/wikiamo/ | Satoshi Nakagawa | Wikiamo shows wikipedia articles on your iPhone with custom formatting | English, Japanese | Wikipedia |
Media Players
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Apple iTunes | http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ | Apple | Audio, video, and media player | Level | Multiple | access iTunes Universities here | |
Apple Quicktime | http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ | Apple | Audio, video, and media player | Level | Multiple | ||
Real Player | http://www.real.com | Real Networks | Audio, video, flash and media player | Level | Multiple | ||
Windows Media Player | http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/10/default.aspx | Microsoft | Media player | Level | Multiple |
Operating Systems
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Chrome | http://www.google.com/chrome | a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier. Also an operating system. | |||||
Sugar Learning Environment | http://www.sugarlabs.org | Sugar Labs | the Open Source Software that runs on the XO - One Laptop per Child |
PDF Ebook
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Free PDF Ebooks |
Photo Editing Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Vicmans | http://www.vicman.net/download.php?Title=VCW%20VicMans%20Photo%20Editor | VicMan Software | Free, for Windows only | ||||
Toy viewer | http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~ogihara/software/OSX/toyv-eng.html | Toy viewer |
Office Suite
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Google Docs | http://docs.google.com/ | Gmail, Google docs, iGoogle, Google Docs, Google Scholar, Google Books, Google Earth ... | Multiple | ||||
Open Office | http://download.openoffice.org/ | Open Office | Free and Open Productivity Suite with word processor, spreadsheet, slideshow, etc. | All ages |
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Jing Project | http://www.jingproject.com | Jing | Make Machinimas, and Snap a picture of your screen, record video of onscreen action, share instantly over the web, IM, email |
Social Bookmarking
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Delicious | http://delicious.com/ | Delicious | Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. With emphasis on the power of the community, Delicious greatly improves how people discover, remember and share on the Internet. | ||||
Diigo | http://groups.diigo.com/groups/diigoineducation | Diigo | Highlight and Share the Web; social bookmarking and web annotation capabilities | ||||
Digg | http://digg.com | Digg | Digg is a place for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the web. From the biggest online destinations to the most obscure blog, Digg surfaces the best stuff as voted on by our users. You won’t find editors at Digg — we’re here to provide a place where people can collectively determine the value of content and we’re changing the way people consume information online. |
Social Media Classroom & Forums
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Net Squared | http://www.netsquared.org/ | Net Squared | Share your ideas! Tools to share ideas on the web. | All ages | Remixing the web for social change | ||
Social Media Classroom | http://socialmediaclassroom.com/index.php/ | Howard Rheingold | Classroom and Collaboratory Software | All ages |
Statistical Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Scilab | http://www.scilab.org/download/index_download.php | Scilab | The open source platform for numerical computation | ||||
Datamasher | http://www.datamasher.org/ | Forum One Communications | State data. Mash it. |
Stream Video into Second Life and Open Sim
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Veodia | http://www.veodia.com | Veodia | Agile video that puts your work in motion |
Survey Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags | |
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Survey Monkey | http://www.surveymonkey.com | Survey Monkey | a simple way to create surveys | All ages | ||||
Lime Survey Software | http://www.limesurvey.org/ | Lime Survey | easy and free open source survey application | All ages |
Textbook Collaborative Production
Add Subject - free, open Textbooks | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Connexions | http://cnx.org/ | Connexions | a place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute: authors create and collaborate; instructors rapidly build and share custom collections; learners find and explore content |
Translation Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Google Translator | http://translate.google.com/translate_t# | limited languages |
TV - Live Broadcasting
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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justin.tv | http://www.justin.tv/ | Justin TV - http://www.justin.tv/directory/educational | Broadcast your teaching. Live broadcasting in one click. Justin.tv is an online community for people to broadcast, watch and interact around live video. Full video material stored for 7 days only. Clips stored for longer. | Multiple languages |
Twitter for Learning
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Edu-Tweets | http://twitter.com/edu_tweets | Edu-Tweets | Finding and posting the most interesting education links on the web. | Many Levels | English | ||
Educational Freeware | http://twitter.com/EduFreeware | http://www.educational-freeware.com | Most popular educational freeware, mostly for kids, but also for adults. | Many Levels | English | ||
Learning Today | http://twitter.com/LearningToday | Online Educational Software for individualized Reading and Math Instruction | Many Levels | English | |||
Learning in Second Life | http://twitter.com/learninginworld | where educational institutions are using Second Life as a cost-effective platform to augment an existing curriculum or explore new mode | Many Levels | English | virtual worlds
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Second Life Education Programs' manager, Linden Lab | http://twitter.com/claudialinden | shares great examples and ideas about education in Second Life | Many Levels | English | virtual worlds |
Video-Streaming Hosting Services
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Blip TV | http://blip.tv/ | Blip | Free video hosting, 10 minute length limit | All Levels | English | ||
Daily Motion | http://www.dailymotion.com/us | Daily Motion | Other Info | All Level | Languages | ||
Flickr Video | http://www.flickr.com/ | Made by Flickr | Other Info | All Level | Languages | ||
Kyte.tv | http://www.kyte.tv/home/index.html | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | ||
Vimeo | http://vimeo.com/ | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | ||
Youtube | http://youtube.com | Broadcast yourself for free, 10 minute length, 100 MB limit | All Levels | English | |||
Name | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages |
Video-Streaming Software for Your Mobile Phone
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Qik Mobile Live Video Sharing Software | http://qik.com | Qik | Share live video from your phone |
Virtual Worlds as Fora, Classrooms, Building Sites, Design Sites, Art Studios, etc.
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Second Life | http://secondlife.com | Linden Lab | free to use, teen and adult grid, pay to build, currency for buying and selling | ||||
Open Simulator | http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page | Open Sim | free, open source virtual world software |
Web Meeting Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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DimDim Web Meeting Software | http://www.dimdim.com/opensource/dimdim_open_source_community_edition.html | DimDim | Dimdim lets anyone deliver synchronized live presentations, whiteboards and web pages and share their voice and video over the Internet - with no download required. | Dimdim Open Source Community Edition v4.5 “Liberty” is meant for developers, highly technical enthusiasts and for use in non-critical environments |
Wiki Software
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Wiki Answers | http://wiki.answers.com/ | Enter a question or phrase... | All ages | ||||
Wikia's Wikis | http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia | Wikia | Free wiki software | All ages |