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Revision as of 00:17, 5 October 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
Astronomy Educational Software
Add Software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags |
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Worldwide Telescope | http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/Home.aspx | Microsoft Research | enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope, bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world. Experience narrated guided tours from astronomers and educators featuring interesting places in the sky. | English |
Biology Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Immune Attack | http://fas.org/immuneattack/ | Made by Federation of American Scientists | an educational video game that introduces basic concepts of human immunology to high school and entry-level college students | 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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Physics Educational Software
Add Subject - free, open educational software | Web Site | Made by | Other Info | Level | Languages | Tags | |
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Phun - 2D Physics Simulations Sandbox | http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home | from research at Umeå university, and a MSc project of Emil Ernerfeldt, now further developed at Algoryx Simulation | interactive multiphysics simulation, ranging from novel physical models and variational integrators to high performance numerical methods |
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 | 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. | programming | |||
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 | programming | |||
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 |
Android Phone Freeware
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Android | http://www.androidfreeware.org/categories/communications |
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 |
Community, Class and Group-formation 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 Groups | http://groups.google.com | Form groups, classes, communities share files, Google Docs, Google Wiki Calendar | All ages |
Compilers
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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CodeWarrior Compiler and MSL Update 2.2.1 for Mac | http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?nodeId=012726&gclid=CIbUxLzOpJ0CFRcjawodSCGCDA | Metroworks | This file updates CodeWarrior Pro 4.0 to compiler version 2.2.1 and MSL C++ version 4.1.05. This is a bug fix release for the 2.2 compiler originally shipped with Pro 4.0. See the release notes for details. This update includes only Mac OS (68K, PowerPC) compilers. You should install the IDE 3.3 patch before installing this update. You will need to rebuild your libraries and precompiled headers after installing this patch; see the "Library Build Instructions" file in the patch for details. |
Course Management 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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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 | |||
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 | |||
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 |
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 | ||||
Mind Node | http://www.mindnode.com/ | Mind Node | Collect, classify and structure ideas; organize, study and solve problems. Mind maps can be used for many different tasks – including to-do lists, brainstorming, holiday planning, research, writing, project management – and in many different environments – school, meetings, workspace. |
Office Suites
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 |
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. | http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2009/07/google-chrome-operating-system.html | ||||
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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SmashWords | https://www.smashwords.com/about/how_to_publish_on_smashwords | Smash Words | Read your books online, print them out, or use e-reading devices like the Kindle or iPhone | Epublishing |
Personal Communication and Collaboration Platforms
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 Wave | http://wave.google.com/ | New tool for communication and collaboration on the web; a web based service, computing platform, and communications protocol designed to merge e-mail, instant messaging, wiki, and social networking. It has a strong collaborative and real-time focus supported by extensions that can provide, for example, robust spelling/grammar checking, automated translation between 40 languages, and numerous other extensions.- Real-time: In most instances, you can see what someone else is typing, character-by-character; Embeddability; Applications and Extensions; Wiki functionality; Open source; Playback; Natural language; Drag-and-drop file sharing | English |
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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Gimp | http://www.gimp.org/downloads/ | freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring. It works on many operating systems, in many languages. (more...) | |||||
Toy viewer | http://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~ogihara/software/OSX/toyv-eng.html | Toy viewer | |||||
Vicmans | http://www.vicman.net/download.php?Title=VCW%20VicMans%20Photo%20Editor | VicMan Software | Free, for Windows only |
Physical Activity
Add Subject - free, open Educational Software Tools | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Skimble | http://www.thrillist.com/nation/skimble | Thrilllist | Skimble's a free service that lets you plan and track fun alternative workouts by helping you find outdoor activities in your area, coordinate group excursions, break down your workout performance, and motivate you to keep it up by comparing your day-to-day activity level with other peoples', who you'll soon come to realize don't have jobs, and are on steroids and meth | English | |||
Scaling Software
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Scaling Software - Wikipedia Internals, Configuration, Code Examples, Management Issues | http://www.scribd.com/doc/43868/Wikipedia-site-internals-workbook-2007 | English |
Second Life Tools
Social Bookmarking
Social Media Classroom & Forums
Statistical Software
Survey Software
Textbook Collaborative Production
Translation Software
TV - Live Broadcasting
Twitter for Learning
Video Conferencing
Video-Streaming Hosting Services
Video-Streaming Software for Your Mobile Phone
Virtual Worlds as Fora, Classrooms, Building Sites, Design Sites, Art Studios, etc.
Web Meeting Software
Wiki Software
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