Research & Development

Welcome! Here you will find an area dedicated to new innovations that are relevant to education.

In this area of the VLN you can post your own reseach on software and hardware tools that you use
and wish to share.

There are a number of websites for you to critique and use.

You can gain access to the tools of the VLN, which include:

forums
synchronous chat areas
the ability to form groups
drop boxes
web links
create and share a KnowledgeBase
quiz
journals
Calendar
Noticeboard

To participate in any of the areas in the R and D area, please contact Eddie Reisch

Research Links:

eLearning Communities

NZCERVCResearchforPrincipal

NZCERVCResearchforStudents

NZCERVCResearchforTeachers

News

Eddie Reisch 7 May 2008

WiZ iQ

Use WiZiQ's Virtual Classroom for synchronous online teaching and learning. Equipped with live audio/video, text chat, document/whiteboard sharing, and session recording capabilities, this web conferencing tool is available for unlimited free use. Integrates with Moodle. Go to the FAQ area to see commonly asked question. Well worth a look folks.
http://www.wiziq.com/

YouTube demo

Eddie Reisch 14 Feb 2008

Portable Apps cool

Convenient

Now you can carry your favorite computer programs along with all of your bookmarks, settings, email and more with you. Use them on any Windows computer. All without leaving any personal data behind.

Open

PortableApps.com provides a truly open platform that works with any hardware you like (USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive, etc). It's open source built around an open format that any hardware vendor or software developer can use.

Free

The Portable Apps Suite™ is free. It contains no spyware. There are no advertisements. It isn't a limited or trial version. There is no additional hardware or software to buy. You don't even have to give out your email address. It's 100% free to use, free to copy and free to share.

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