Category Archives: Tools and Resources for Hybrid Courses

Online tool reviews – Voki

Voki allows you to create speaking avatars that can be included in websites, blogs, etc. It is meant to be used as an educational tool and is geared more for educating children. The characters types are endless, ranging from animals … Continue reading

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Food As Medicine intro to Applied Nutrition

What’s Killing Americans is the first of 5 short presentations in the introduction to Applied Nutrition entitled Food as Medicine. This was my second attempt at screencast 0 matic. I resolved the issues with my microphone and practiced using the … Continue reading

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Animoto: Prezi-like Slide Shows

Animoto helps create visually interesting slide shows using pictures, video and text. You simply choose a template, insert your material into a storybook sequence and then publish. It reminds me of Prezi made into a video with music–items fly around … Continue reading

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Reversing Arterial Disease

I reviewed the tool screencast-o-matic for use with my attempt at animation of a how a healthy artery gets diseased by poor food choices.  Then I created a second animation for reversing this damage with healthy foods. The screencast o … Continue reading

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Tool Review: LiveBinders

This tool review was written by Tiffany Fegel Overall I give LiveBinders three stars: ♦♦♦ I choose to review this tool because there is a very strong attachment to the ‘old’ way of the MWM program where each participant was handed a … Continue reading

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Slideshare: Visual Learning Tool

Slideshare is a platform that allows you share presentations, infographics, and even videos. You can also create presentations on Slideshare using Haiku (which is much more visually appealing than your traditional PPT). The website is easy to sign into, and … Continue reading

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Review of Mindmeister: silly name, useful tool.

I reviewed Mindmeister-an online mind mapping tool.  Overall, this tool was useful and creating an example did indeed help to clarify my thoughts. (See below for an example using my Master Gardener hybrid class.) MindMeister offers a free account with three … Continue reading

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Oregon Wetlands for Educators-first try at using My Brainshark

The on-line learning tool I reviewed was My Brainshark http://my.brainshark.com/Home.aspx This tool allows the user to quite easily add voice over or music to a Powerpoint, photo albums, etc. I took the challenge and made my first mybrainshark Powerpoint using … Continue reading

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Hybrid Course: Career as Life Journey

When the opportunity to participate in the Extension Hybrid Learning Study Group came up, I could immediately see the possibilities for my work with OSU Open Campus.  OSU Open Campus is a new initiative of the division of Outreach and … Continue reading

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