| Open Courseware Sites |
| Khan Academy |
Free Online Courses, Lessons, etc. |
| Coursera |
Online Courses and Credentials from Top Universities and Top Educations |
| Merlot |
Peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials |
| Open Courseware Consortium (OCW) |
Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from universities worldwide |
| MIT Open Courseware Site |
Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT |
| Turkish Open Courseware |
Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from Turkish universities |
| Mindmapping |
| Linoit |
Linoit is an online board which enables one to create boards by using sticky notes. It is similar to padlet and can be used as an alternative to padlet. The online boards can be used privately or be open to public. Any links or images and videos can be added to the board through sticky notes. It helps teachers to work collaboratively with students. Students do not need to create an account in order to use this learning tool. Linoit has many great uses in the classroom. |
| Padlet |
Padlet is an application which is used to create an online bulletin board where any information of different topics could be shared. It helps to collect new ideas and brainstorm collaboratively. While collecting ideas, any images, links and videos can be integrated. When an online bulletin board is created, it can be collaborated and contributed by anyone the user allows as it has public or private mode. It is compatible with Android, IOS and it even has web version. |
| Glogster |
Glogster was founded by Roman Smola, Martin Santarcl and Patrik Prepsl in 2007. A glog is a visual platform where users create a poster or web page including text, audio, video and images. By creating a glog, users create interactive posters. It is a resource to be used as an alternative to offline boards or posters. It enables teachers and students to create boards suitable to all learning types. |
| Mindmeister |
MindMeister is an online mind mapping software which enables students to work collaboratively. It is used to take notes, brainstorm ideas or work on group projects. When ideas are come up with, they can be shared to be discussed by others. While taking notes or brainstorming ideas, any images, videos or links can be added. It can be used either in class or at home. |
| Bubble.us |
Bubbl.us enables its users to create interactive mindmap by offering the features like adding images, videos or links and also sharing it with anyone. It can be used for project planning and collaborative activities inside or outside class. It is compatible with desktop, smartphone or tablet. |
| Vocabulary Study |
| Wordle |
Wordle is used as a tool to generate word clouds from text that users add. When any texts or words are added to the space provided on the site, a Wordle image is created. Users can play with the fonts, colors and layout of the word cloud created. The word clouds can be saved or printed out Wordle (Solomon and Schrum, 2010). This tool enables teachers to use it for pre activities and teaching vocabulary with synonyms. |
| Tagul / WordArt |
Tagul is an online word cloud tool which can be used as an alternative to Wordle. It enables its users to create word clouds by using any text or URL provided. One advantage compared Wordle is Tagul helps you create your word cloud in different shapes. |
| Quizlet |
Quizlet is an online learning tool to generate flashcards and games created by the program itself. It was founded in 2005 and it is used worldwide now. All of the materials in this tool are created by users. It has both web and mobile versions. It enables users to study either as flashcard or list. |
| Studyblue |
StudyBlue is the tool which includes over 400 million flashcards and notes. The content can be prepared by its users. When the content is designed, its users can share it with everyone. In this way, students can share their materials with their classmates and teachers can track their progress, set reminders for them and generate quizzes. The materials prepared can also be used as flashcards. It has both web and mobile versions. |
| Augmented Reality |
| Aurasma |
Aurasma is a tool designed to benefit Augmented Reality. It allows its users to interact with the world in a new, different way. By using Aurasma, users create “aura” for anything they want and embed any image or video to be seen in 3D animation. It can be downloaded to any tablets or smartphones. |
| Quiver |
The Quiver is a coloring application based on augmented reality technology. It is especially useful for young learners and low levels. By using Quiver users can bring their creations to life in extraordinary 3D. |
| LayAR |
Layar is the system to allow its users to turn 2 dimensional images into augmented reality versions in a simple way. When 3D version is created, it can easily be viewed through the application. |
| Tinkercard |
Tinkercad is a free online collection tool to think, create and make worldwide. It is used for 3D designs, engineering and entertainment. |
| QR Codes |
| Plickers |
Plickers is a tool used as a real-time formative assessment. It has its QR Cards and with the help of the cards, teachers collect the answers from students in class easily. Plickers. Teachers just scan student cards with the Plickers application and get instant feedback. |
| Qr code |
A QR Code is a two-dimensional barcode readable by smartphones. It to encodes over 4000 characters in a two dimensional barcode. It can be used to show any text or to open a URL. QR Code Generator is free for anyone to use and codes don’t expire. |
| Student Response Systems and Game-based Learning |
| Kahoot |
Kahoot is tool that offers a game-based learning platform. It was founded in August 2013 in Norway. It is a student response system based on game based learning. It is used for quizzes or discussions or surveys. The computer is reflected on the board and students answer questions by using the application on their smartphones or tablets. |
| Socrative |
Socrative is a cloud-based student response system and launched in 2010. It enables teachers to create immediate quizzes to reflect on the board and students respond the questions by using their smartphones or tablets. The quizzes can be in the form of multiple choice, true-false, short answer or open-ended answer and designed considering either teacher-pace or student-pace. |
| Quizziz |
Quizizz is an alternative to Kahoot, which offers student-paced formative assessment . |
| Digital Storytelling |
| Storyboard.that |
Storyboard.that is a kind of graphic organizer to plan a narrative. A storyboard is used to display information in a visual way. The boards are used narratively to tell a story and explain a process. |
| Storybird |
Storybird is a tool used for storytelling collaboratively. The program offers different arts to write stories. When students decide on the visual art, they can create their own stories by dragging and dropping the pictures. |
| Other Useful Apps |
| Edmodo |
Edmodo is a website which functions as a learning platform. Teachers create their classes online and send registeration code to their students or directly invite them. Al the documents related to a course can be uploaded into the system so that they are available to students. The best thing is students can comment on the documents or activities as they do in their social media accounts. |
| Voicethread |
VoiceThread is an engaging tool where users create slides by using pictures, documents or videos. When they create their slides in video format, they can share it with anyone and other people can comment on them. It is a kind of a multimedia slide presentation in which students integrate their pictures or documents into the slide by recording their voice. When students create their presentations, they can share it with their friends and comment on what their friends present online. |
| MyStudyLife |
My Study Life is a planner platform for teachers and students to help them manage their study life better. This tool allows users to keep the record of the classes, assignments and exams in a cloud-based system to make it available on any device |
| Thinglink |
ThingLink is an image tool which offers linking to things with images interactively. offering a unique way to link “things” within images. First, users choose certain items for the images they upload, which are also called “things” and link them to different resources. When one part of the area in the image is clicked, a certain resource is accessed. By adding links to different areas in the image, multiple links can be embedded. |
| Knowmia |
Knowmia is a kind of screencasting tool which enables teachers to conduct flipped learning for their classes. This website allows teachers to create, share and view. It even enables teachers to be seen at the corner in the video while watching the video lessons. In addition to what teachers create, students can also be given option to create their video lessons they choose or do their presentations by using Knowmia. |
| WordPress |
This service provides a multi-site WordPress server to Bilkent staff who want to maintain their personal web sites or blogs using the world’s most popular blogging tool; i.e. WordPress. |