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=**Resources**= //**Many Free OpenSource Curriculum Resources can be found in the OpenCourseWare section of Eduwiki.us.**// ||
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**[|The National Science Digital Library] -**
**A large library of digital resources relating to Science.** ||
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**[|Google: The Literacy Project] -**
**This project contains a massive collection of books and resources related literacy.** ||
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**http://www.hippocampus.org/ -**
**This is a FREE online tutoring program for high school students. I read about this site from a NACOL forum and it is an amazing resource!** || ===**[|NACOL National Standards of Quality for Online Courses] -**=== **Online courses widely range in quality. NACOL has done a lot of research and have utilized the talents of many leaders in online education in order to develop these standards.** ||
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**[|Wimba.com] -**
**This is a professional grade virtual classroom technology. Many functions come standard with this product. Over 30+ virtual classroom technologies are currently competing for the educational market.** ||

**[|Wiziq.com] -**
**This is a totally free virtual classroom that seems to be flash-based and comes with resource sharing. I'll check out the resource this week and add some detail to this section. This might be the FREE resource that a lot of people have been looking for. KH just shared this resource via here twitter account.** ||
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**[|iVisit.com] -**
**This is a free virtual classroom technology. The quality and functions are not at the level of the professional technologies, but the gap seems to be closing. This would be an excellent resource to use if you are just trying out virtual technology.** ||

**[|Google Docs] -**
**This resource allows you to share spreadsheets, documents and now presentations with the world. If you sign-in using a g-mail account, you can utilize the live embedded chat function during a presentation. Several people have tested this technology while using Skype's voice functions and have suggested that these two work well.** ||
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**[|The National Science Digital Library Webinar Series] -**
**Free online professional development from your computer.** || === === ===[|Online Learning Profile -]=== This profile is not meant to be the final measure of a student's success or failure in online education. This is to be used for fun. ||

The Future of Online Learning
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 * Free Resource***
 * If you are interested in trying out Wimba, this is the virtual classroom tool we use for our live meetings, you can contact Mark Bevenour. Just mention that you are a part of the www.eduwiki.us project.**