When people think about digital education (or technology-enhanced learning – TEL) they often think of new bits of software, a website service, or a mobile app. However, these are just the tools to enable some interesting delivery, collaboration or assessment methods. We like to think about the underlying pedagogies, but sometimes it is right to bring the two things we love most in the world: ed-tech and lists.
In this post, you will find most of the cool apps and tools that may help your learning and teaching. We will provide links to their websites or app store pages. In time, we will look in more detail at some of these, and will keep this list updated as technology moves on.
Bold text indicates university-supported technology
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Animoto |
Video creation |
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Articulate |
Learning object creation |
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Audacity |
Sound recording and editing |
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Aurasma |
Augmented Reality |
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Basecamp |
Planning and project management |
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Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) |
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BigBlueButton |
Open source web conferencing system |
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Blendspace |
Session planning tool |
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Blogger |
Blog service |
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BoB (Box of Broadcasts) |
Shared off-air recording and media archive service |
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Call for Participants |
Participants for research |
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Camtasia Studio |
Screencasting tool |
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Captivate (Adobe) |
eLearning authoring tool |
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Collaborate |
Webinar software |
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Cousera |
MOOC Provider |
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Creative Commons |
Free and open licensing system |
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Delicious |
Social Bookmarking |
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Diigo |
Social bookmarking |
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Dropbox |
Cloud storage and syncing |
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Duolingo |
Language learning tool |
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Edmodo |
Student-teacher collboration/communication tool |
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eduCanon |
Lesson planning tool |
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Evernote |
Note taking, planning and organisation |
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Social network |
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Feedly |
Personal newsfeed and content aggregator |
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Flickr |
Photo sharing |
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Personalised magazine content |
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Flipped classroom |
Not a tool, more an idea |
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Fuse (Techsmith) |
Mobile video creation and uploading |
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Google Cardboard |
Augmented reality |
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Google Classroom |
Assignment creation, organisation and feedback |
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Google Docs |
Cloud-based word processor |
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Google Drive |
Cloud storage and productivity |
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Google Forms |
Cloud-based forms |
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Google Goggles |
Image recognition app |
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Google Hangouts |
Video, audio and text communication |
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Google Keep |
To do list |
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Google Sheets |
Cloud-based spreadsheets |
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Google Slides |
Cloud-based presentations |
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Google Snapseed |
Image editing tool |
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Google Translate |
Translation tool |
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Google+ |
Social network |
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Haiku Deck |
Cloud presentations |
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HootSuite |
Social media management |
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IFTTT (if this then that) |
Process automation |
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iMovie |
Video creation and editing |
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Instapaper |
Save content to view later |
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iSpring |
eLearning software |
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iTunes U |
Online courses |
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JORUM |
OER Repository |
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Keynote |
Apple’s presentation software |
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Khan Academy |
Learning resources |
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Learning Analytics |
Using educational data to improve learning performance |
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Lecture Capture |
Recording audio or video lecture content |
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Social network |
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Lino.it |
Photo and sticky sharing |
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Lynda.com |
Video training resources |
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Mahara |
Open-source eportfolio system |
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MindJet |
Mind mapping |
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MindMeister |
Mind mapping tool |
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MOOC |
Massive Open Online Course |
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Moodle |
Open-source Virtual Learning Environment |
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moovly |
Animated video creation |
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Movie Maker |
Video editing software |
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Nearpod |
Make interactive sessions |
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NFC (Near Field Communication) |
Contactless device communication |
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Ning |
Social networking tool |
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Open Office |
Open-source desktop office suite |
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Open Badges |
Recognition system |
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Padlet |
Cloud-based collaborative tool |
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Paper.li |
Find, publish and share online content |
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PBWorks |
Online team collaboration |
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PearlTrees |
Organisation, sharing and planning tool |
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PhotoShop (Adobe) |
Powerful image editing suite |
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PhotoShop Express |
Image editing app |
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Social media/collections |
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Read online articles later |
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PollEverywhere |
Audience response system |
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| PowToon | Animated videos and presentations | |
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Premiere Pro (Adobe) |
Powerful video editing software |
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Prezi |
Presentation software |
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QR Codes |
3D barcodes to provides links to online content |
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Qualtrics |
Surveys and research |
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Quizlet |
Online quiz tool |
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Quora |
Community question answering system |
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User-generated news |
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Reference management tool |
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ResponseWare |
Audience participation system |
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Screencast-O-Matic |
Online screen recording tool |
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Scoop.it |
Content curation and publishing |
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Siri |
iOS and Mac digital personal assistant |
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Skitch |
Annotating and sketching ideas |
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Skype |
Video and audio communication tool |
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Slack |
Instant messaging & team working tool |
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Slideshare |
Online repository for presentation slides |
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Socrative |
Online quiz and testing platform |
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Storify |
Find, collect and organise social media posts |
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Teamwork |
Project management tool |
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TED |
Video lecturers from interesting people |
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Trello |
Project management and organisation |
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Tumblr |
Blogging system |
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TweetDeck |
Twitter management tool |
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Social media |
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Typeform |
Online surveys and questionnaires |
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Udutu |
Learning content authoring |
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Unitu |
Student feedback and evaluation tool |
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VideoANT |
Synchronised video annotations |
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VideoNot.es |
Synchronised video annotations |
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Vimeo |
Video hosting and streaming service |
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Vine |
Create short videos |
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Instant messenger |
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Wordle |
Create word clouds |
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| WordPress | Blogging and content management system | |
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Xerte |
eLearning development environment |
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Yammer |
Instant messaging |
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Yik Yak |
Anonymous local social media app |
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YouTube |
Video hosting and streaming service |
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Zotero |
Organise, cite and share research sources |
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365 (Microsoft) |
Cloud productivity suite |
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