eFolio

• eFolio World | eFolio Help
• St. Cloud Technical College Accreditation Portfolio
• Sample System Portfolio - Northwest Technical College
• Sample Program Portfolio - Lake Superior College Art Department
• Sample Faculty Portfolio - Lori Schroeder

Course Review / Peer Review

• Online Course Peer Review Process and Tools - Lake Superior College
• Quality Matters 
• Best Practices for Electronically Offered Degrees and Certificates (pdf) - Higher Learning Commission

Free Tools

• Google Accounts
  • Blogger
  • Docs
  • Gmail and Calendar (public calendar allowing appointment requests)
  • Sites (secure wikis and group sites)
  • Groups (discussions / mailing lists)
  • Talk (instant messaging / video chat)
  • Translate (between languages)
  • YouTube (upload and share videos)
• SourceForge.Net (open source software site)
  • Audacity - audio recording and editing suite
    25 minute Audacity Video
  • VirtualDub - convert video from one format to another
  • 7Zip - compression / archive tool for zipping / unzipping files
  • PortableApps - programs which install to and run from a USB Flash Drive
  • Filezilla - file transfer program (FTP)
  • GIMP - Image Manipulation / Photo Editing software (similar to Photoshop)
  • MediaCoder - very advanced video conversion suite (expert)

Educational Blogs

• Technology Bites
• Desire2Blog
• Open Culture 
• Online Learning Update
• The Edublogger

Creative Commons / Open Source Content / Sharable Content

• Minnesota Online Digital Exchange (MODE)
• Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
• Wisc-Online - Wisconsin Online Resource Center
• Creative Commons 
• Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) - publisher content should be SCORM compliant for integration into D2L and Moodle
• Common Cartridge Standard for Digital Learning Materials
• National Education Association
• National Institutes of Health - Outreach