Since the advent of computers, technology is on a rise, we see a variety of new applications, gadgets, new tools and lots of amazing stuff coming out of talented minds. There are a wide range of free tools available on the web, its available for free, all you need is a computer and an internet connection.
When it comes to content I like using Google to search most of my content as it gives a wide range of information,also i am fond of blogs as they have great source of reliable information. I would go to the wikis or Wikipedia to know about new material or stuff i am not familiar, as they are simply a superb source of information.
Where as it comes to a course management between a selected group moodle is the best place. Also there are other options like drupal, Plone, Joomla and CivicSpace.
For synchronous communications there are different methods of communication like Skype and Gizmo.And for authoring the open source applications like Xerte and Flex give added advantage to build informative content.
Lastly, the social networking, though i am not a fan of this approach and don't encourage people to get more into this because of high rate of risk involved, in spite of its own limitations, its a decent source for collaboration activities.
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Interesting that you consider blogs to be a "reliable" source of information - that's always the big debate with wikis and blogs. Can you trust the information? And how do you really know unless you really trust the person submitting or you verify it yourself, which is just extra work anyway...
yeah i agree with you in reliability, but they help research on a topic,We can never blindly believe someone, in that case its tough to believe even the press and the media as lots of inaccuracies occur.I can add more wise you are in exploring the information you can get the best out of it.
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