Websites we like

Here are reviews for some of our current favourite websites. They are listed in alphabetical order although we are currently considering other ways to organise them to make it easier for you to find the ones you are interested in. Just click on the title to read our review and visit the site.

If you would like to recommend an e-learning or learning technologies website get in touch with us. We may be tempted to review and list it!

• ALT

  Association for Learning Technology is the leading UK body bringing together practitioners, researchers, and policy makers in learning technology.

• ASTD

  The American Society for Training and Development

• Becta

  Becta was the UK government agency leading the national drive to ensure the effective and innovative use of technology throughout learning. It closes on 31st January 2011.

• Bersin and Associates

  This US based research organisation focuses on enterprise learning, talent management and talent acquisition

• BILD

  The British Institute for Learning and Development(the BILD) is the UK’s leading individual and organisational membership organisation, representing the interests of learning & development professionals.

• Brandon Hall

  US based independent research organisation and promoters of the prestigious Brandon Hall awards for excellence in learning

• Centre for Learning and Performance

  Jane Hart's wonderful site - the place to find out about social media for working and learning.

• CSALT

  Lancaster University: Centre for Studies in Advanced Learning Technologies

• Education Technology and Mobile Learning

  This is a really useful site, put together by Med Kharbach, based in Halifax, Canada. You must take a look at his Blooms Taxonomy for the 21st century - outstanding.

• Educause

  EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.

• EIfEL

  The site for e-portfolio

• E-Learning jobs

  take a look at 100s of jobs here

• elearning2work

  The “Innovative Pedagogical Models in Vocational Training for Employment” (elearning2work) project, funded by the European Social Fund and the Andalusian Service for Employment, aims to be a meeting place for all the e-learning participants to develop a collaborative discussion and ideas exchange about the following e-learning models applied to vocational training

• e-learning age

  The e-learning industry publication for news and views

• eLearning atlas

  LMS's and content creators benefit from one another. It's a symbiotic relationship. The problem is that it's not always (and usually isn't) clear who will play nicely together. eLearning Atlas makes it easier for you all to find each other and work together.

• e-learning foundation

  If you are in education and seeking to challenge the digital divide - visit this site

• elearning guild

  A US based e-learning community, promoters of an increasing number of conferences, and lots of research.

• eLearninfo.com

  Craig Weiss has been an expert and thought leader in the e-learning industry for more than 13 years.

• elearning network

  The eLearning Network (eLN) is a non-profit, Community Interest Company run by the elearning community for the elearning community.

• e-Learning papers (elearningeuropa.info)

  For the European perspective and a resource rich site.

• Elearnity

  Elearnity offers a wide range of information. A true e-learning knowledge base

• ELIG

  European Learning Industry Group, Promoting innovation in learning in Europe

• Emerging Ed Tech

  A wonderful site by Kelly Walsh, dedicated to "enhancing learning outcomes with Internet and Instructional Technologies

• e-ruralnet

  The project addresses the issue of enhancing lifelong learning opportunities in rural areas using ICT

• IAmLearn The International Association for Mobile Learning

  IAmLearn is a membership organization to promote excellence in research, development and application of mobile and contextual learning. It organizes the annual mLearn international conference series and manages the website to collate and disseminate information about new projects, emerging technologies, and teaching resources

• Impact

  Journal of Applied research in workplace e-learning

• Jakob Nielsens Newsletter on web usability

  Jakob Nielsen's fantastic resource on web site design.

• JISC e-learning programme

  Reporting on the JISC e-learning programme

• Learning Light

  Our sister site, Learning Light, specialising in learning and development, training and consultancy in the e-learning and learning technologies world.

• Learning Sanctuary

  ASTD's UK partners

• Learning Support Centres in Higher Education

  Welcome to the only web portal dedicated exclusively to Learning Support Centers in Higher Education. On this web portal, you can review the history of learning support centers in higher education along with relevant definitions of learning assistance.

• Learning Town

  More of a community than a site and another Elliot Masie production.

• Marc Prensky

  A great resource of training games from one of the leaders in this genre

• Masie Center

  Learning Lab and think tank - led by the charismatic Elliot Masie

• mLearnopedia

  For mobile learning

• Moodle News

  Moodle News is a collaborative project bringing order to news and information pertaining to the open source project and learning management system called Moodle.

• On Line College Classes

  At Online College Classes you will find resources offered by some of the finest educational institutions in the world in an exceptionally large variety of academic disciplines and topics. We want to help people realize their potential through eye-opening lecture series, online college courses, open courseware, online university texts and a plethora of informative multimedia.

• Serious Games Institute

  We enable and facilitate the growth of serious games, virtual worlds by supporting research and development into the use and effects of these products, platforms and technologies.

• Study Guides and Strategies

  An educational public service helping learners succeed since 1996: over 10.4 million visitors in 39 languages in 2011

• The Serious Games Website

  LUDUS the project behind The Serious Games Website seeks to establish a European network for the promotion and dissemination of the innovative field of serious games. The Knowledge Node contains serious games knowledge materials generated by the project and by third-parties, together with information about events and activities of the European game-based learning community.

• Towards Maturity

  Towards Maturity is here to help you improve the impact of learning technologies at work.