Free Resources to Help with Remote Learning in 2022
SimTutor offers three free healthcare simulations for infection prevention procedures, covering the use of soap and water, hand sanitizer and personally protective equipment. https://content.simtutor.com/hand-hygiene-and-ppe-procedures
SoloLean is a free advertising-driven platform for learning to code. Topics cover Python, C++, SQL, Java, JavaScript and Ruby among others. The app offers access to 2,000 courses, tailored from people with a range of skills, from beginner to professional. The company also curates lesson tracks, such as "Become a Data Scientist," "Become a Web Developer" and "Become a Full Stack Developer." The app includes quizzes and an online community for help. A paid version removes the ads. Registration required. https://www.sololearn.com/
StoryCorps has a mission of sharing "humanity's stories." Students can listen to stories and also learn how to interview family members, friends and the broader community about their own experiences and share their recordings with the world or on a classroom community page. https://storycorps.org/
Teamplace, a German company, has a free version of its team cloud storage service. Up to 10 members can access up to 5 GB of capacity. According to the company, the more team members that accept an invitation to a "Teamplace," the more Teamplaces can be set up permanently for free. Registration required. https://www.teamplace.net/en/plans-pricing/
TinEye provides reverse-image searching. You can find where images came from or get more information about them, research and track the appearance of an image online, find higher resolution versions of an image, locate webpages that make use of images you've created yourself, discover modified or edited versions of an image, debunk an image and help with image attribution. If you use Chrome, you can download the Chrome extension. https://tineye.com/
Top Hat, a teaching and learning platform, lets faculty add engaging activities to their remote instruction, including live discussions, presentations, quizzing and automated attendance. Free to instructors; freemium for students. Registration required. https://tophat.com/
Toptal, which specializes in helping organizations find freelance talent, has compiled a useful set of links to free e-books about programming, covering Android; C, C Sharp and C++; Git; HTML and CSS; iOS; Java; JavaScript; PHP; Perl; Python; and Ruby and Ruby on Rails. https://www.toptal.com/software/toptal-s-list-of-top-free-programming-books
Unity Technologies is providing curriculum and Unity licenses to education for instructors who want to help their students learn 3D and game development. The learning series Educator Live provides professional development. https://unity.com/education/distance-learning
The University of Washington hosts the Accessible DL website within its comprehensive DO-IT Center (Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology). AccessDL includes guidance on how to design remote learning opportunities — including IT (such as videos, documents and web pages) and pedagogy — that are fully inclusive of students with disabilities and other marginalized groups. The best place to start is with the publication "20 Tips for Teaching an Accessible Online Course." https://www.washington.edu/doit/programs/accessdl