Lifelong Learning Toolkit (LLT)
25 KEY WEBSITES FOR CORPORATE LEARNING AND HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENTS
1. Blogger
  • A website providing an online service where users can create and customize their own blogs, free of charge.
  • Web address: www.blogger.com
2. Del.ico.us
3. Digg
  • A social news site where users submit content that is then rated by the community. The content with the most positive ratings, or "diggs," rises to the top.
  • Web address: www.digg.com
4. docs.google.com
  • Web-based office suite that allows users to collaboratively edit documents in real-time. Google Docs offers word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, and other capabilities. All documents created with Google Docs are stored centrally on the web.
  • Web address: docs.google.com
5. eCademy
  • An online networking service for business contacts, events and groups.
  • Web address: www.ecademy.com
6. Facebook
7. Fellowforce
8. Flickr
9. Friendfeed
  • Social media feed aggregator and social network. Friendfeed allows users to aggregate services such as Twitter, Flickr, and personal blog posts on one platform. Users subscribe to each other's feeds and comment on posted content.
  • Web address: friendfeed.com
10. iGoogle
  • Customizable startpage. Allows users to add "gadgets" that range from RSS feeds of popular news outlets or blogs to weather and stock information.
  • Web address: www.igoogle.com
11. iTunes University
  • Feature present in Apple's iTunes software in which faculty at a wide variety of universities can distribute digital lessons and podcasts of their courses.
  • Web address: www.itunes.com
12. LinkedIn
13. Loopt
  • A mobile social mapping application that can display the current locations of a user's social network using cell phones and mobile devices.
  • Web address: www.loopt.com
14. Mashable
  • Large internet news blog that writes about a variety of topics from social networking sites to emerging startups.
  • Web address: mashable.com
15. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (Sharepoint)
16. MIT Open Courseware
  • Project from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in which the course materials used in virtually all of MIT's courses are made available on the Internet free of charge.
  • Web address: ocw.mit.edu
17. Ning
  • An online service to create, customize, and share a social network.
  • Web address: www.ning.com
18. Plaxo
  • An online service to connect with your contacts.
  • Web address: www.plaxo.com
19. Skype
  • Popular program that allows users to make phone calls and video phone calls over the Internet. Skype also offers chat capabilities and many people use it as an instant messaging service as well.
  • Web address: www.skype.com
20. Twitter
  • Popular social networking and microblogging service where users communicate in short messages called "tweets" that are limited to 140 characters.
  • Web address: www.twitter.com
21. Yonkly
  • A microblogging service where users can create their own customized microblogging interface.
  • Web address: www.yonkly.com
22. YouTube
  • Video sharing website where users upload, view and share video clips. Content ranges from movie clips, TV clips, and user-generated content like video blogging.
  • Web address: www.youtube.com
23. Wikipedia
  • A popular community generated encyclopedia where content is edited and added to by the community at large.
  • Web address: www.wikipedia.org
24. Wetpaint
25. Wordpress
  • A website providing an online service where users can create and customize their own blogs, free of charge.
  • Web address: www.wordpress.com
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