The Website list for Extreme Learning

Summary of Extreme Learning website list 1. Language Learning: 63 2. Outdoor/adventure learning: 51 3. Social change/global learning: 57 4. Virtual education: 57 5. Learning Portals: 38 6. Shared Online Video: 39

(Total: 305)

1. Language Learning

Language Learning uses technology-aided language learning with an integration of sound, voice interaction, text, video, and animation. It empowers self-paced interactive learning environments that enable learners to achieve learning outcomes without being restricted to place or time.

No	Websites	Link
1	Babbel	http://www.babbel.com/a#/flash/navigation/home
2	BBC Learning English*	http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/
3	BBC-Language-Chinese	http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/chinese/
4	BBC-Languages	http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
5	Busuu.com	http://www.busuu.com/
6	Byki	http://www.byki.com/
7	Chaula	http://www.chuala.com/
8	Chinese Pod*	http://chinesepod.com/
9	ChineseClass101.com	http://www.chineseclass101.com/
10	Chinese-Course.com	http://www.chinese-course.com/
11	ChineseLearnOnline.com	http://www.chineselearnonline.com/
12	Confucius Institute Online	http://english.chinese.cn/onlinelearning/
13	CSLPOD	http://cslpod.com/One/Pod/List/Default.aspx
14	Dave's ESL Café	http://www.eslcafe.com/
15	Deutsche Welle	http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2547,00.html
16	English Central	http://www.englishcentral.com/
17	EnglishClass101.com	http://www.englishclass101.com/
18	EnglishClub.com	http://www.englishclub.com/
19	Englishpod*	http://englishpod.com/
20	Engolish	http://engolish.com/
21	Ephisto	http://www.ephisto.com/
22	Free Language	http://freelanguage.org/
23	Free Stuff	http://www.stuff.co.uk/wicked.html
24	FrenchPod	http://frenchpod.com/
25	HSK Flashcards	http://www.hskflashcards.com/
26	ICT4LT	http://www.ict4lt.org/
27	Inter pals	http://www.interpals.net/
28	ItalianPod	http://italianpod.com/
29	Italki.com	http://www.italki.com/
30	Kan Talk	http://www.kantalk.com/
31	KoreanClass101.com	http://www.koreanclass101.com/
32	Lang-8	http://lang-8.com/
33	Learning Chinese Online	http://www.hanyu.com.cn/en/enhome.aspx
34	Learning Chinese with April's Mandarin Podcast	http://zaiyici.blogspot.com/
35	Learning Mandarin Podcast	http://learningmandarinpod.blogspot.com/
36	Learn-korean	http://learn-korean.net/
37	Ling	http://www.lingq.com/
38	LingoPass	http://lingopass.com/
39	Live Mocha*	http://www.livemocha.com/
40	[Removed]	[Removed]
41	Melnyks Chinese	http://www.melnyks.com/
42	My language exchange	http://mylanguageexchange.com/
43	MyHappyPlanet	http://lingopass.com/
44	nciku	http://www.nciku.com/
45	Novlet	http://www.novlet.com/
46	On-line Chinese Tools	http://www.mandarintools.com/
47	Palabea	http://www.palabea.com/
48	PhraseBase	http://www.phrasebase.com/english/
49	Popup Chinese	http://popupchinese.com/
50	Radio Lingua Network	http://radiolingua.com/
51	Rosettastone	http://rosettastone.com/
52	SEMANDA.COM	http://www.semanda.com/
53	SpanishPod	http://spanishpod.com/
54	SurvivalPhrases.com	http://survivalphrases.com/
55	Teacher Training Videos	http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/
56	The European Centre for Modern Languages (ECML)	http://www.ecml.at/
57	The Mixxer	http://www.language-exchanges.org/
58	TheChineseReader	http://www.thechinesereader.com/xiaolongbao/
59	Vocab Sushi	http://www.vocabsushi.com/
60	VOXOPOP	http://www.voxopop.com/
61	VOXSWAP	http://www.voxswap.com/
62	Zhongwen.com	http://www.zhongwen.com/
63	ZON	http://enterzon.com/

The site with ‘*’ means selected coolest website.

Summary for Language Learning

- The total number of websites: 63

- Selected coolest websites: 4 (BBC Learning English, Chinese Pod, Englishpod, Live Mocha)

- The status of evaluating: Average 2.89 (CR: 2.9, FT: 3.1, ETI: 2.9, NT: 2.7, ULE: 2.8, PL: 3.1, PLC: 2.6 , SA: 3.1)

2. Outdoor/adventure learning

Adventure/Outdoor Learning is a hybrid online educational environment that provides students with opportunities to explore real-world issues through authentic learning experiences within collaborative online learning environments.

No	Websites	Link
1	Abby Sunderland	http://www.abbysunderland.com/
2	Cassandra Brooks' Website	http://www.cassandrabrooks.com/
3	Couch Surfing	http://www.couchsurfing.org/
4	Earth education*	http://lt.umn.edu/earthducation0/
5	Emerging Explorer-Yu-Min Lin	http://albertyuminlin.com/
6	Eve Beglarian's River Project	http://evbvd.com/riverblog/about/
7	Exploratorium Ice Stories	http://icestories.exploratorium.edu/dispatches/index.php
8	Explore*	http://www.explore.org/
9	Explorers Web	http://www.explorersweb.com/
10	Geothentic Learning	http://lt.umn.edu/geothentic/
11	Immersion	http://www.immersionlearning.org/
12	Immersion learning	http://www.immersionlearning.org/
13	Impossible2Possible	http://impossible2possible.com/
14	Jessica Watson	http://www.jessicawatson.com.au/
15	Jon Bowermaster*	http://www.jonbowermaster.com/
16	Journey North	http://www.learner.org/jnorth/
17	Laura Dekker	http://www.lauradekker.nl/English/Home.html
18	Living & Learning Aboard the Good Ship Learnativity	http://learnativity.typepad.com/living_learning_aboard_th/
19	Mark Beaumont	http://www.markbeaumontonline.com/mbo/?cat=-0
20	Michael Perham	http://www.challengemike.com/welcome.htm
21	Minoru Saito	http://www.saito8.com/
22	Mountain World Productions	http://www.mountainworldproductions.com/
23	Nautilus Live*	http://www.nautiluslive.org/
24	Ocean Explorer	http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/welcome.html
25	One World Expeditions	http://www.oneworldjourneys.com/expeditions/
26	Penguin Science	http://www.penguinscience.com/index.php
27	Polar Husky	http://www.polarhusky.com/support/adventure-learning/
28	Polar Quest Ambassadors	http://www.polar-quest.com/
29	Polar Science Center (Wendy Ermold)	http://psc.apl.washington.edu/wordpress/
30	Reach the world	http://www.reachtheworld.org/
31	Roadtrip nation	http://roadtripnation.com/
32	The Freshwater Switchyard of the Arctic Ocean	http://psc.apl.washington.edu/switchyard/overview.html
33	The JASON Project	http://www.jason.org/public/whatis/start.aspx
34	The Last Ocean	http://lastocean-project.org/
35	The mountain world	http://mountainworld.typepad.com/
36	The world by road	http://www.theworldbyroad.com/
37	Travel Blog	http://www.travelblog.org/
38	Wayne Hodgins	http://waynehodgins.typepad.com/about.html
39	Wilderness Classroom	http://www.wildernessclassroom.com/
40	Yacht pals	http://www.jonbowermaster.com/
41	Zac Sunderland	http://www.zacsunderland.com/
42	PolarTREC	http://www.polartrec.com/
43	ARMADA	http://www.armadaproject.org/
44	NOOA Teacher at Sea	http://teacheratsea.noaa.gov/
45	Earthwatch Life from the Field	http://www.earthwatch.org/lff
46	Teachers at Sea with the JOIDES Resolution	http://joidesresolution.org/
47	The School of Rock program	http://www.oceanleadership.org/education/
48	The World of Wonders	http://www.questconnect.org/index.htm
49	Taylor Ranch 0.2	https://alatui.wordpress.com/
50	Go4TheSummit	http://www.go4thesummit.com/
51	Eat Bike Grow	http://eatbikegrow.ning.com/

The site with ‘*’ means selected coolest website.

Summary for Outdoor/adventure learning

- The total number of websites: 51

- Selected coolest websites: 4 (Earth education, Explore, Jon Bowermaster, Nautilus Live)

- The status of evaluating: Average 3.01 (CR: 2.9, FT: 2.9, ETI: 2.8, NT: 2.6, ULE: 3.7, PL: 3.3, PLC: 3.1 , SA: 2.8)

3. Social change/global learning

Social Change/Global seeks to educate and inform people about issues and needs relating to social change, including poverty, hunger, AIDS, civics etc. Technology is often used to create innovative ways to spread social good and access to learning worldwide. It is also used to empower and inspire people for the right cause.

No	Websites	Link
1	AVERT	http://www.avert.org/aidssouthafrica.htm
2	Babar Ali	http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8299780.stm
3	CARE	http://www.care.org/
4	CaseCommons	http://www.casecommons.org/
5	CNN Living-Virtual Mentoring	http://www.cnn.com/2011/LIVING/01/13/cnnheroes.stokes/index.html?hpt=T2
6	CollectiveLens	http://collectivelens.com/
7	Commonwealth of Learning	http://www.col.org/
8	Council for Adult and Experiential Learning	http://www.cael.org/
9	Earth Charter	http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/
10	Epals Global Community	http://www.epals.com/
11	Farm Foundation	http://www.farmfoundation.org/default.aspx
12	Film aid international	http://filmaid.org/
13	Flat Classroms Project	http://www.flatclassroomproject.org/
14	Free Geek	http://www.freegeek.org/
15	FreeRice	http://www.freerice.com/index.php
16	Girl child network	http://www.girlchildnetworkworldwide.org/
17	Hunger Notes	http://www.worldhunger.org/
18	iCivics*	http://www.icivics.org/
19	iEarn	http://www.iearn.org/
20	IGOUGO	http://www.igougo.com/
21	Infinite Family	http://www.infinitefamily.org/
22	Isis International Studies In Schools	http://www.indiana.edu/~isis/
23	Jamie oliver food revolution	http://www.jamieoliver.com/foundation/jamies-food-revolution/
24	JustHarvest	http://www.justharvest.org/index.php/about-us
25	Karin Muller	http://take2videos.ning.com/profile/KarinMuller
26	Laureate Education, Inc.	http://www.laureate.net/en.aspx
27	Libya	http://www.facebook.com/4LIBYA
28	Longitude	http://www.golongitude.org/
29	MDG five.com	http://www.mdgfive.com/
30	Meetup founder	http://www.meetup.com/about/
31	MentorNet (for engineering, science, and mathematics)	http://www.mentornet.net/
32	MoveOn.Org Democracy in Action	http://front.moveon.org/
33	National Literacy Trust	http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/
34	NIIT foundation	http://www.niitfoundation.org/index.php/about-us/61-our-vision-and-mission
35	NIIT Foundation (NF)	http://www.niitfoundation.org/
36	NPower	http://www.npower.org/
37	OER Africa	http://www.oerafrica.org/teachered/TeacherEducationHome/tabid/933/Default.aspx
38	Omnium Outreach Projects	http://omnium.net.au/oop/
39	One laptop per Child	http://one.laptop.org/
40	Open Culture	http://www.openculture.com/
41	Open Society Foundations	http://www.soros.org/
42	Orphans Against Aids	http://www.orphansagainstaids.org/about-orphans-against-aids.html
43	OxFam	http://www.oxfam.org.uk/index-b.html
44	Parents of Suicide	http://pos-ffos.com/
45	Quitnet	http://www.quitnet.com/qnhomepage.aspx
46	School of One	http://schoolofone.org/
47	Sierra Club Environmental Education	http://www.sierraclub.org/education/
48	Sierra eRiders	http://www.sierraeriders.org/home/
49	Soliya	http://www.soliya.net/
50	Tapestries of Hope_facebook	http://www.facebook.com/facebook#!/TapestriesofHope
51	Ted talk-Sugata Mitra	http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html
52	The Citizens Foundation	http://www.thecitizensfoundation.org/
53	The Jane Goodhall Institute	http://www.janegoodall.org/
54	The National Council for Research on Women	http://www.ncrw.org/
55	The Smallholders Foundation	http://smallholdersfoundation.org/
56	The truth about Syria	http://www.facebook.com/Syria.True.News
57	World Class-World Vision Canada	http://www.worldvision.ca/Education-and-Justice/Educational-Resources/Pages/Educational-Resources.aspx

The site with ‘*’ means selected coolest website.

Summary for Social change/global learning

- The total number of websites: 57

- Selected coolest websites: 1 (iCivics)

- The status of evaluating: Average 2.68 (CR: 2.5, FT: 2.6, ETI: 2.6, NT: 2.4, ULE: 2.8, PL: 2.8, PLC: 2.9 , SA: 2.7)

4. Virtual education

Virtual Education refers to learning environments where teacher and student are separated by time or space, or both. Course delivery can be through course management applications as well as various multimedia and Web 2.0 tools. Virtual education may be managed by organizations and institutions that have been created through alliances and partnerships to facilitate teaching and learning.

No	Websites	Link
1	About.com	http://www.about.com/education/
2	African Virtual University OER	http://oer.avu.org/
3	Blinklearning	http://www.blinklearning.com/
4	BLOSSOMS	http://blossoms.mit.edu/
5	Connections Academy	http://www.connectionsacademy.com/
6	Connexions	http://cnx.org/
7	CORE OCW (China)	http://www.core.org.cn/en/
8	Ed Tech talk*	http://edtechtalk.com/
9	FETP(Fulbright Economics Teaching Program)OCW	http://ocw.fetp.edu.vn/home.cfm
10	Florida Virtual School*	http://www.flvs.net/
11	GoArmyEd	https://www.goarmyed.com/login.aspx
12	Google Code University	http://code.google.com/edu/
13	Hippocampus	http://www.hippocampus.org/
14	howtogardenadvice.com	http://www.howtogardenadvice.com/
15	Incredible art	http://www.incredibleart.org/
16	Indiana University High School	http://iuhighschool.iu.edu/
17	Indira Gandhi National Open University	http://www.ignou.ac.in/
18	Interactive Biology	http://www.interactive-biology.com/
19	International Association for K-12 Online Learning	http://www.inacol.org/
20	John Hopkins OpenCourseWare*	http://ocw.jhsph.edu/
21	Jorum	http://www.jorum.ac.uk/
22	Khan Academy*	http://www.khanacademy.org/
23	Learn to draw and paint	http://www.learn-to-draw-and-paint.com/
24	Michigan Virtual University	http://www.mivu.org/
25	MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW)*	http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
26	MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) Highlights for High School*	http://ocw.mit.edu/high-school/
27	MOMA	http://www.moma.org/
28	NASA for Educators*	http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/index.html
29	National Repository of Online Courses	http://www.montereyinstitute.org/nroc/
30	New Jersey Institute of Technology	http://ocw.njit.edu/
31	Nixty	http://nixty.com/blog/about
32	Notre Dame OpenCourseWare	http://ocw.nd.edu/
33	Open High School of Utah	http://www.openhighschool.org/
34	Open Learning Initiative Carnegie Mellon	http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/
35	Open University UK-OPenLearn*	http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/
36	Open Yale Courses	http://open.yale.edu/courses/
37	OpenStudy	http://openstudy.com/
38	ParisTech OCW	http://graduateschool.paristech.fr/?langue=EN
39	PBS Teachers	http://www.pbs.org/teachers/
40	Peer 2 Peer University	http://p2pu.org/
41	Public Library of Science	http://www.plos.org/
42	Rock our World	http://rockourworld.org/
43	Scitable (from Nature)	http://www.nature.com/scitable
44	Smithsonian*	http://www.si.edu/
45	Sophia	http://www.sophia.org/
46	Spain OCW Universia	http://ocw.universia.net/en/
47	The Brain Observatory	http://thebrainobservatory.ucsd.edu/hm_live.php
48	Thinkfinity	http://www.thinkfinity.org/
49	Tufts Open Courses	http://ocw.tufts.edu/
50	UC Berkeley	http://ocw.berkeley.edu/
51	Udemy	http://www.udemy.com/
52	University of Reddit	http://universityofreddit.com/
53	University of the People	http://www.uopeople.org/
54	University of Wisconsin Eau Claire	http://open.uwec.edu/
55	Wiki Educator - Free content	http://wikieducator.org/
56	Wikiversity	http://en.wikiversity.org/
57	Worldmapper	http://www.worldmapper.org/display.php?selected=174

The site with ‘*’ means selected coolest website.

Summary for Virtual education

- The total number of websites: 57

- Selected coolest websites: 9 (Ed Tech talk, Florida Virtual School, John Hopkins OpenCourseWare, Khan Academy, MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT OpenCourseWare Highlights for High School, NASA for Educators, Open University UK-OPenLearn, Smithsonian)

- The status of evaluating: Average 3.15 (CR: 3.4, FT: 3.2, ETI: 3.1, NT: 2.8, ULE: 2.9, PL: 3.4, PLC: 3.1 , SA: 3.3)

5. Learning Portals

Learning Portals are centralized learning centers or repositories that contain an aggregation of educational information on a topic, often current or continually updated. Learners explore according to their own interest, time, and space. Learning portals support user and context learning, and are less centered on administration of that content and the results of the learning.

No	Websites	Link
1	Bookboon	http://bookboon.com/int
2	BookRi	http://www.bookrix.com/
3	British Library Turning the Pages	http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/ttp/ttpbooks.html
4	Civil Rights Digital Library	http://crdl.usg.edu/?Welcome
5	Community College Consortium of Open Educational Resources	http://oerconsortium.org/
6	Curriki	http://www.curriki.org/
7	Einstein Archives Online	http://www.alberteinstein.info/
8	Einztein	http://einztein.com/
9	Encyclopedia of Life	http://www.eol.org/index
10	Every Stock Photo	http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=571578
11	FlashcardExchange	http://www.flashcardexchange.com/
12	FoxLingo.com	http://www.foxlingo.com/
13	FREE	http://free.ed.gov/
14	Google Art Project	http://www.googleartproject.com/
15	LibraryThing	http://www.librarything.com/
16	MERLOT*	http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
17	Museum of Online Museums	http://www.coudal.com/moom/
18	nick Junior	http://www.nickjr.com/ni-hao-kai-lan/
19	NMAAHC	http://nmaahc.si.edu/
20	NPR Podcast Directory	http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
21	OER Commons	http://www.oercommons.org/
22	Online College Classes	http://www.onlinecollegeclasses.com/
23	Open College Textbooks	http://collegeopentextbooks.org/
24	OpenCourseWare Consortium	http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
25	Scribd	http://www.scribd.com/
26	Squidoo	http://www.squidoo.com/
27	shardtalk.com	http://www.shardtalk.com/
28	Teachers’ Domain	http://www.teachersdomain.org/
29	TeAchnology	http://www.teach-nology.com/
30	The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online	http://darwin-online.org.uk/
31	The Complete Works of William Shakespeare	http://shakespeare.mit.edu/
32	The Education Podcast Network	http://epnweb.org/
33	The National Science Digital Library	http://www.nsdl.org/
34	Timeless Hemmingway	http://www.timelesshemingway.com/
35	Tree of Life	http://tolweb.org/tree/
36	Valley of the Shadow	http://valley.lib.virginia.edu/
37	Wolfram Alpha	http://www.wolframalpha.com/
38	World Bridges	http://worldbridges.net/

The site with ‘*’ means selected coolest website.

Summary for Learning Portals

- The total number of websites: 38

- Selected coolest websites: 1 (MERLOT)

- The status of evaluating: Average 2.76 (CR: 3.2, FT: 2.8, ETI: 2.7, NT: 2.5, ULE: 2.6, PL: 2.9, PLC: 2.5 , SA: 3.0)

6. Shared Online Video

Shared Online Videos are any educational video (YouTube or other web streamed videos) that can be watched or shared. Some such sites offer syndicated programming and professional documentaries or filmmaking, whereas others are supporting by lay people. These sites often allow for interaction via comments and annotation. They often allow for downloading of content.

No	Websites	Link
1	Academic Earth*	http://academicearth.org/
2	BBC News and Video	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/
3	Big Think	http://bigthink.com/
4	Book TV	http://www.booktv.org/
5	Clip Chef	http://www.clipchef.com/
6	CNN Video	http://www.cnn.com/video/
7	CurrentTV	http://www.current.tv/
8	Discovery News Video*	http://news.discovery.com/videos/
9	DML Research Hub (Vimeo)	http://vimeo.com/channels/dmlresearchhub
10	DoFlick	http://www.doflick.com/
11	Earthwatch video	http://www.earthwatch.org/newsandevents/documentaries/volunteer_videos/
12	Edutopia videos	http://www.edutopia.org/video
13	EduTube	http://www.edutube.org/
14	Explo.tv*	http://www.exploratorium.edu/webcasts/archive.php?cmd=browse&project=9
15	for a TV	http://fora.tv/
16	Fox News	http://video.foxnews.com/
17	GETideas	http://getideas.org/
18	Global Nomads Group (GNG)	http://www.gng.org/home.html
19	Guarateach	http://www.guaranteach.com/
20	HiHeatlhTube	http://www.ihealthtube.com/
21	History	http://www.history.com/videos
22	History for Music Lovers	http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers?blend=6&ob=5
23	Howcast	http://www.howcast.com/
24	ICUHealth	http://www.icyou.com/
25	Link TV*	http://www.linktv.org/
26	Maangchi	http://www.maangchi.com/
27	MasterChef	http://www.masterchef.com.au/home.htm
28	MedTube	http://medtube.net/
29	MIT World	http://mitworld.mit.edu/index.php
30	MonkeySee	http://www.monkeysee.com/
31	National Geographic Education*	http://education.nationalgeographic.com/education/
32	NomadsLand	http://www.nomadsland.com/
33	SchoolTube	http://www.schooltube.com/
34	SciVee	http://www.scivee.tv/
35	TeacherTube	http://www1.teachertube.com/
36	The V-PORTAL	http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/media/de_series.html
37	TV Lesson	http://www.tvlesson.com/
38	Wonder How To Videos*	http://www.wonderhowto.com/
39	YouTube Edu	http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400

The site with ‘*’ means selected coolest website.

Summary for Shared Online Video

- The total number of websites: 39

- Selected coolest websites: 6 (Academic Earth, Discovery News Video, Explo.tv, Link TV, National Geographic Education, Wonder How To Videos)

- The status of evaluating: Average 3.25 (CR: 3.4, FT: 3.4, ETI: 3.2, NT: 3.0, ULE: 3.2, PL: 3.4, PLC: 3.1 , SA: 3.4)