Categories of resources

WELL Workshop

Level 1

Content

This section provides generic examples of categories of resources. For each category there is one example.
In the first two categories, each link takes you directly to an example. In the last category - the Web as Communication medium - the links are to information about a service.

Web as Delivery medium

Information on...	Le ministère de la culture et de la communication
BBC	BBC - what you can do with a budget of Ł65 million!
Newspapers	El País - Spanish newspaper with excellent design and content
Literary texts	Project Gutenberg aims to make available out-of-copyright literary texts
CALL software	CELIA - CALL software archive for English as a second language (ESL).
Audio	Commercial site with audio in various formats

Web as Interactive medium

Grammar exercise	Reviewing the Spanish Preterit and Imperfect
Learn French with video	Learn French with video
Drag and drop game	Spanish regions game
AltaVista Translator	Real-time translator - warts and all...
MCQs	Exercises created using CASTLE software
Dictionary	LEO German dictionary
Language analysis tool	COBUILD concordancer
Database look-up	Railway timetables - Highly interactive and easy to use
Online assessment - French	Series of exercises with feedback to student and tutor
Online assessment - French	Adding or editing tests
Online assessment - French	Checking results

Web as Communication medium

Email	International Tandem email network
Discussion lists	Mailbase is home to hundreds of academic lists
Usenet	What it is and how to use it
IRC	Realtime keyboard "chat" - information about using an IRC program
NetMeeting	Microsoft software with voice telephony, whiteboard, application sharing
MUDs, MOOs, MUSHes	Virtual learning environment at Diversity University