{"id":507,"date":"2013-03-21T16:20:19","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T16:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.talentlms.com\/?p=507"},"modified":"2026-02-25T12:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T10:28:06","slug":"hitchhikers-guide-to-the-elearning-galaxy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-elearning-galaxy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitchhiker\u2019s guide to the elearning galaxy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We use a famous book title for our latest blogpost, which will hopefully become a good reference point for all eLearning \u201cnewcomers\u201d. Our purpose is to put together <strong>elearning resources useful to anyone who wishes to enter the business<\/strong> or for people who are \u201cjust in\u2026\u201d. Of course, it is impossible to get all types and different kinds of resources in a single blogpost. We chose <strong>useful resources from 3 categories<\/strong> in order to provide you with a useful starting reference point<\/p>\n<p>The categories are:<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>News\/Opinion leading articles\/Industry insights<\/li>\n<li>Context Management and Content authoring sources<\/li>\n<li>Marketing\/Sales info<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>1. Resources for News\/Opinion leading eLearning articles\/Industry insights<\/h2>\n<p>Websites with news and knowledge sharing usually have also interesting opinion leading articles and important industry insights that help you find out all you need about the industry. Also, most of them have content, directories or useful links.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/alltop.com\/education\" href=\"https:\/\/alltop.com\/education\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/alltop.com\/education<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/online-learning\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/online-learning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/education\/online-learning<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elearningguild.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.elearningguild.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/elearningdevnews.wordpress.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/elearningdevnews.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/elearningdevnews.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/elearningdevnews.wordpress.com\/\" href=\"https:\/\/elearningdevnews.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/elearningdevnews.wordpress.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/theelearningcoach.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/theelearningcoach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/theelearningcoach.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>2. Resources for context management and content authoring<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/theelearningcoach.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/theelearningcoach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/theelearningcoach.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Content Authoring Tool<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/articulate.com\/360\/storyline\" href=\"https:\/\/articulate.com\/360\/storyline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/articulate.com\/360\/storyline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/CPappasOnline\/free-open-source-authoring-tools-for-elearning\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/CPappasOnline\/free-open-source-authoring-tools-for-elearning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free and Open Source Authoring Tools<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free music for courses<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.royaltyfreemusiclibrary.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.brainybetty.com\/soundsforpowerpoint.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.brainybetty.com\/soundsforpowerpoint.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.brainybetty.com\/soundsforpowerpoint.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free image libraries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/en\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.publicdomainpictures.net\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.freeimages.co.uk\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freeimages.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.freeimages.co.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text to Speech Conversion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/www.cstr.ed.ac.uk\/projects\/festival\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cstr.ed.ac.uk\/projects\/festival\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.cstr.ed.ac.uk\/projects\/festival\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Evaluation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/introduction-to-evaluation-in-elearning.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/introduction-to-evaluation-in-elearning.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2011\/01\/introduction-to-evaluation-in-elearning.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free storyboards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/free-storyboard-templates-for-e.html\" href=\"https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/free-storyboard-templates-for-e.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.efrontlearning.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/free-storyboard-templates-for-e.html<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>3. Marketing\/Sales resources<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/promote-your-courses-with-talentlms\/\" href=\"https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/promote-your-courses-with-talentlms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.talentlms.com\/blog\/promote-your-courses-with-talentlms\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Like we said in the beginning of this post, <strong>this is not a complete directory<\/strong>. It is a short reference point for the newcomer in the industry. Please feel free to <strong>contribute to this post<\/strong> by sending links with useful resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We use a famous book title for our latest blogpost, which will hopefully become a good reference point for all eLearning \u201cnewcomers\u201d. Our purpose is to put together elearning resources useful to anyone who wishes to enter the business or for people who are \u201cjust in\u2026\u201d. 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