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Top eLearning Resources For Effective Learning Today

Technology has left its mark on every conceivable field you can think of and education is no different. Gone are the days when you had to take admission and attend classes to get a degree. Today, all you need is an unquenchable thirst for learning and a working internet connection, and you can literally learn anything online. Last year, we also published an article covering the best online learning resources for 2017, and this year, we continue on with our tradition.

Here are 10 stellar online resources that you need to bookmark if you want to satiate the thirst of your knowledge in 2018 without leaving the comforts of your room:

1. Coursera

Boasting more than 1000 courses from the best universities in the world, Coursera is a mecca for digital learners. Coursera is also offering complete specializations for learners who wish to explore a subject in detail. On successful completion of courses, you get a certificate, which you can share on your LinkedIn profile as well. The only negative is that you cannot learn at your own pace as each course is accompanied by a limited time period.

2. edX

Akin to Coursera, edX also offers some great courses from the best universities around the globe, but they are not self-paced, entailing you to keep an eye on the timeline of your course. To facilitate students from different parts of the world, it incorporates a brilliant translation feature. You can choose from a wide range of subjects, such as biology, business, computer sciences, finance, economics, medicine, music, philosophy, and physics to name a few. You can easily access all the learning material and prepare for the exams.

3. YouTube

Yes, that is not a typo. There is more to YouTube than simply watching cat videos and music videos. YouTube is a great platform for learning new things. You can easily find tons of great educational videos on YouTube and all you need to do is to type what you want to learn in the search box and it will show you hundreds of pertinent results. Subscribe to some viable educational channels and stay tuned for the latest videos to help you develop a more ingrained comprehension of any subject.

3. Lynda

Probably the oldest and most popular resource on this list is Lynda. Founded in 1995, Lynda.com features thousands of online courses related to business, technology, design etc. You can also browse through their video tutorials taught by industry experts. What sets Lynda.com a notch up other online learning resources is their hands-on approach to learning, which not only makes it easier to learn anything but also makes it a breeze to implement what you are learning. One department where Lynda.com lags behind its competitors is its mobile app. Lynda.com is mostly a paid platform for learners, which might prove to be a deal breaker for some as they will have to settle for few free courses.

4. Udemy

Whether you are offering SEO services or working as a web developer or designer for a web design agency, Udemy can help you take your skills to the next level. Quality of courses vary and so do the prices, which can sometimes land on the higher end of the spectrum. However, the great news is that it also offers some free courses. Its extensive language support makes it a great platform for students hailing from around the world. With more than 60,000 courses to choose from, you are spoilt for choices with Udemy. Moreover, you can learn at your own pace, which gives you the freedom that digital learners are yearning for

5. Alison

Be a part of a burgeoning community of more than 11 million learners, and learn from some of the best experts in the industry. Choose from a wide range of disciplines, including business, technology, marketing, health, humanities, mathematics, and science. For those who are interested in exploring the topic in detail, Alison offers comprehensive diplomas that cover each topic in detail and help make you an expert in that particular domain.

6. Khan Academy

Khan Academy is a great platform for school and college students as it focuses on nurturing a strong foundation that they can build on and advance their careers. You can learn computing, science, mathematics, economics, and humanities at your own pace, thanks to its wide array of video tutorials. Binge on videos and attempt quizzes to gain an in-depth knowledge of a topic. Backed by Google, and Bill, and Melinda Gates, Khan Academy has now become one of the greatest learning platforms that many young students look up to.

7. MIT Open Courseware

Did you yearn to study at MIT but couldn't realize your aspirations due to any reason? If so, the MIT Open Courseware is here to help you actualize your ambitions. More importantly, you don't have to leave your home to learn from the leading MIT professors, and even better, without spending a dime. Not only is the website a great hit with students who wish to study at MIT, most MIT students also capitalize on this treasure trove of information for supplementing their course materials.

8. Open Culture

Upon landing on the website of open culture, its scruffiness may leave you befuddled, but gratefully, it more than makes up for it with a number of useful resources. From online courses to audiobooks, movies, and eBooks, it is a repository of valuable knowledge. It also keeps students in the loop about the forthcoming courses and touts enough content to keep you busy for years. All resources are neatly arranged into categories, making it easier to access the information you are looking for.

9. Open Yale Courses

Are you one of those students who cannot afford to pay the exorbitant fees of the top universities? If yes, then fret not since the most credible universities from around the globe are increasingly making their course material available for the benefit of the general public. Now, you can access all learning material from Yale without leaving the comforts of your room, thanks to the Open Yale Courses. These free courses from Yale can deliver a repertoire of knowledge that you will be grateful for.

Which online resource do you use to learn online? Feel free to share it with us in the comments section below.

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Open Educational Resources

16 Open Learning Resources that Go Beyond the Textbook

The concept of "open learning" encompasses far more than what's found in a textbook. These sources provide other kinds of resources that will boost your students' learning.

BioDigital
An interactive 3D model of the human body, which can be viewed through a browser or a virtual reality headset.

Boulevard
Leading museums share their collections through virtual, augmented and mix reality.

Carnegie Mellon University Open Learning Initiative
Dozens of free and low-cost college-level courses with classroom-tested materials and an interactive online environment. The $25-per-academic-course version includes all resources, along with free instructor tools, such as LMS integration, a learning dashboard and gradebook, and content sequencing and combining.

Digital Commons Network
Free, full-text scholarly articles from hundreds of universities and colleges around the world. The network includes peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings and other scholarly work.

Engineering Technology
Simulations for learning, which can be embedded into online courses or used in the classroom, developed by Eastern Iowa Community Colleges.

HippoCampus.org
Videos in 13 subject areas, including math, natural science, social science and humanities; one of the NROC Project programs (covered below).

Khan Academy
Concise video lectures on math, science and, increasingly, other subjects, including computing, arts and humanities, and economics and finance.

Mathispower4u
Six-thousand-plus ad-free "mini-lessons" and videos for math, developed by Phoenix College math instructor James Sousa.

The NROC Project
A collaboration of member institutions provides tools and courses for developmental English and math, managed out of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education. NROC stands for "network," "resources," "open" and "college and career." (It doesn't get much more relevant than that.)

Open Data
Square one for finding and properly using publicly available data in student projects.

Open Heritage
Part of Google Arts & Culture, allowing students to explore iconic locations in 3D.

OpenLearn
Free resources, including complete courses, made available by Open University - definitely MOOCish before MOOCs were cool.

PhET
Interactive math and science simulations, created in open source and vetted by experts at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
The ultimate go-to for resources and instruction on writing.

UCI Open
A service of University of California, Irvine faculty, this collection offers a full curriculum of recorded lectures for multiple subjects; among the most popular is OpenChem, which contains video lectures and other materials for nearly every course needed to achieve an undergraduate chemistry degree.

Why U
Animated tutorials covering math concepts for higher ed and K-12.

About the Author

Dian Schaffhauser is a senior contributing editor for 1105 Media's education publications THE Journal and Campus Technology. She can be reached at dian@dischaffhauser.com or on Twitter @schaffhauser.

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Open Educational Resources The concept of "open learning" encompasses far more than what's found in a textbook. These sources provide other kinds of resources that will boost your students' learning. BioDigital An interactive 3D model of the human body, which can be viewed through a browser or a virtual reality headset.

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Let's begin by allaying your fears. Online tools for distance learning will not replace you as the teacher. At least, not yet. Instead, they offer unique opportunities to teach in different ways that aren't possible in traditional classrooms. And that is something that should always be embraced. But rather than replacing normal teachers, they seem to enhance their lessons. It's a perfect example of the sum being more than its parts.

So don't be afraid of the new online tools for distance learning that are out there. Instead embrace them, own them and you will own your class. Now that is something we can all hope for, am I right?

1. WeVideo

The modern classroom isn't complete without a collaborative website that allows you to put together videos as a group. That's what WeVideo does and it does it very well indeed. Check it out, mash together videos of the entire group, and create an atmosphere of togetherness that is often hard to accomplish when you're doing distance learning.

2. Scribble

Scribble might not be the most complex of tools, but I personally see that as a bonus rather than a hindrance, as it means it's in everybody's reach. And that's what you want with a tool that's meant to help students share notes, compare ideas and collectively work on projects, don't you think? Here they can share their resources and plan their next research projects together, which will create the feeling of community and togetherness. Fantastic resource.

3. A.nnotate

Need something with a bit more oomph than Scribble? Check out A.nnotate. It packs a bit more punch, but gives the same kind of functionality with a wider range of options. A great choice if you're working with people who are a bit more internet savvy and can handle things that are a bit more complicated.

4. Prezi

If you grew up with PowerPoint, you can be forgiven for thinking there is no need for another presentation package out there. I'm sure they felt the same way at IBM when they heard people were trying to produce personal computers. Who needs that? Well, you and your group do. And Prezi is what you need. It's intuitive, looks fantastic, and allows you to create presentations with real oomph and character. Definitely, check this one out as it will enhance not just your student's presentation, but your own as well. And when both sides of the equation are enhanced everybody is better off, don't you think?

5. WordPress.org

It's often hard to do projects together online. That is unless you're designing a website. So, why not join WordPress.com's bigger brother, WordPress.org, and create something that lasts - a website with the group that you can all refer to. The great thing about doing something that lasts is that suddenly everybody's ego is on the line. It's no longer about learning; it's about showing the rest of the world what you've learned and showing them how well you've learned it. Suddenly, people that were only trying semi-hard are going to blow out all the stops, so as to show the world that they do have what it takes. And that's why we build websites.

6. Dropbox

Yeah, of course, you know about Dropbox. But this is a post about the essential tools and Dropbox is an essential tool. You can't teach a class without the ability to share files easily. And that is something that Dropbox allows you to do. Create universal folders where people can upload their stuff. Create links where people can grab the lesson plans. Create anything and make it available to anyone, really. That's the power of Dropbox. And we might have become pretty blasé about it, but that's an awesome power.

7. Speek

Particularly designed for conference calls in mind, Speek is the way to let people finally have that group conversation they need to move their project forward. Because let's be clear about it; chats are great, but they will never beat a face to face conversation, as they're always going to be slower, more cumbersome, and more restrictive. We need to speak to get that in order. And that's why calling apps will always be one of the greatest apps for productivity.

8. DoSomething.org

Don't just teach your kids facts; teach them social responsibility. Every week DoSomething.org has a way that you and your class can help do something to make the world a little bit better, cleaner, safer, and nicer. And if the students learn that kind of stuff early on, then there is a good chance that they'll become the kind of citizens we're going to need in the years and decades ahead. And if they don't? Well, there's always room for another banker to stick more money into their own pocket, don't you think?

9. Dipity

A gorgeous online time-line tool, Dipity is the way to really bring home the passage of time, when things happened and what order they happened in. Great for social studies, history, and finding out about the people and movements that matter. The tool allows you to add in videos, photos, texts, and more, so that your timeline isn't just a line with dates, but ends up being a real work of art.

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Experts researching the field of AI education believe that in the coming years machines will be able to surpass human intelligence. Adopting this type of education will equip students with the necessary technological capacity for the workplace.

Over the years, we have seen major innovations in the field of AI learning. Applications that enable speech recognition and article writing have been invented. Improvement in AI education machines can be packed with relevant information which they will relay to the learners. This will also improve the accessibility of education, especially in remote regions.

How AI can improve education

Although many people are concerned about the fact that most educators will lose their jobs when AI education is introduced, there is no need to worry because machines can be used alongside their human counterparts. The following tips will bring you up to date with the many benefits of AI education:
Easier and Early Learning
Due to the advancement in technology, kids as young as 3 years old have access to various learning platforms. They learn through online games and singing. In schools, early childhood is made easier because students receive one-on-one tutoring. This helps students who don't understand certain concepts in class but are embarrassed to ask questions.
Course Content
AI education is convenient because educators can use this platform to provide course materials, resources, and instructions to students. The learners are able to access organized content that will always be available on the platform. This also helps students to revise without having to consult many resources.
Adaptive Learning
AI education helps students who feel left behind in the course work. Charles Ebert the chief of Edubirdies says, that this approach is beneficial for students because, after school, tutors can monitor and guide them with their homework via AI learning apps. This way, students are able to learn at their own pace.
Online Learning
Online learning is one of the ways that technology has improved the education sector in a major way. Course material is made available to students regardless of geographical boundaries. Students get extensive resources, and they can submit their work online. This is beneficial for learners who cannot access learning institutions.
Quick Feedback
Scoring assignments and providing quick feedback has enabled students to track their progress and improve on their shortcomings. Online machine learning platforms work more effectively than humans because they not only correct students but they also provide suggestions, solutions, and they don't have to worry about forgetting facts or formulas.
Tests and Revision
AI education helps learners to prepare for their exams by providing sample questions related to the courses they are taking. These platforms are also able to tailor the tests to suits the level and capability of learners.
Organization
AI can be used to help students and schools to be organized by creating individual schedules for students. This will minimize confusion especially for freshmen who might not be aware of the duration and venues of their classes. This also enables students to be informed in case their classes are moved or the changes in exam timetable.

Conclusion

AI in education might be frowned upon by many people because they might not be aware of how this technology works. However, parties involved in the education sector can attest to the fact that AI has improved learning in many ways. Students are the highest benefactors of these resources. AI in education acts as a library and a tutor all in one. One of the aspects that should not be overlooked is the fact that even students in remote areas can now access education via this platform.

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Techopedia: Educating IT Professionals To Make Smarter Decisions

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For lifelong learners and self-made scholars, the internet is a priceless resource. Continue your education with these top free online tools.

10. Free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have greatly expanded the educational opportunities for everyone with a computer and an internet connection. These typically free online courses, usually provided by universities and colleges, cover everything from Astronomy to Web Development. MOOCs are a category unto themselves, but there are plenty of individual MOOC providers and platforms to look to, including the universities themselves, such as Stanford Online and MIT Open Courseware. Popular commercial and non-profit organizations that serve up courses from multiple sources include Academic Earth, edX, Class Central, Udacity, Coursera, Udemy, and FutureLearn. If you feel like there are too many free online courses to choose from, don't worry. Several of the tools and sites below curate courses from MOOCs and other sources into fields of study.

9. Skillshare

Skillshare is a learning community that connects over a million students and teachers. In fact, anyone can teach a class (typically 30 minutes to 1 hour long) on subjects like crafts, cooking, film, photography, technology, or writing-as long as the class adheres to the site's publishing guidelines. It's a good resource for viewing project-based lessons (e.g., designing 3D type and texture) and there are tracks of courses grouped by subject. Over 300 lessons are available for free, but you'll need a pro subscription to access the 3,000+ full library.

8. University of Reddit

Love Reddit? You can partake in this community's crowd-sourced online education initiative. Covering standard subjects like art and computer science as well as "fun and games" (e.g., StarCraft II Strategy), University of Reddit is taught by Reddit users. You can also apply to teach a class yourself.

7. CourseBuffet

CourseBuffet lets you search and compare hundreds of free MOOCs from over 250 universities. You can search by subject, browse by field, or even see learning paths that organize courses into a bachelor's degree-level curriculum for you-for example a complete computer science or management path. And it's all free.

6. ALISON

ALISON not only provides free online courses from publishers like Google, Microsoft, MIT, Macmillan, and Cambridge University, the site also offers diploma-level courses. So you can earn a certificate in project management, HR, social work, and other subjects that might be helpful during a job search. Over 750 free diploma and certificate courses are available now, and you can use the site to track your progress and test your skills.

5. Project Gutenberg

Prefer to learn by reading rather than online courses? Or want to supplement those videos with books? Project Gutenberg's massive (over 50,000) collection of free ebooks to the rescue. You'll find classic and obscure titles here for your downloading pleasure in multiple languages. Check out their Top 100 ebooks list to find something new to read. For free textbooks, head to previously mentioned TextbookRevolution or Open Textbooks. Open Syllabus Project will show you the books most assigned at college.

4. Khan Academy

Join over 38 million online learners at Khan Academy, a non-profit MOOC of its own. Their tagline is "you can learn anything," and you'll find a wide range of interesting video classes here as well as interactive courses. Track your progress and earn badges to keep learning fun.

3. iTunes U

The iTunes U app for iOS, Mac, or Windows not only lets you access courses from leading schools and other sources on your device, it lets you see and complete course assignments and add notes for each course. The catalog contains hundreds of thousands of resources on various topics, all at your fingertips.

2. Open Culture

Open Culture is a treasure trove for any learner. Currently, the site lists 1,150 free online courses, 725 free movies, 700 free audio books, 800 free ebooks, 200 free textbooks, 300 free language lessons, and 150 free business courses. They've grown a lot-and continue to keep growing-since we mentioned them a few years ago. Resources are well classified. This is a great one-stop source for free, enriching media.

1. Lifehacker U

Not to toot our own horn, but Lifehacker U is a well-curated collection of the best free online classes you can take each semester. One of the best things about it is our own Alan Henry highlights specific courses in each subject field you might be interested in, along with detailed notes and descriptions. So rather than pointing you to, say, Stanford University in general, you'll see courses from multiple schools in your discipline that are new or returning at this time.

The resources above just scratch the surface of all the places you can learn something new online, of course. But they're a good place to start and should keep you busy learning all year round.

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Content is still king, but it isn't always practical or cost effective for marketers to produce brand-new, meaty, thought-leadership level content pieces on a regular basis. That's where curating content can come in handy.

Content curation offers a nearly limitless method of fueling your inbound marketing efforts. Unearthing and sharing the quality content of others allows you provide your audience fresh content on a regular basis to serve any interest, industry, or market.

What's more, sharing and celebrating the work of others helps get you on their radar and can forge valuable, long-term relationships with the content authors.

To help you curate, here's a list of 26 tools you can use to find, aggregate and share your content with the world, be it in a blog roundup, big list of resources or to share via social. Note that some of these tools do all the work, and some are merely tools that lead up to the share.

1. Pinterest

A granddaddy of content curation, in practice if not in tenure, Pinterest is one of the Internet's most popular sites for culling content. Blending the social web with great content (headlined by even greater photos), Pinterest allows users to create pin boards - an homage to the wall-hanging corkboards of yore - that organize themes, recipes and other inspiration.

Pinterest for Business takes curated pinning to the next level, making it easy to collate your favorite pins, market your business (or your clients'), and even promote products and services.

Price: Free business account; Promoted Pins offered as a premium service

2. Juxtapost

At first glance, Juxtapost looks a lot like Pinterest. It functions similarly, too: visit the homepage, and you'll find a website of pinned favorites - bookmarking gone visual.

The site invites marketers to create postboards grouped by favorite things, ideas, styles or topics - whatever your demographic wans to consume, and however it wants to consume it. You can collaborate with fellow marketers, export your posts to a spreadsheet, build private postboards, and more.

Price: Free

3. ContentGems

If you're looking for inspiration to fuel your daily curation, head on over to ContentGems, a monitoring services that screens 200,000+ RSS feeds for news sites, blogs, social media accounts, and other services. If that sounds like a search engine, it's not - it's better.

ContentGems filters results based on your specific interests, which you define through keywords, social signals, and other indicators. The service also offers one-click social buttons, so you can easily share your insights with Twitter, Facebook, WordPress and other networks.

Price: Free

4. Feedly

If you retain fond memories of Google Reader (or any of the other RSS aggregators that have evaporated into the ether of forgotten apps), you'll love Feedly. This ultra simple web-based RSS reader (also available for mobile) pulls your favorite news and blog updates via RSS feed.

Categorize feeds as you see fit; scan through recent publications from your preferred sources; and favorite the best of the best for curation - blog roundups, social sharing, bookmarking sites, and more. Feedly offers one-click integration with Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and more.

Price: Free

5. Flipboard

This handy mobile app requires little introduction: with the click of a button, you can create beautifully curated magazines of any theme you choose.

Unlike many other content curation methods, Flipboard requires little time commitment for optimal results - you "flip" any article, blog post, photo or other media via a browser bookmarklet, and instantly create stunning layouts that look and feel like a professionally designed digital magazine.

Price: Free

6. Storify

Storify is part-curation, part-storytelling - and all awesomeness. In a nutshell, Storify makes it easy for marketers to curate content from around the web, pulling from social media updates, news articles, blogs and other sources like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and Instagram. Armed with your curated content, you can create media-rich stories embellished with your own thoughts, as well as curated images, videos, social screenshots, and more.

Price: Free basic plan; VIP plan includes upgrades like real-time updates, custom display, and other features

7. Bundlr

Bundlr does just what it sounds like: helps you create content "bundles" from your favorite sources across the web. Here's how it works: source blog posts, articles, tweets, quotes, links, videos and other media - all in real-time, as you browse the web - and "clip" content into your bundles.

Optimize each clip's meta-information and publish to the bundle's public webpage, which you can share on social networks or embed on your own website or blog for simple, real-time and one-click content curation.

Price: Free basic account; premium plan $19.99/year

8. iFlow

With iFlow, you can discover the web and curate content, all in one place. The service centers around "flows," or topic-based information streams that focus on your interests, and only your interests.

The tool excels at drowning out the Internet's incessant chatter while zeroing in on powerful, useful content tailored to the subjects and topics you identify - blogs and articles and videos and images that you want to curate. Instantly share your favorites via various flows, which are categorized according to interest, expertise, service or other topics you choose.

Price: Free

9. Newsle

If you'd rather focus on journalism over social buzz, Newsle is the perfect fit. This curation tool peruses reputable news sites and monitors the web for mentions and updates about your LinkedIn, Facebook, and other contacts.

You'll discover new content - content that allows you to create deeper, more meaningful connections with your contacts, clients, prospects and even non-connections you've deemed important.

Price: Free

10. Kuratur

Like Flipboard, Kuratur provides an easy way to curate custom magazines - but this one comes with a twist. With Kuratur, you can use custom hashtags, Twitter mentions, RSS feeds, specific keywords, Facebook pages and other indicators to cull content, pulling your picks into content blocks and custom-designed magazines. Share your finds via magazine integration into your blog or website, or just link directly to your magazine's custom URL.

Price: Free (currently in beta, as of mid-2014)

11. Zemanta

Whereas many content creation tools require daily (or at least, weekly) diligence, Zemanta is a click-it-and-forget-it kind of tool. The premise is simple: install the Zemanta extension and as you write a new blog post (WordPress, Blogger and TypePad are currently supported), and Zemanta pulls in related content from around the web.

Bonus: Sign up, and Zemanta will pull your posts as related content on other blogs. Bear in mind, however, that Zemanta is based on an algorithm, not human input, and its picks therefore can be hit or miss.

Price: Free; Paid content available to marketers and advertisers

12. PearlTrees

PearlTrees is billed as a "place for your interests," and it works very much like a digital binder: file web pages, notes, photos or files into your library, and organize however you like.

Each piece of content is represented by a pearl, and each organization is in the form of a pearltree - information trees that branch off into sub-pearltrees and individual pearls of content. One of the site's greatest benefits is how easy it is to add new pearls to your trees, via browser extensions, mobile apps, social networks, and emails.

Price: Free basic plan; premium membership ($1.99-$9.99 per month) adds additional storage space and features

13. Zite

If you do a lot of marketing on-the-go, the Zite app might be a good fit. This mobile app is attuned to your specific interests - do you want to read about marketing, your clients, or social media? - and aggregates content based on a proprietary algorithm that prioritizes your preferred topics and the relative popularity of individual posts and articles.

New content discovery takes just a few minutes a day, making Zite a great choice for your daily commute, morning coffee, or other downtime.

Price: Free

14. BundlePost

BundlePost is a powerful tool for content curation - that's to be expected with a premium service - that automates back-office curation through social sharing and post scheduling. The idea is simple: connect to RSS feeds and other content channels from the BundlePost dashboard, and the system will import and save content four times a day.

When you have time, review, choose the keepers, edit content as necessary, and schedule curation post times across channels. Big bonus: BundlePost integrates easily with your favorite social sharing platform, including Hootsuite, Hubspot, Spredfast, Sendible, Pluggio, SocialOomph and Buffer.

Price: Free 30-day trial; full versions start at $19.99 a month

15. Triberr

If you pull much of your curation inspiration from the industry's best bloggers, Triberr is there to help. The service encourages you to join "tribes" - interest groups comprised of established bloggers who create great content in your chosen topic areas.

Your dashboard auto-aggregates with recent posts, giving you easy access to current, sharable content. You can share content (reblog) at custom intervals, to space out your curation.

Price: Free; premium membership (larger tribes and special features) is $10/month

16. Spundge

Spundge offers a slick interface and easy curation, either on your own or collaboratively with peers. The tool helps you filter and discover content targeted to your interests, and then empowers you to curate that content into easily digestible (and visually appealing) notebooks. Share your notebooks with your network and even target new audiences from within Spundge.

Price: Free

17. Paper.li

Chances are, you've seen Paper.li pop-up around the web (and especially on Twitter). This handy app is the content curator's secret weapon - a service that helps you automatically discover relevant content, curate it into your own online newspaper, and promote your findings across the web. It's easy to use, has a wide audience, and requires only a few minutes of your time everyday.

Price: Free

18. Thinglink

Are you prepared for the next level of visual cool? Thinglink is all about turning images into even more powerful content, by embedding photos with information hotspots that are activated by the pass of a mouse.

Your hotspots can be any type of media you choose, from your own notes to links to videos to quotes and other text - anything with a URL. Best of all? You can embed Thinglink images in your blog posts and website, thus enriching your content in very new, very dynamic, and very useful ways.

Price: Free business plan; premium plans from $250 per 50,000 views

19. Scoop.it

There's content curation and then there's engaging content curation - and Scoop.it 's all about the latter. Use Scoop.it's active community and the tool's search engine to discover the web's best content, then "scoop it" into your custom topics, which display as elegant, magazine-style layouts.

Scoop.it is popular in the digital marketing community, so you can achieve good social reach and traffic from your topics.

Price: Free basic account; pro accounts from $12.99/month

20. Listly

As a marketer, you know that people love lists. But did you also know that there's a way to blend lists with content curation with social sharing? It's called Listly, and it's a tool that makes lists fun, social and visually appealing. You can create lists on your own or work collaboratively, culling links and sources from around the web to create inspiring and photo-rich lists. Embed them on your blog or website - and, even better, allow third-party users to embed your lists, too. Easily share with your social networks or integrate with your blog using the WordPress plugin.

Price: Free basic account; premium from $9.99/month

Tools for Advanced Content Curation

For serious marketers with huge accounts or epic curation needs, enterprise-level content curation tools are the answer. While each of these services offers some sort of free trial or demo, you'll pay for the full versions. These are the power tools of the content curation world, aimed at power marketers with the budgets to match.

21. Waywire

If you've jumped on the video bandwagon (and you should have), Waywire (previously Magnify) is an important addition to your curation toolkit. This cloud-based video curation tool lets brands aggregate, curate, and upload video content.

You can throw your own videos into the mix, but Waywire helps you identify related videos to source - curation channels from hundreds of trusted sites that offer timely, relevant, and engaging video. Waywire also provides insights into important account metrics, like video views and player locations.

Price: Free basic account; enterprise pricing by request

22. Post Planner

For busy marketers, Post Planner 's promise is alluring: triple your Facebook engagement in 10 minutes a day. So how does that happen?

This social tool (available only for Facebook) helps you predict what content, what status updates, what photos and what links will go viral on the world's largest social network. If the goal is to expand your Facebook reach, even if you have a small network, give Post Planner a chance.

Price: Free trial; plans from $19-$79 per month

23. Trapit

Trapit is a smart curation tool that learns what you like as you use it. The search function trolls more than 100,000 pre-vetted and trusted content sources, including the tool's hidden gems - content channels of which you're likely unaware.

"Trap" your favorites into topical collections to share with your audience. You can create any type of trap you want, and as Trapit learns more about what you curate into each collection, it'll further refine its recommendations based on each trap.

Price: Free demo; publisher accounts pricing upon request

24. Curata

If you're an enterprise marketer who uses curated content for blog posts, Curata can shave serious time (and effort) off your day. The tool's self-learning search engine trolls the blogsphere for content tailored to your interests and marketing needs, then helps you organize, annotate and finally curate your favorites.

Share you findings anywhere, including your own blog and social networks. The more you use Curata, the better the algorithm becomes at finding, refining, and suggesting content that suits your needs.

Price: Free trial; paid version from $349-$999+ monthly

25. Kapost

Serious content marketers, curators, and community managers love Kapost for its easy organization, editorial calendars, and channel organization. Kapost integrates with Curata to make curation even easier, giving marketers one-click access to all the curation functions of Curata and the organization and publishing aspects of Kapost. Republish your content to your blog and various audiences.

Price: Free demo; accounts from $1,000-$3,000+ per month

26. Echo

Echo is a big daddy of social, engaging content curation, as evidenced by some of its heavy-hitter users, including Slate and Forbes. The adaptive, dynamic service gives you the tools to capture interesting content (in real-time, if you'd like), curate the most important or engaging stories, distribute them to your network, and integrate everything socially.

One of Echo's coolest features is Echo Conversations, a commenting system that enables real-time, natural conversations (no page refresh required) that encourage engagement and boost time spent on your website.

Price: Free demo; product quotes by request

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