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Copio e colo as seguintes observações globais achando particularmente interessante a observação 4 sobre o ressurgimento de ferramentas baseadas em e-mail e a observação 6 sobre ferramentas de motivação em sala de aula:

1. YouTube retains the #1 position that it is has held for the 5th year running. It is still an easy-to-use resource of videos for learning – both for individuals and teachers/trainers.

2. Zoom has zoomed up the list into the #2 spot this year. It is clear that video meetings are not just important for remote work, but to keep in touch with family and friends throughout lockdown – and of course for virtual training and virtual education too. It has allowed life to go on as much as possible, so for this reason, I’ll name Zoom as the TOOL OF THE YEAR 2020.

   • Microsoft Teams has also jumped up into the #5 spot – but has not quite caught up with Zoom, as Teams is focussed more on collaborative work than consumer use.

   • Other chat and video meeting tools have attained strong positions on the list this year. For example, Google Meet is up 77 places to #16 primarily because it has become free to use, WhatsApp moves up to #10, Flipgrid is up 34 places to #38 and Whereby is up 79 places to #45. Jitsi Meet is one of a number of new video meeting tools to appear on the list

3. Collaboration platforms do very well this year. Although Slack (MS Teams’s big competitor) drops back 5 places and Workplace by Facebook is down 43 places to 103) Trello is up 8 places, Asana is back on the list, and new platforms like ClickUp have appeared/

   • Online whiteboards for visual collaboration are a striking new category. Three new tools – Mural, Miro and MS Whiteboard – have joined Jamboard. They all take mind mapping to a new level.

4. There has actually been a resurgence in email tools this year; the “zero inbox” concept seems to have all but disappeared!

5. Google Classroom soars into the Top 20 at #15. Up a whopping 121 places this year, it is the highest mover up the list, and becomes the top learning platform. Many other learning platforms have also moved up the lists (both for the workplace and education). For example, Moodle is up to #36, aNewspring is up to #64 and Totara is up to #92).

6. Live engagement tools have come into their own this year. Most have rebranded from being purely classroom or event engagement tools to support engagement within remote meetings and for remote teaching. Kahoot is at the top of the list at #24 (even though it has been pushed down a few places), but other tools have moved significantly up the list – Mentimeter (up 15) Quizizz (up 115), Socrative (up 31), etc.

7. LinkedIn edges ahead of Twitter for the first time as the top social networking platform – although both platforms have actually dropped down the list a few places this year.

8. LinkedIn Learning remains the most popular online course platforms although it has also dropped down the list a number of places as have nearly all the big online course platforms on the list (e.g. Udemy, Coursera, Udacity, FutureLearn, etc)

9. Articulate is still the top course authoring, but like the other course authoring tools and most of the major content development tools, it has also moved down the list.

10. There are 32 new tools on the list. The most interesting for me? Google Lens (image recognition app) and Otter (for live transcriptions) both of which make use of AI, as well as Google Arts & Culture (for virtual visits).

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