Q: What is a status of MOOCs?

A: Failure. What did we learn from it? I am following the results of this experiment.  See the article by Rebecca Schuman: The King of MOOCs Abdicates the Throne How long the inertia of implementing online on a big scale will go? No status report yet...

Q: What Social Web applications for creating and sharing mind maps are available? I want students to use mind mapping for group projects to generate, visualize, and organize ideas, and develop stronger problem solving, and decision making skills.

A:  Try bubbl.us https://bubbl.us/ and Mindomo http://www.mindomo.com/

Q: I want to find an alternative to clickers. What tool I can use in class to show the bell curve in real time?

A: You can use technology that students already own (laptops, cell phones). See the list of compatible tools below:

AdobeConnect: http://tv.adobe.com/watch/learn-adobe-connect/creating-a-poll/
Poll­Daddy: http://polldaddy.com Socra­tive: http://www.socrative.com/ Piazza: https://piazza.com/ ​ https://piazza.com/features#​
Lec­ture­Tools: http://www.lecturetools.com/ Ques­tion­Press: http://www.questionpress.com/ Learn­ing Cat­alyt­ics: https://learningcatalytics.com/ pollev­ery­where: http://www.polleverywhere.com/highered-student-response-system men­time­ter: http://mentimeter.com/ Celly: http://cel.ly/ eClick­ers: http://www.eclicker.com/ Turn­ingTech­nolo­gies Respon­se­Ware: http://www.turningtechnologies.com/studentresponsesystems/mobiledistancelearning/higheredresponseware/ Socra­tive: http://socrative.com/# Google Forms: docs.google.comhttps://sites.google.com/a/pjrprojects.co.uk/sitesguide/google-sites/how-tos/create-a-poll-using-google-formshttp://www.demogeek.com/2009/04/01/polls-made-easier-with-google-docs-spreadsheet/Top Hat Mon­o­cle: http://www.tophatmonocle.com/ GoSoap­Box: http://gosoapbox.com/tour iClicker Web Clicker:  http://www.iclicker.com/products/webclicker/ Click­er­School Vir­tual Clicker by Eduware: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/clickerschool-virtual-clicker/id444020820?mt=8 Soda­Head Polls-WP plug-in:  http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sodahead-polls/ Pin­nion: http://www.pinnion.com/References:
http://blogs.princeton.edu/etc/2012/04/10/alternatives-to-physical-clickers-in-the-classroom/http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/10/three-alternatives-to-clicker-response.html#.UXm7AcolHuQ​

Q: Where I can find a free footage to make my presentation in class more engaging? My students are copiyng images from Internet for their projects. How to make sure that they are copyright free?

A: In a situation when students are assigned to use the pictures for power point presentation project I will advise students to search in public domains.

How to use Creative Commons to find free images, audio and video tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvsbJaJeFGY
The instructions are at Creative Commons wiki page: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Public_domain
and here: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions

Not all the links are working but it is a good place to start your search for free footage.
CC free video search: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Special:Ask&offset=50&limit=500&q=[[format%3A%3AMovingImage]]&p=mainlabel%3DName%2Fformat%3Dbroadtable&po=%3F%3DName%23%0A%3FMainurl%3DWebsite%0A%3FSize%0A

and films: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Video

Example: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Blip.tv
http://blip.tv/

Q: I want to put something on the internet, but how do I do that.

A: I want to introduce you to the digital representation of a sticky wall - a drag-and-drop interface - Padlet: http://padlet.com/ (in case you didn't know about it).

It is available in Chrome browser. If you consider using more interactive tools with your students online it is a good addition to a blog. It gives your students more control on building a group website.

Resources:
http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/21/yc-backed-padlet-brings-drag-and-drop-to-collaborative-web-site-creation/
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/02/wallwisher-is-now-padlet.html#.USucjWej-MQ

Check more creative tools at Chrome:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/category/app/89-creative-tools?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon

such as
Balsamiq Mockups (wireframing tool - not free)
bomomo - drawing tool (free)
mind map - mapping tool
Autodesk 123D Catch - turn your photo into 3D model
etc.

Q: I've been looking for more flexible and easy to customize LMS for our online classes? What are the most competitive solutions on a market right now?

A: After attending the 4th Annual QM (Quality Matters) Conference on Quality Assurance in Online Learning Program I would look closer at products like Canvas: http://www.instructure.com/
http://www.instructure.com/higher-education
Also SoftChalk offers solutions for eLearning initiatives: http://softchalk.com/

Q: What platform would your recommend for an educator who wants to share his/her teaching practices online?

A: The best way is to create the educational video and distribute it at TED-Ed:

http://ed.ted.com/about

TED-Ed’s commitment to creating lessons worth sharing is an extension of TED’s mission of spreading great ideas. Within the growing TED-Ed video library, you will find carefully curated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed platform. This platform also allows users to take any useful educational video, not just TED's, and easily create a customized lesson around the video. Users can distribute the lessons, publicly or privately, and track their impact on the world, a class, or an individual student. 

http://youtu.be/FfJ5XG5i2aw

Q: Do you have any information about free courses available online?

A: Check the following resources:

Khan Academy

http://www.khanacademy.org/about

The Khan Academy is an organization on a mission. We're a not-for-profit with the goal of changing education for the better by providing a free world-class education to anyone anywhere.

All of the site's resources are available to anyone. It doesn't matter if you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology. The Khan Academy's materials and resources are available to you completely free of charge. 

Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/

Education for Everyone.

We offer courses from the top universities, for free.
Learn from world-class professors, watch high quality lectures, achieve mastery via interactive exercises, and collaborate with a global community of students.

Udacity

http://www.udacity.com/courses

- Welcome to Udacity! We currently offer the following courses, with many more to come. All our courses are free, and you are welcome to sign up at any time. CS101 and CS373 are now open classes, you can enroll and follow along at your own pace. The remainder of our classes are being offered for the first time, new units will be posted once every week starting April 16th for seven weeks, and we suggest you follow along if you can although it is not required. We currently offer exams for all classes every eight weeks. 

Open Culture

http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

450 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Q: Does Blackboard support publishing, sharing and consumption of open educational resources (OER) across its platforms?

A: Blackboard Inc.announced a series of new initiatives to provide greater support for open education efforts. 

http://www.blackboard.com/About-Bb/Media-Center/Press-Releases.aspx?releaseid=1618654