This list has beens compiled from the contributions of 223 learning professionals (from both education and workplace learning) who shared their Top 10 Tools for Learning both for their own personal learning/ productivity and for creating learning solutions for others.
TOP 20
Key to availability: D=download; H=hosted; C=insert code onto page
| Ranking | Tool | Votes | Description | Cost | Avail | ||
| 2008 | Spring | 2007 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 92 | del.icio.us Social bookmarking tool | Free | H | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Firefox | 77.5 | Firefox Web browser | Free | D |
| 3 | 3 | 7= | Google Reader | 65 | Google Reader RSS / Feed reader | Free | H |
| 4 | 4 | 3= | Skype | 62 | Skype Instant messaging, VoIP tool | Free | D |
| 5 | 6 | 6 | Wordpress | 57.5 | Wordpress Blogging tool | Free | H/D |
| 6 | 5 | 3= | 55 | Google Search Web search tool | Free | H | |
| 7 | 11 | 14 | Google Docs | 47.5 | Google Docs Web-based documents | Free | H |
| 8 | 7 | 5 | 47 | PowerPoint Presentation software | £ | D | |
| 9 | 13 | 12= | Moodle | 44.5 | Moodle Course management system | Free | D/H |
| 10 | 9= | 9 | Blogger | 44 | Blogger Blogging tool | Free | H |
| 11 | 17= | 43= | 42 | twitter Microblogging tool | Free | H | |
| 12 | 9= | 11 | Audacity | 40 | Audacity Sound editor and recorder | Free | D |
| 13 | 12 | 26= | Wikipedia | 36.5 | Wikipedia Collaborative encyclopedia | Free | H |
| 14 | 8 | 7= | Gmail | 35.5 | GMail Web-based email | Free | H |
| 15 | 15= | 16 | flickr | 33.5 | flickr Photo storage/ sharing site (and mobile version) | Free | H |
| 16 | 17= | 31= | Ning | 31 | Ning | Free | H |
| 17 | 15= | 17= | iGoogle | 30 | iGoogle Personalised start page | Free | H |
| 18 | 17= | 22= | YouTube | 29 | YouTube Video hosting/ sharing site (and mobile version) | Free | H |
| 19 | 20 | 15 | Wikispaces | 25 | Wikispaces Wiki tool | Free/£ | H |
| 20 | 14 | 31= | Slideshare | 24 | Slideshare Hosting / sharing presentations | Free | H |
21-59
| 21 | 21 | 26= | SnagIt | 22 | Snagit Screen capture tool | Free/£ | D |
| 22 | 22= | 10 | 21 | Word Word processing software | £ | D | |
| 23 | 24= | 101= | VoiceThread | 19 | VoiceThread Collaborative slideshows | Free/£ | H |
| 24 | 28= | 17= | 19.5 | Facebook Social networking site | Free | H | |
| 25 | 22= | 22= | Articulate | 19 | Articulate Presenter/Engage/ Quizmaker | £ | D |
| 26= | 35 | 50= | Camtasia Studio | 18.5 | Camtasia Studio Screencasting tool | £ | D |
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| 30 | - | Jing | 18.5 | Jing Record/share screen captures/casts | Free | D/H |
| 28 | 26 | 26= | iTunes | 17.5 | iTunes | Free | D |
| 29 | 31= | 36= | Google Calendar | 17 | Google Calendar Web-based calendar | Free | H |
| 30= | 24= | 12= | Bloglines | 14 | Bloglines RSS/Feed reader | Free | H |
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| 38= | 31= | 14 | LinkedIn | Free/£ | H | |
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| 27 | 17= | Captivate | 14 | Captivate Demo and scenario-based tool | £ | D |
| 33 | 43= | 57= | Google Alerts | 13 | Google Alerts Keep track of new information | Free | H |
| 34 | 40 | 36= | Google Maps | 12.5 | Google Maps Maps of the US. UK, etc (and mobile version) | Free | H |
| 35= | 52= | 72= | diigo | 12 | diigo Social bookmarking | Free | H |
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| 28= | 43= | PB Wiki | 12 | PB Wiki | Free/£ | H |
| 37 | 43= | 26= | Netvibes | 11.5 | Netvibes | Free | H |
| 38= | 36= | 43= | Flash | 11 | Flash Animation authoring tool | £ | D |
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| 31= | 17= | 11 | Outlook Email software | £ | D | |
| 40= | 48= | 40= | Google Earth | 10.5 | Google Earth Satellite and aerial imagery | Free | D |
| 31= | 101= | Pageflakes | 10.5 | Pageflakes | Free | H | |
| 42= | 52= | 36= | Google Scholar | 10 | Google Scholar Search for scholarly literature | Free | H |
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| 31= | 17= | MindManager | 10 | MindManager | £ | D |
| 44= | 43= | 26= | Dreamweaver | 9 | Dreamweaver Web authoring tool | £ | D |
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| 52= | 72= | eXe | 9 | eXe SCORM content authoring | Free | D |
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| 41= | 31= | OpenOffice | 9 | OpenOffice | Free | D |
| 41= | 57= | TypePad | 9 | TypePad | £ | H | |
| 43= | - | Wetpaint | 9 | Wetpaint Wiki tool | Free | H | |
| 36= | 57= | Zoho | 9 | Zoho Suite Online office suite (and mobile version) | Free | H | |
| 50= | 48= | 22= | 7.5 | Excel Spreadsheet software | £ | D | |
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| 52= | 50= | Elluminate | 7.5 | Elluminate Web meeting / conferencing | Free/£ | H |
| 48= | 43= | iPod | 7.5 | iPod MP3 player | £ | - | |
| 63 | 22= | Thunderbird | 7.5 | Thunderbird Email client | Free | D | |
| 54= | 79= | 72= | Drupal | 7 | Drupal/DrupalEd Content management system | Free | D |
| 79= | - | Remember the Milk | 7 | Remember the Milk Manage your tasks | Free | H | |
| 52= | 50= | FreeMind | 7 | Freemind Mind mapping tool | Free | D | |
| 41= | 101= | SecondLife | 7 | Second Life Virtual world application | Free | H | |
| 79= | - | Survey Monkey | 7 | Survey Monkey Survey and questionnaire tool | Free/£ | H | |
| 59= | 110= | 72= | Adobe Acrobat Professional | 6 | Adobe Acrobat Professional Create and control PDF documents | £ | D |
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| 64= | 50= | Adobe Photoshop | 6 | Photoshop | £ | D |
| 43= | 72= | Edublogs | 6 | edublogs Blogging tool for educators | Free | H | |
| 52= | - | Garageband | 6 | Garageband Personal recording studio | £ | D | |
| 79= | 101= | Google Sites | 6 | Google Sites | Free | H | |
| 110= | 101= | MindMeister | 6 | MindMeister | Free/£ | H |
65 onwards
| 65 | 52= | 72= | Keynote | 5.5 | Keynote | £ | D |
| 66= | 52= | 72= | Adobe Connect | 5 | Adobe Connect Web meeting/conferencing | £ | H |
| 64= | - | Basecamp | 5 | Basecamp | Free/£ | H | |
| 52= | 101= | Google Apps | 5 | Google Apps Communication /collaboration | £ | H | |
| 79= | - | 5 | iMovie Video editing software | £ | D | ||
| 110= | - | Joomla | 5 | Joomla! Content management system | Free | D | |
| 64= | 72= | Notepad | 5 | Notepad | Free | D | |
| 64= | - | OneNote | 5 | OneNote | £ | D | |
| 64= | - | Opera | 5 | Opera/Opera mini Web browser | Free | D | |
| 79= | - | Polldaddy | 5 | Polldaddy Polling and survey tool | Free | H/C | |
| 52= | - | Stumbleupon | 5 | Stumbleupon Social bookmarking tool | Free | H | |
| 110= | - | Windows LiveWriter | 5 | Windows LiveWriter Desktop blogging tool | Free | D | |
| 64= | - | Ustream | 5 | Ustream Live, interactive broadcasting | Free | H | |
| 64= | 72= | Yugma | 5 | Yugma Web meeting/ conferencing | Free/£ | D | |
| 79= | 72= | Zotero | 5 | Zotero Firefox add-on to support research | Free | D | |
| 80= | 76= | 72= | Adobe Reader | 4.5 | Adobe Reader PDF Reader | Free | D |
| 48= | - | Nvu | 4.5 | Nvu Web authoring tool | Free | D | |
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| 76= | 57= | TeacherTube | 4.5 | TeacherTube Instructional video sharing site | Free | H |
| 83= | 110= | 72= | Adobe Presenter | 4 | Adobe Presenter Narrated presentations | £ | D |
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| 79= | 101= | Bubbl.us | 4 | Bubbl.us Mind mapping tool | Free | H |
| 79= | 101= | CourseLab | 4 | CourseLab Course authoring tool | Free | D | |
| 79= | 72= | Furl | 4 | Furl Social bookmarking tool | Free | H | |
| 52= | 31= | Internet Explorer | 4 | Internet Explorer Web browser | Free | D | |
| 79= | 43= | GIMP | 4 | GIMP Image/photo editing tool | Free | D | |
| 79= | - | Jott | 4 | Jott Voice to text | Free | H | |
| 79= | - | LibraryThing | 4 | LibrayThing Library catalogue/book club | Free | H | |
| 79= | 36= | MediaWiki | 4 | MediaWiki | Free | D | |
| - | - | Movie Maker | 4 | Movie Maker | Free | D | |
| 52= | - | Paint.NET | 4 | Paint.NET Image and photo editing | Free | D | |
| 79= | 72= | Safari | 4 | Safari Web browser | Free | D | |
| 64= | 50= | Scribd | 4 | Scribd Document hosting and sharing site | Free | H | |
| 79= | - | SMART interactive whiteboard | 4 | SMART Board Interactive whiteboard tools | Free | D | |
| 79= | 72= | Tiddlywiki | 4 | TiddlyWiki Personal wiki tool | Free | D | |
| 110= | - | tumblr | 4 | tumblr Micro-blogging platform | Free | H | |
| - | - | Twhirl | 4 | Twhirl Desktop client for Twitter and other social software | Free | D | |
| 64= | - | Wink | 4 | Wink Software demonstration tool | Free | D | |
| 79= | - | Zamzar | 4 | Zamzar Online file conversion tool | Free | H |
