Technology Learning Center
Free Online Educational Resources A Guide to over 175 Sources ======
I. TOP PICKS
Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/
Academic Earth - Online courses from the world's top scholars http://academicearth.org/
TED - Technology, Entertainment, & Design http://www.ted.com/
MIT Open CourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
Stanford Engineering Everywhere http://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx
Open Yale Courses http://oyc.yale.edu/
About U. - Collection of free online courses from About.com http://u.about.com/
Wikiversity http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page
YouTube EDU http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400
The Open University - Study at the OU http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/ http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
University of the People www.uopeople.org
1 | Open Educational Resources
University of Reddit http://ureddit.com/
Open Culture - The best free cultural & educational media on the web http://openculture.com/
VideoLectures - Exchange ideas & share knowledge http://videolectures.net/
CosmoLearning - Free educational website with thousands of courses & documentaries http://www.cosmolearning.com/
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II. UNIVERSITIES & HIGHER EDUCATION
Lecture Fox - Free university lectures http://lecturefox.com/
More Open Courses:
Open Courseware Consortium http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
Harvard Extension School - Computer Science & Technology http://computerscience1.tv/2010/spring/
Johns Hopkins University http://ocw.jhsph.edu/
Kaplan University http://ocw.kaplan.edu/
Notre Dame http://ocw.nd.edu/
2 | Open Educational Resources
Princeton's Institute for Advanced Study http://video.ias.edu/all
Tufts http://ocw.tufts.edu/
Utah State http://ocw.usu.edu/
Google in Education http://www.google.com/edu/index.html
ArsDigita University - Computer science and math lectures http://aduni.org/courses/
UC Berkeley Webcast - Central service for online video & audio for learners around the globe http://webcast.berkeley.edu/
UC Berkeley Video Courses - Free education online http://education.jimmyr.com/
Capilano University http://ocw.capilanou.ca/
Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/
Delft University of Technology http://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/
Rice University Connexions - A place to view and share educational modules http://cnx.org/
Stanford on iTunes U - Stanford-related digital audio content http://itunes.stanford.edu/content/overview.html
UC Irvine http://ocw.uci.edu/
3 | Open Educational Resources
UC San Diego Podcasts http://podcast.ucsd.edu/
University of Chicago's Mind Online - Thought-provoking samples of critical thinking & debate http://news.uchicago.edu/multimedia
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs http://www.uccs.edu/~math/vidarchive.html
University of Massachusetts http://ocw.umb.edu/
University of Michigan http://open.umich.edu/education
University of Southern Queensland http://ocw.usq.edu.au/
University of Sydney - Podcast episodes http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php
University of Virginia - Podcasts & webcasts http://www.virginia.edu/uvapodcast/
University of Washington - Computer Science & Engineering http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/course-webs.html
Utah Valley University - Online courses & open educational resources http://open.uvu.edu/
YouTube Channels:
Stanford http://www.youtube.com/stanford
4 | Open Educational Resources
UC Berkeley http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeley
University of New South Wales http://www.youtube.com/user/UNSWelearning
Yale http://www.youtube.com/yalecourses
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III. GENERAL COLLECTIONS
Free Video Lectures - 800+ Online Courses and 19,000+ Videos from Top 30+ Universities on 35+ Categories http://freevideolectures.com/
100 Intro Open Courses on Everything You've Ever Wanted to Learn http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2010/05/12/100-intro-open-courses-on-everything- youve-ever-wanted-to-learn/
Annotum (formerly Google's Knol) http://annotum.org/
IncrediCampus - Lectures and preparation/admission advice for college & graduate schools http://www.incredicampus.com/
Learners TV - Thousands of downloadable video lectures on liberal arts, science, engineering, and more http://www.learnerstv.com/
Online Education Database - 200 free online classes to learn anything http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/200-free-online-classes-to-learn-anything
Infoplease - All the knowledge you need http://www.infoplease.com/
5 | Open Educational Resources
MERLOT - Multimedia educational resource for learning and online teaching http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
Internet Archive http://www.archive.org/
101 Online Self-improvement Resources http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/101-self-improvement-resources/
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IV. HOW-TO & DIY
WikiHow - The how-to manual that you can edit http://www.wikihow.com/
How Stuff Works http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Wonder How To http://www.wonderhowto.com/categories/
Instructables http://www.instructables.com/
Make Magazine http://www.makezine.com/
How-to Help & Videos for Dummies http://www.dummies.com/
VideoJug - Get good at life http://www.videojug.com/
How to Create a Book in Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books
6 | Open Educational Resources
Let's Make Robots http://letsmakerobots.com/
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V. STUDYING with PEERS
Open Study - Study together http://openstudy.com/
P2P University - Learn anything with your peers http://p2pu.org/en/
Study Blue - Your digital backpack http://www.studyblue.com/
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VI. ONLINE BOOKS, eBOOKS, & JOURNALS
Google Books http://books.google.com/
WikiBooks - Open-content textbooks collection that anyone can edit http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
Planet eBook - Home of free classic literature http://www.planetebook.com/about.asp
Open Book Project http://openbookproject.net/
7 | Open Educational Resources
The Free Library http://www.thefreelibrary.com/
Many Books - Ad-free eBooks http://www.manybooks.net/
WorldCat - Collections & services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide http://www.worldcat.org/
iBiblio - The public's library and digital archive http://www.ibiblio.org/
LibriVox - Free public domain audiobooks http://librivox.org/
The Assayer - Web's largest catalog of books whose authors have made them available for free http://theassayer.org/
Amazon.com Free eBook Collection http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_85650291_15?ie=UTF8&node=2245146011
Scribd - Reading and publishing evolved http://www.scribd.com/
Textbook Revolution - Student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials http://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page
Directory of Open Access Journals http://www.doaj.org/
eReaderIQ - Recent non-public domain freebies & price-drop alerts http://www.ereaderiq.com/
Longform - New and classic non-fiction articles curated across the web http://longform.org/
8 | Open Educational Resources
Flatworld Knowledge - The first and largest publisher of free & open textbooks http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/
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VII. COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, & PROGRAMMING
W3Schools - The world's largest web development site http://www.w3schools.com/
Google Code University http://code.google.com/edu/
The New Boston - Step-by-step tutorials for multiple coding languages http://thenewboston.org/
UDacity - CS 101 http://www.udacity.com/
PHP Academy http://www.youtube.com/user/phpacademy
Better PHP http://www.youtube.com/betterphp
NetTuts+ - A large collection of coding tutorials http://nettuts.com/
Tutorial Guide - The site for all your tutorial needs http://www.tutorialguide.net/
Codecademy - Fun & interactive way to learn how to code http://www.codecademy.com/
Free Technology Academy - High quality educational material based on free software & open standards http://ftacademy.org/
9 | Open Educational Resources
Higher Computing for Everyone - Writing basic programs http://www.highercomputingforeveryone.com/
HTML 5 Please http://html5please.us/
Rails for Zombies http://railsforzombies.org/
Ruby Warrior - Open source game to teach Ruby language http://www.trybloc.com/courses/ruby-warrior/chapters/beginner#/1
Got API - Documentation search engine http://start.gotapi.com/
Lynda - Online software training videos http://www.lynda.com/
Intro to Linux http://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/bbnkp/ive_tinkered_in_ubuntu_before_but_its_ the_primary/c0lzpwk
Stack Overflow - Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmers http://stackoverflow.com/
DZone - Fresh links for developers http://www.dzone.com/links/index.html
Photoshop & Graphics:
Tutorial Hero - Photoshop & Flash tutorials http://www.tutorialhero.com/
PSD Tuts+ http://psd.tutsplus.com/
Photoshop Tutorials http://photoshoptutorials.ws/
10 | Open Educational Resources
Graphic Tutorials http://www.graphictutorials.net/
Photoshop Pack Graphic Design Resources http://www.photoshop-pack.com/
PSD FanExtra Tutorials http://psd.fanextra.com/category/tutorials/
Vandelay Design - Photoshop Tutorial Hall of Fame http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-tutorial-tutorials/
Grokking the GIMP http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html
Video CoPilot - Tutorials for VFx & motion graphics http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/
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VIII. SCIENCE & MATH
Scirus - The most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web http://www.scirus.com/
Cite Seer X - Access scientific and scholarly knowledge http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/
getCited - Academic database, directory, & discussion forum http://www.getcited.org/
National Science Digital Library - Explore, share, create http://nsdl.org/
Science Magazine Podcasts http://www.sciencemag.org/multimedia/podcast/
11 | Open Educational Resources
National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning - Science, Engineering, & Technology http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/
KQED's Quest - Explore science, nature, and environment stories from Northern California and beyond http://science.kqed.org/quest/
Freelance Teacher - Videos on physics, chemistry, math, & biology http://www.freelance-teacher.com/videos.htm
FHSST - Free high school science texts in physical sciences & math http://fhsst.org/
cK-12 Flexbooks http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/
Paul's Online Math Notes http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/
Reddit's List of Useful Online Math Resources http://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/bqbex/lets_list_all_the_useful_free_online_math/
Math, Better Explained http://betterexplained.com/
Astronomy & Outerspace:
Space Engine - Free space simulation software http://en.spaceengine.org/
Google Sky http://www.google.com/sky/
NASA for Students http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html
Scale of the Universe - Interactive Flash Animation http://www.scaleoftheuniverse.com/
12 | Open Educational Resources
Statistics:
Vassar Stats - Concepts and applications of inferential statistics http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/webtext.html
StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
Connexions Collaborative Statistics http://cnx.org/content/col10522/latest/
Handbook of Biological Statistics http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/statintro.html
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IX. LOGIC, WORDS, & MEMORY
Mind Tools - Memory improvement techniques http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html
The Nizkor Project - List of logical fallacies http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/index.html
Wikipedia's List of Logical Fallacies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
Wikipedia's List of Figures of Speech http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech
Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetorictoolkit/Tool_Kit_for_Rhetorical_Analysis.htm
KnoWord - Expand your vocabulary http://knoword.org/
Vocabulary.com - Learn new words & explore language http://www.vocabulary.com/
13 | Open Educational Resources
Brain Workshop - A Dual N-Back Game http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/
Argument Mapping Tutorials http://austhink.com/reason/tutorials/
Philosophy Bites - Podcasts of top philsophers http://www.philosophybites.com/
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X. LANGUAGES
Basic Composition - Reading & Writing http://www.basiccomposition.com/
BBC Languages - Beginner courses in multiple languages http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
Foreign Service Institute Language Courses http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php
Language Guide - Foreign language vocabulary, grammar, & readings http://www.languageguide.org/
eLanguage School - Free foreign language lessons online http://www.elanguageschool.net/
Free Online Language Courses via About.com http://distancelearn.about.com/od/onlinecourses/a/freelanguage.htm
DuoLingo - Learn a language for free & simultaneously translate the web http://duolingo.com/
Babel Nation - Learning languages online for free http://www.babelnation.com/
14 | Open Educational Resources
Transparent Language - Language learning software & resources in over 100 languages http://www.transparent.com/language-resources/languages.html
Survival Phrases - Learn essential travel phrases, tips, and insights http://survivalphrases.com/
Talk to Me in Korean http://talktomeinkorean.com/
Chinese Toolbox - Software for learning Chinese through reading http://www.chinesetoolbox.com/
LiveMocha - World's largest language learning community http://www.livemocha.com/
American Sign Language (ASL) University http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lesson01.htm
Handspeak - Sign language http://www.handspeak.com/
Signing Savvy - Your sign language resource http://www.signingsavvy.com/index.php
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XI. MUSIC
Music Theory - Lessons, exercises, & tools http://www.musictheory.net/
Ear Training & Music Theory Software http://www.trainear.com/
Basic Music Theory http://www.howmusicworks.org/
About.com Music Education - Music theory
15 | Open Educational Resources http://musiced.about.com/od/musictheory/u/musiced_musictheory.htm
Teoria - Music Theory Web http://teoria.com/
Ultimate Guitar - Lessons, techniques, & styles http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/
Justin Guitar - The best guitar instruction on the web http://www.justinguitar.com/
Chorder - Chord fingering and guitar resources http://www.chorder.com/guitar-chords/
Funk University - Assembly of Music's Finest http://www.thefunkuniversity.com/
Play Bass Now - Lessons, licks, and low notes http://playbassnow.com/
How to Play Piano http://www.howtoplaypiano.ca/
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XII. HISTORY
Teacher Resources - Western Civilization (52 half-hour video programs) http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Timeline of Art History http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
16 | Open Educational Resources
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XIII. BUSINESS, FINANCE, & INVESTING
Investopedia http://www.investopedia.com/
Google Advisor https://www.google.com/advisor/home
Google Finance http://www.google.com/finance
MarketWatch by WSJ http://www.marketwatch.com/
Main Street - Business & financial headlines & advice http://www.mainstreet.com/
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XIV. FOOD, NUTRITION, & COOKING
Good Eats Fan Page http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/GEFP/index.htm
Jamie's Home Cooking Skills http://www.jamieshomecookingskills.com/
Chef Todd Mohr's Web Cooking Classes (YouTube) http://www.youtube.com/user/ChefToddMohr
Nutrition Data - Self nutrition data; know what you eat http://www.nutritiondata.com/
Nutrition.gov - Smart nutrition & practical tips http://www.nutrition.gov/
17 | Open Educational Resources
Choose My Plate via USDA http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
The World's Healthiest Foods http://whfoods.org/foodstoc.php
Calorie King http://www.calorieking.com/
Start Making Choices - Simple ideas for living healthier on a budget http://www.startmakingchoices.com/index.jsp
Eat Right Nutrition Tips http://www.eatright.org/Public/content.aspx?id=206
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XV. SURVIVAL TIPS
Off Grid Survival - Wilderness and urban survival skills http://offgridsurvival.com/
Backwoods Magazine - Self reliance and self sufficiency http://www.backwoodshome.com/index.html
Survival Topics - Your online survival kit http://www.survivaltopics.com/
Wilderness Survival - Free info covering all aspects of survival http://www.wilderness-survival.net/
Discovery's Worst-Case Scenario Video Clips http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/worst-case-scenario/
18 | Open Educational Resources
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XVI. OTHER
Advanced Yoga Practices - Directory for Main Lessons http://www.aypsite.com/MainDirectory.html
Creative Live - A live, worldwide creative classroom http://www.creativelive.com/
19 | Open Educational Resources