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This page and the next below lists sites that offer OCW in general, typically covering a range of academic subject areas.

Individual items of OCW from these sites might not have been included under subject headings of the Open Courseware Directory (see Open Courseware Directory menus on left). If you find OCW items you would like to recommend please post or, better still, register and create the OCW item yourself.

The final page links to information about Open Educational Resources (OER) in general.

Prime Sites

• MIT OpenCourseWare (US) - free & open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, & self-learners around world: aeronautics & astronautics, anthropology, architecture, athletics, physical education & recreation, biological engineering, biology, brain & cognitive sciences, chemical engineering, chemistry, civil & environmental engineering, comparative media studies, earth, atmospheric & planetary sciences, economics, electrical engineering & computer science, engineering systems division, foreign languages & literatures, health sciences & technology, history, linguistics & philosophy, literature, materials science & engineering, maths, mechanical engineering, media arts & sciences, music & theater arts, nuclear science & engineering, physics, political science, science technology & society, management, special programs, urban studies & planning, women's studies, writing & humanistic studies

  MIT Lecture Browser - web interface to video recordings of lectures and seminars indexed using automatic speech recognition technology, play the video starting at the relevant point and see synchronized transcript

• Open University (UK), LearningSpace - OpenLearn LearningSpace - free access to course materials, open to learners anywhere in the world: forums, Learners, Educators, Organisations, Researchers, Arts and History, Business and Management, Education, Health and Lifestyle, IT and Computing, Mathematics and Statistics, Modern Languages, Science and Nature, Society, Study Skills, Technology, how to ...

University and College Sites

• Arizona University (US), Searchable Video Library - video presentations & taped class lectures through searchable interface, videos transcribed by voice recognition or closed-captioning so that spoken text can be searched: search, info

• California University (US), Berkeley on iTunes U - courses (computer science, chemistry, physical sciences, arts & humanities, engineering, social sciences, biological sciences, natural resources, information science), events, research

• California University (US), UV Irvine, Open Courseware - demonstration course designed to prepare teachers to sit for CSET exams in math and science, complete course in personal financial planning, Core course lessons from professional certificate programs to supplement skills of working adults seeking career ehancement or personal enrichment

• California University (US), webcast.berkeley, Video and Podcasts for Courses - Podcasts and Webcasts of current and archived courses, Prominent speakers and on-campus events, live and on-demand

• University of California Television (UCTV) (US) - non-commercial satellite channel that broadcasts educational and enrichment programming: Health and Medicine - Science - Public Affairs - Humanities - Arts and Music - Agriculture - Professional Medical Education

• Carnegie Mellon University (US), Open Learning Initiative (OLI) - collection of "cognitively informed" openly available free online courses & course materials that enact instruction for an entire course in an online format: biology, calculus, causal & statistical reasoning, chemistry, economics, empirical research methods, French, logic, physics, statistics, statics

• Chulalongkorn University (TH), Chula OpenCourseware - course materials available through an open content license: Structural Analysis, Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering, Internal Combustion Engine, Engine and Emissions Control, Surveying, Algorithm Design, Database Management, Speech Recognition, Computer Engineering, Programming

• City University of New York (US), P O D C A S T L E C T U R E S - lectures(Philosophy, Psychology, Planning and Design of Research, Oral Communication in Contemporary Society, Forum on Teaching with Digital Technologies), links

• Columbia University (US), FATHOM ARCHIVE - archive of online learning resources, including lectures, articles, interviews, exhibits and free seminars

• Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) (NL), OpenCourseWare (OCW) - free and open digital publication of educational materials organized as courses: Watermanagement, Microelectronics, Offshore Engineering, NanoScience, BioMechatronics, Sustainable Development

• Duke University (US), Academic Podcasts - public radio, govt, directories, universities, online books, podcasting tutorial

• Georgia University (US), Terry College of Business - Global Text Project, creating a free library of 1,000 electronic textbooks for students in the developing world covering the range of topics typically encountered in the first two years of a university's undergraduate programs, global academic community and global corporations engaged in creating and sponsoring this library

• Harvard University (US), Harvard@Home - exploration of a wealth of topics through Web-based video programs, teaching, cutting-edge research, and noteworthy events, more than fifty programs covering subjects ranging from the arts to social sciences, from history to current affairs, from literature to science and math

• Hokkaido University (JP), Master's Course Entrance Exam - philosophy, behavioural sciences, Japanese history & archaeology, Asian geography, western history, American & English llterature, English linguistics, Japanese & Chinese literature

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School (US), School of Public Health's OpenCourseWare Project - access to most popular courses, open access to info & knowledge about obstacles to public's health & potential solutions: courses (adolescent health, behavior & health, biostatistics, environment, general public health, global health, health policy, injury, prevention, maternal & child health, mental health, nutrition, population science, public health preparedness, refugee health, health policy)

• Korea University (KR), OpenCourseWare - making course materials available through an open content license: Available Colleges (Education, Engineering, Information and Communication, Law, Liberal Arts, Science, International Studies)

• Kyoto University (JP), OpenCourseWare - free & open publication of course material [mostly in Japanese - we are unable to comment further]

• Maricopa Community College (US), Web Courseware - available products, reference for comparing different systems & other tools for online testing: resources, comparisons, testing tools

• Massachusetts University (US), OpenCourseWare - free and open educational resource for faculty, students and self-learners world wide, Available Departments: Biology, Counseling and School Psychology, History, Mathematics, Nursing and Health Sciences, Political Science, Psychology, Special Education

• MIT (US), DSpace at MIT, MIT's online institutional repository - built to save, share, and search MIT's digital research materials, Over 14,000 MIT Theses, individual MIT faculty & researchers, create collections in DSpace: communities & Collections, Titles, Authors, Subjects, By Date, news

• MIT (US), OpenCourseWare, Video and Audio on MIT OCW - complete video and/or audio for a variety of courses

• MITWORLD (US), Distributed Intelligence - free & open site providing on-demand video of significant public events at MIT: videos (of note, finder)

• Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (US), National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) - growing library of online courses for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement

• Nagoya University (JP), OpenCourseWare - (English & Japanese): teaching materials used in selected courses available to the public at no charge: playing in the World of Civil Law, creating the Image of Future University, basics of Bioagricultural Sciences

• Notre Dame University (US)OpenCourseWare - free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world

• Ohio State University, The Knowledge Bank (US) - contains collections of presentations, publications and reports related to implementation of an institutional repository, e-prints, preprints, datasets both statistical and geospatial, technical reports, images both visual and scientific, working papers, teaching materials such as lecture notes or simulations, conference papers, audio/video files and electronic-publications

• OpenContent (US) - evangelizing idea of opening access to educational resources: blog, oishii!, ocwfinder, google ocw, wiki

• Osaka University (JP), Open Courseware - Open Course Ware Pilot Site, collections of educational materials [mainly in Japanese], for self-studying materials or for understanding courses taught: course list (dentistry, economics, engineering, frontier biosciences, human sciences, info science & technology, international public policy, law, language & culture, letters, medicine, pharmaceutical sciences, science)

• ParisTech (FR), Graduate School - Over 2000 teaching resources (mostly in French): Mathematics and Applications, Information and Communication Sciences and Technologies, Physics, Optics, Materials Science, Mechanics and Mechanical Engineering, Fluid Mechanics and Energy, Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Life Sciences and Engineering, Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering, Sciences of Economy, Management and Society, Other Teaching Fields

• Princeton University (US), Archived Lectures - Event Streaming Webmedia, meeting academic, administrative and instructional needs, including support for University sponsored events and activities: lectures, events, podcasts

• Rai Foundation (IN), OpenCourseware (ROCW) - for self learners who aspire to add value to themselves and for the community at large: Architecture, Biosciences & Technology, Computing, Electronics, Mechanical, Management, Mass Communication, Insurance, Media-Moving Image, Hospitality & Tourism, Fashion, Healthcare, Fine Arts, Public Administration

• Regina University (CA), Exam Database - Students' Union database

• Russell Educational Consultancy and Productions (US), Podcasts for Educators Schools and Colleges - podcasts from over 400 channels for educational use, for teaching and learning activities with children, young people and educational professionals: About podcasting, Professional items, Subject podcasts, Full listing, Latest channels, Educator's tips, e-Learning, e-Global Classrooms, Podcast resources, weblog, Submit a podcast

• Southern Queensland University (AU), OpenCourseWare - access to free and open educational resources for faculty members, students, and self-learners throughout the world

• Stanford University (US), OpenCourseWare - prototype of the OpenCourseWare Initiative being proposed at Stanford University, material from classes at Stanford would be published on this website and made available freely to anyone, anywhere: courses

• Sofia (US), Sharing of Free Intellectual Assets (open content initiative) - open content initiative, promotes faculty & institutional sharing of online content: project overview, participate now!, news & articles, course gallery (creative typography, elementary statistics, physical geography, enterprise network security, introduction to Java programming, introduction to Macromedia Flash, musicianship, webpage authoring)

• Stanford on iTunes U (US) - download faculty lectures, interviews, music & sports, play audio on iPod, Mac or PC or burn CD: heard on campus, global issues - Stanford initiatives, music, faculty lectures, sports, books & authors

• Sydney University (AU), Examination Papers - agriculture, architecture, arts, dentistry, economics, education, engineering, law, medicine, science, veterinary science

• Texas University (US), The World Lecture Hall - links to pages created by faculty worldwide using WWW to deliver class materials, for anyone interested in courseware on the Internet, faculty developers, curious students: find a course, browse by area

• Toyko Institute of Technology (JP), Opencourseware - platform for providing free access to course materials for users around the world: over 30 courses from Graduate Schools of (Science and Engineering, Information Science and Engineering, Decision Science and Technology)

• Tokyo University, OpenCourseWare (JP) - free & open educational resource for faculty, students & self-learners around world: course list (science, engineering, medicine, frontier sciences, interfaculty initiative in information studies, humanities & sociology, education, arts & sciences)

• Tufts University (US), OpenCourseWare - free access to certain course content online, seeks to capitalize on potential of internet to eliminate borders & geographic distance as obstacles to instantaneous exchange of knowledge & new ideas, courses in: dental medicine, medicine, nutrition science & policy, multilateral negotiation, veterinary medicine, arts & sciences

• United Nations University, OpenCourseWare - course materials available through an open content license: Software Technology, Water, Environment and Health, Innovation and Technology

• Utah State University (US), OpenCourseWare - collection of educational material used in formal campus courses, provides people around world with opportunity to access learning opportunities: available departments (anthropology, biological & irrigation engineering, civil & environmental engineering, economics, electrical & computer engineering, english family, consumer & human development, forest range, & wildlife sciences, history, instructional technology, languages philosophy & speech communication, other educational resources, theatre arts, university extension)

• Wales University, Past Examination Papers (UK) - computer science, education, English, European languages, history & Welsh history, information studies, biological sciences, geography & earth sciences, mathematical & physical sciences, rural sciences, international politics, law, Welsh studies, music, art

• Waseda University, OpenCourseWare (JP) - linked to electronic lecture information search system where information on the syllabus for the current courses is available, Course materials published by faculty members who agree with the concept of OCW through the system

• Washington University (US), OpenUW - variety of learning in these free online courses: American Civil War, Energy, Diet and Weight, Greek Mythology, Gulliver's Travels, Hamlet, HTML Basics, History of Jazz, American Revolution, Shakespeare's Comedies, Heroic Fantasy, World War II

• Washington University (US), Colloquium and Televised Talk Information - accessible talks by leading computer scientists and computer engineers, Colloquium talks are available live or on-demand in multiple formats

• Wikiversity - community for creation and use of free learning materials and activities, multidimensional social organization dedicated to learning, teaching, research and service - Creates and hosts free content, multimedia learning materials, resources, and curricula for all age groups in all languages - Develops collaborative learning projects and communities around these materials

• Yale University (US), Open Yale Courses - lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses, span full range of liberal arts disciplines, including humanities, social sciences, and physical and biological sciences