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Open Courseware (OCW) - Listings of Main Sites Carrying OCW

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What is Open Courseware? - see Open Courseware FAQ.

Academic Sites (A-O), along with Academic Sites (P-Z) and other sites, lists the main websites offering OCW in general, typically covering a range of academic subject areas.

Please note that only sites carrying "significant" OCW items (notes, images, videos etc) covering academic topics in reasonable depth are included here. (Items consisting only of course advertisements, sub-topic headings or single lectures are not included in the Open Courseware Directory - see About the iBerry OCW Directory.)

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

Open Courseware - Prime Sites, Academic Sites (A - O)

Prime Sites

  • MIT OpenCourseWare (US) - web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content, OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity: Architecture and Planning, Engineering, Health Sciences and Technology, Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, Management, Science, Science, Other Programs, Cross-Disciplinary Topics
  • MIT (US), OpenCourseWare, Video and Audio on MIT OCW - complete video and/or audio for a variety of courses
  • MIT Lecture Browser (US) - 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, free study units with a discussion forum, Study independently or join a group and use learning tools to work with others: forums, 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, using learning tools, learning clubs

University and College Sites

Open Courseware - Academic Sites (P-Z)

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

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

Open Courseware - Other Sites

  • Annenberg Media, Learner.org (US) - helps teachers increase their expertise & assist them in improving their teaching methods, Many programs intended for students in the classroom and viewers at home: interactives, arts, foreign language, literature & language arts, maths, science, social studies & history

  • Applied Math and Science Education Repository (AMSER)(US) - portal of free educational resources and services specifically for Community and Technical Colleges: Arts, Educational Technology, Foreign Languages, Health, Language Arts, Maths, Philosophy, Physical Education, Religion, Science, Social studies, Vocational Education

  • The Assayer, Book Reviews and Discussion for the Free Information Renaissance - catalog of free books, collects user-submitted reviews: add or review a book, browse by (subject, author, title, reviewer)

ZaidLearn on delicious - "OCW Bundle"

Latest links tagged by Zaid Ali Alsagoff of ZaidLearn.

Latest #OCW Tweets

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Open Courseware FAQ

  • What is Open Courseware (OCW)?

    "Courseware" implies any type of "knowledge product" associated with the delivery of a lecture course or program of study. Digitised material such as lecture notes, handouts, slides, tutorial material, exam questions, quizzes, videos and demonstrations are all typical examples. "Open Courseware" is courseware that has been made publicly available, free of charge, by the author to any user with web access anywhere in the world. To find out more about OCW take a look at some of the prime websites in this section of the iBerry Open Courseware Directory.

  • As a self-learner, can I use Open Courseware to construct my own program of study?
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