Learner Support

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  • Resources
     
  • Open Text Books
     
  • MOOC Resources
     
  • Open Educational Resources (OER)
     
  • Open Courseware (OCW)
    • OCW Sources
    • Organized Access & FAQ

Primary Sources

• Alaska University (US) - Open Courses
• California University (US), UC Irvine, OpenCourseWare - OCW offerings directed at working adults seeking continuing education with option to enroll in related instructor-led, for-credit courses
• California University (US), webcast.berkeley - central service for online video & audio for students and learners around the globe
• California University (US), Podcasts
• Cape Town University (ZA) - web portal for accessing open teaching and learning content
• Carnegie Mellon University (US), Open Learning Initiative (OLI) - grant-funded group offering innovative online courses
• City University of New York (US) - Podcast Lectures
• Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) (NL), OpenCourseWare (OCW) - course materials free to everyone with online access
• European Graduate School (EGS) (HB) - Videos and video clips of lectures, sessions and interviews
• Foothill College (US), Sofia Open Content Initiative - open content initiative, promotes faculty & institutional sharing of online content: Project Overview, Course Gallery, News & Articles, Downloads
• Harvard University (US), Open Learning Initiative - selection of noncredit online courses featuring faculty to the public for free
• Hong Kong Open University (HK) - offers free opportunities for interested learners to have a genuine experience of distance education
• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School (US), OpenCourseWare Project - access to most popular courses
• King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (SA) - showcases course material used in the courses to be part of the global interactions in the open sharing of educational material
• Michigan University (US), Open.Michigan - Education - collection of openly licensed educational resources (OER)
• Middle East Technical University (TR), OpenCourseWare - open educational resource
• MIT OpenCourseWare (US) - web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. See also Video and Audio on MIT OCW - complete video and/or audio for a variety of courses - OpenCourseWare, Simulations, Applets and Visualizations - courses containing simulations, applets and visualizations
• Nagoya University (JP), OpenCourseWare - notes and materials from lectures in both liberal arts and science
• National Chiao Tung University (TW) - courses on basic sciences, compulsory and general courses
• New South Wales University (AU), eLearning Channel - view course content, related material and group activities
• Nottingham University (UK) - collection of open educational materials openly licenced, from complete modules to smaller-scale learning objectives
• Open University (UK), LearningSpace - over 700 free courses on a range of subjects
• Oxford University (UK), Podcasts - audio, video, also on iTunes
• Seoul National University (KR), SNU Opencourseware - open-ended educational content including syllabi and lecture notes to support higher education
• Stanford University (US), Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) - popular engineering classes free of charge for students and educators around the world
• Toyko Institute of Technology (JP), Opencourseware - platform for providing free access to course materials for users around the world
• Tufts University (US), OpenCourseWare - potential of internet to eliminate borders & geographic distance as obstacles to instantaneous exchange of knowledge & new ideas
• United Nations University, OpenCourseWare - showcases training and educational programmes implemented in a wide range of areas relevant to the work of the UN
• Utah State University (US), OpenCourseWare - collection of educational material used in formal campus courses
• Virtual University of Pakistan (PK) - Course lectures from Virtual University [YouTube videos]
• Waseda Course Channel (JP) - search syllabus of latest course and contents published in each subject (lecture introduction movie, lesson videos, materials used)
• Washington University (US), OpenUW - series of free courses
• WGBH Media Library and Archives (US), Open Vault - online access to unique and historically important content produced by the public television and radio station WGBH
• Wikieducator - free eLearning content - community project working collaboratively with the Free Culture Movement towards a free version of the education curriculum
• Wikiversity - Wikimedia Foundation project devoted to learning resources, learning projects, and research for use in all levels, types, and styles of education
• Yale University (US), Open Yale Courses - lectures and other materials from selected Yale College courses

See Also: Organized Access and FAQ