Open Educational Resources: For Learners
Open Video Sharing
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Moving Image ArchiveA large collection of movies, films and videos that are all free to use.
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The Open Video ProjectA repository of open access digitized videos for education and learning purposes.
Open Image Sharing
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Flickr: Creative CommonsA collection of images published on Flickr using a Creative Commons license.
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NY Public Library Digital GalleryOpen access to over 700,000 digital images from the New York Public Library's collections.
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U.S. Government Photos and ImagesA vast collection of photos and images from the U.S. Government, many of which are in the public domain and free to use.
Quick Guide
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Academic EarthFree online lectures from universities such as Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, MIT, Princeton, Stanford and Yale.
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Flat World KnowledgeProvides a new approach to college textbooks offering rigorously reviewed textbooks online free of cost to students
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Free Technology AcademyThe Free Technology Academy consists of an advanced virtual campus with course modules that can be followed entirely online.
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Internet Archive: OERsProvided by the Internet Archive library, hundreds of free courses, video lectures, and supplemental materials from universities in the United States and China. Many of these lectures are available for download.
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Khan AcademyAn online collection of thousands of video tutorials on subjects such as mathematics, history, finance, physics, chemistry, biology, astronomy, and economics.
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MendeleyOrganize, share, and discover research papers
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Open Courseware ConsortiumFree and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses.
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Open YaleAnother freely accessible, online collection of courseware, this from Yale University.
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WikiBooksAn online wiki-based collection of over two thousand open-content textbooks. Fully editable, published under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License.
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WikiversityAnother wiki-based resource containing thousands of open educational resources on the university level.
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Wolfram|AlphaA free online computational knowledge engine. Highly useful for complex queries, high level mathematical computation, and statistical comparisons.
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World Digital LibraryPrimary materials from countries and cultures around the world, made available online free of charge.
Fair Use
The American Library Association's guide to fair use and its limitations.
Additional Resources
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Open Educational Resources: Impact on Institutions and Beyond (Vimeo)A presentation from SPARC Open Educational Resources Forum, given by Richard Baraniuk, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Rice University.