lectures

MERLOT

Available at: MERLOT. 

The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.

Computer Aids for Chemical Engineering (CACHE) teaching resources

Available at: CACHE teaching resources.

These resources include syllabi, schedules, computer-aided tools, interactive simulations, screencasts, concept questions, textbook information, useful links, and in some cases, complete course notes.

University of Oxford Podcasts

Available at: University of Oxford Podcasts.

Oxford’s Open Content allows for reuse, remixing and redistribution for education. Hundreds of courses are presented in the form of podcasts and include the instructor’s name, episode title, description of content, and date of recording. Content is browsable by series title, speaker, or departments and colleges.

TED talks

Available at: TED talks.

Filter video recommendations based on topics, languages, and duration of video. Details provides information may also contain information on presenter, and affiliated school for the video. 

MITOpenCourseware

Available at: MITOpenCourseware. 

Contains several open courses (with course materials) for undergraduate and graduate students. Information given includes a summary of the course, instructor(s), academic level, and features (ie. lecture notes, assignments, exams, etc.). Subject areas include business, energy, engineering, fine arts, health & medicine, humanities, mathematics, science, social science, society, and teaching & education.

OASIS

Available at: Oasis. 

OASIS (Openly available sources integrated search) is a search tool for OERs that searches open content from 98 sources and contains over 350,000 records. It is developed by SUNY Geneseo’s Milne Library. Results may be filtered by object type, subject, source, and CC license.

masonOER Metafinder

Available at: masonOER Metafinder.

Mason OER Metafinder is a federated search tool and searches several OER repositories simultaneously, including BC Campus, College Open Textbooks, HathiTrust, JSTOR Open books, Merlot, MIT Open Courseware, NYPL Digital Collections, OER Commons, Project Gutenburg. Search by OER specific sites.

OER Commons

Available at: OER Commons.

This is for those who are just starting out with OERs. OER Commons is easy to use, contains newer content, and results can be filtered by material type. OER Commons contains “Open Author” which helps creators build OERs and publish them. Formats include media rich documents, lesson builders and module builders. It can also build microsites for organizations to index their own unique content library.