Archive for the ‘Open Education’ Category
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
DIY Learning has compiled a mega-list of colleges and universities which are offering free courses in Top 50 University Open Courseware Collections. These incredibly useful course offerings are divided into the following categories:
- Academic Behemoths
- Ivy League
- Western Institutions
- Colonial
- Midwestern Institutions
- United Kingdom
- International
- Purely Online
- Less Known, Equally Useful
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
Linda at Sir Learnalot’s Knowledge Blog has posted a list of the World’s 50 Best Open Courseware Collections. The list is divided into the following categories:
- American University and College Collections
- UK, Canadian and Australian Initiatives
- University Streaming Media
- Other Tools
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
OnlineCourses.org has compiled a mega-list of 100 Incredible Open Courses for the Ultimate Tech Geek. This comprehensive guide presents 100 free resources to develop your tech skill set. The courses are divided into the following categories:
- Computer Science and Engineering
- Computer Security
- Programming
- The Web
- Software
- Information Technology
- Communication Technology
- Technology in Education
- Tech Math
- Technology and Society
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Tuesday, October 13th, 2009
The Online Classes website has put together a mega-list of 100 Free Tools to Tutor Yourself in Anything. Find a wide range of free classes and tutorials in the following categories in this helpful post:
- General
- Language
- Music
- Life Skills
- Around the House
- Technology
- General Academic
- Business
- Health and Fitness
- Math and Science
- Liberal Arts
- Fine Arts
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Guy McDowell at MakeUseOf rounds up 5 Great Sites with Free Video Lectures from Top Colleges. These are all websites with university-level lectures from top institutions such as MIT, McGill, Oxford, and more.
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Sarah Russel at BestCollegesOnline compiles a mega-list of 50 Excellent Open Courses for Techie Librarians. This guide to free online courses includes the following areas of study:
- Open Source
- Information & Research
- Engagement
- Technology
- Books & Writing
- Law
- Education
- Communication
- Operations
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Thursday, March 5th, 2009

A new online portal called Academic Earth has aggregated the video lectures available from universities such as MIT, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Stanford, and Berkeley. According to The Bivings Report they plan to roll out many social features for users over the next couple of months. Another good place to look for open courseware and lecture materials is the Open Courseware Consortium where you can browse or Google across the collections of the 200 international universities who provide OCW.
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