Open Courseware - Prime Sites, University and College Sites (A - O)

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Prime Sites

  • Carnegie Mellon University (US), Open Learning Initiative (OLI) - intelligent tutoring systems, virtual laboratories, simulations and frequent opportunities for assessment and feedback, courses intended to enact the kind of dynamic, flexible, and responsive instruction that fosters learning: Engineering Statics, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, French, Logic & Proofs, Argument Diagramming, Media Programming, Anatomy & Physiology,Speech
  • 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, Other Programs, Cross-Disciplinary Topics - 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
  • OER Commons (US) - provides support for and knowledge base around the use and reuse of open educational resources (OER): browse all, OER landscape, subject areas (Arts, Business, Humanities, Mathematics & Statistics, Science & Technology, Social Sciences), grade levels, materials types, course-related materials, libraries & collections
  • Open University (UK), LearningSpace - 600 free online courses available from introductory to advanced level, between 1 and 50 hours to study, complete activities to assess progress and compare with sample answers, connect with other learners in discussion forums, find learning tools: Arts and Humanities, Business and Management, Childhood and Youth, Computing and ICT, Education, Engineering and Technology, Environment, Development and International Studies, Health and Social Care, Languages, Law, Maths and Statistics, Psychology, Science, Skills, Social Science

University and College Sites . . . . . .

  • 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: collections, courses, materials, lectures
  • California University (US), webcast.berkeley - central service for online video & audio for students and learners around the globe
  • California University (US), Podcasts - courses, how to listen
  • Cape Town University - web portal for accessing open teaching and learning content, showcase teaching efforts and encourage publication of open resources: Centre for Higher Education Development, Commerce, Engineering and the Built Environment, Health Sciences, Humanities, Law, Science
  • Capliano University (CA), OpenCourseWare - free and open educational resource for faculty, students and self-learners throughout the world: Anthropology, Art History, Business, Chemistry, Computing Science, English, Geography, Mathematics & Statistics, Philosophy, Studio Art
  • China Open Resource for Education (CORE) OpenCourseWare (CN) - free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world: Architecture, Art, Biology, Chemistry, Electronics, Geography, Law, Literature, Maths, Mechanical Engineering, Medicine
  • Chulalongkorn University (TH), Chula OpenCourseware - course materials available through an open content license: Structural Analysis, Advanced Topics in Civil Engineering, Internal Combustion Engine, Engine and Emissions Control, Surveying, Algorithm Design, Database Management, Speech Recognition, Computer Engineering
  • City University of New York (US), Podcast Lectures - English, Anthropology, Cultural Diversity, Philosophy, Psychology, Sociology, Speech, Writing
  • Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) (NL), OpenCourseWare (OCW) - course materials free to everyone with online access: Watermanagement, Microelectronics, Offshore Engineering, NanoScience, Biomedical engineering, Sustainable Development, Transportation and Planning, Media and Knowledge Engineering, Engineering and Policy Analysis, Product Design, Bachelor Industrial Design Engineering, Marine Technology, Geomatics
  • Dixe State College of Utah (US), OpenCourseWare - free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world: Computer and Information Technology, Elementary Education, Family Studies, Humanities, Mathematics
  • European Graduate School (EGS) (HB) - Videos and video clips of lectures, sessions and interviews
  • Falmouth, University College (UK), openSpace - platform for making teaching materials free to learners all over the world through Creative Commons, 'how to' guidance, courses: MA Professional Writing, IPR For Educational Environments
  • 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), Open Learning - flexible learning, Open Learning platform to give free access to educational resources, access anytime and anywhere: Business & Management, Education, Finance & Investment, Health, History & Culture, Language & Literature, Science & Technology, Learning Resources, Free Courseware, Jobs & Career
  • Japan Opencourseware Consortium (JOCW)(JP) - official site: history, members, events
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School (US), OpenCourseWare Project - access to most popular courses, open access to info & knowledge about obstacles to public's health & potential solutions: content by topic, image library
  • 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: Applied & Supporting Studies, Computer Science & Engg, Engineering Sciences, Environmental Design, Industrial Management, Sciences
  • Michigan University (US), Open.Michigan - Education - collection of openly licensed educational resources (OER), Ranging from course materials to videos to software tools to student work, ready for downloading and remixing: literature, science and the arts, architecture + urban planning, dentistry, education, engineering,information, medical, nursing, pharmacy, public health, public policy, social work
  • Middle East Technical University (TR), OpenCourseWare - open educational resource: Aerospace, Architecture, Chemistry, Engineering (civil, computer, electrical, environmental, industrial, mechanical, materials, mining), Cognitive, Instructional Technology, English, Education, Language, Geodetic and Geographic, Informatics, maths, Philosophy, Physics, Psychology, Statistics
  • Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (US), National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) - growing library of online courses for students and faculty in higher education, high school and Advanced Placement: College Course Foundations (American Government, Psychology, Religions of the World, Statistics for Social Sciences, US History, Non-Majors Biology, Environmental Science, Physic,Algebra
  • Nagoya University (JP), OpenCourseWare - notes and materials from lectures in both liberal arts and science, contents ranging from natural science to sociology
  • National Chiao Tung University (TW) - courses on basic sciences, compulsory and general courses: Science, Engineering, Management, Biological Science and Technology, Humanities and Social Science, General Education, Chinese Language, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • New Jersey Institute of Technology (US) - free and open digital publication of educational materials, organized as courses, Some courses in video, others in audio, Course lecture notes and presentations for some courses: College of Science and Liberal Arts, Newark College of Engineering, School of Management
  • New South Wales University (AU), eLearning Channel - Watch lectures for UNSW courses, view course content, related material and group activities: uploads, favorites, playlists
  • Notre Dame University (US)OpenCourseWare - free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world: Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering, Africana, Anthropology, Arabic & Middle East, Architecture, Social Concerns, Civil Engineering & Geological Sciences, Classics, Computer, English, History, Math, Peace, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Poverty, Romance Languages & Literatures, Sociology, Theology
  • Nottingham University (UK) - collection of open educational materials openly licenced, from complete modules to smaller-scale learning objectives: Arts, Engineering, Medicine and Health Sciences, Science, Social Sciences
  • Oxford University (UK), Podcasts - audio, video, also on iTunes: Divisions (Humanities, Mathematical Physical and Life Sciences, Medical Sciences, Social Sciences), Continuing Education [note: 'podcast web portal' about to change]

I think I will check out the

I think I will check out the Middle East Technical University and see for myself what they have to offer. I am about to start my own master of engineering management so it would be interesting to get a better image of what I should expect. I have a feeling the next few years are going to be very interesting!

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