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Individual courses
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Organization (if any) | Degree / Non-degree | Instructor's Name | Location | Other Info | Language | Tags |
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Computer Oriented Mathematics | http://www.math.tu-berlin.de/Vorlesungen/WS04/CoMa.1/#Ressourcen | TU Berlin | Non-degree | Prof. Luebbecke | Browser | mostly PDF files | German | |
CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion | http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/ | Harvard Law | Non-degree | Prof. C. Nesson | Browser and Second Life | Autumn 2008 | English | |
Evidence (Legal) | http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/cyberone/wiki/Evidence | Harvard Law | Non-degree | Prof. C. Nesson | Browser and Second Life | January 2009 | English | Legal Evidence |
History of U.S. "Racial" Classification | http://sim.thestudyofracialism.org/topics.php | Backintyme Publishing | Non-degree | Frank W. Sweet | Browser | Audio-Visual | English | Second Life |
Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h1E3YJMKfA&feature=PlayList&p=78D20A8358322ABB&index=0 | Stanford | non-degree | Prof. Leonard Susskind | Browser | Start anytime | English | Quantum Physics |
Principles of Macroeconomics | http://mediasite2.towson.edu/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=7953d8f1-47c0-46df-a87f-2ca7fe6c0a78 - | Towson | non-degree | Prof. Theodore Kariotis - http://pages.towson.edu/tkarioti/ | Browser | Start anytime | English | Economics, Macroeconomics |
Principles of Microeconomics | http://mediasite2.towson.edu/mediasite/Catalog/pages/catalog.aspx?catalogId=23dc6e6e-5301-42ff-ac25-56d1a66279c9 | Towson | non-degree | Prof. Theodore Kariotis - http://pages.towson.edu/tkarioti/ | Browser | Start anytime | English | Economics, Microeconomics |
Society and Information Technology | http://socinfotech.pbwiki.com | Berkman Island / Penn State Island | Non-credit/credit | Email: scott (at) scottmacleod.com | Second Life | English | ||
Virtual Worlds | http://www.eecs.harvard.edu/~nesson/e4/ | Harvard Ext. | Non-degree | R. Nesson | Browser | Autumn 2007 | English | Second Life |
University course listings
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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MIT Open Course Ware | http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm, http://web.mit.edu/itunesu/, http://mitsloan.mit.edu/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | over 1900 online courses, for free | English |
Berkeley | http://itunes.berkeley.edu/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Brown University / Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) | http://boldly.brown.edu/podcasts/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Largely internally focused, so far | English |
Caltech | http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/podcasts/index.shtml | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Cambridge University | http://www.cam.ac.uk/video/itunesu.html | non-degree, so far | Browser | iTunes | English |
Collège de France | http://www.college-de-france.fr/default/EN/all/college/index.htm &
* Biologie - iTunes * Droit - iTunes * Histoire - iTunes * Littérature - iTunes * Philosophie - iTunes |
non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | French |
Columbia University | http://itunes.columbia.edu | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Cornell University | http://www.cornell.edu/video/browse/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | video and audio recordings of compelling lectures, discussions, and performances featuring members of the Cornell community and distinguished guests | English |
Dartmouth | http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/digital/rss/radiotuck.xml | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Freie Universität Berlin | URL | non-degree, so far | Browser | German | |
Harvard University | http://athome.harvard.edu/ & http://www.hks.harvard.edu/multimedia/videoarchive.html & http://www.hno.harvard.edu/multimedia/video_mm.html & http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/mediaberkman/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Juilliard Music School | http://revver.com/video/676741/juilliard-school-faculty-fred-sherrys-private-cello-lesson/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
LMU Munich - Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München | http://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/lmu.de | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | German |
Oxford University | http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk & http://itunes.ox.ac.uk/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Princeton University | http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/lectures/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Stanford University | http://itunes.stanford.edu, http://see.stanford.edu/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Technical University of Munich | URL | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | German |
UC San Francisco Medicine | https://www.cme.ucsf.edu/podcasts/index.aspx & https://www.cme.ucsf.edu/cme/index.aspx , https://cit.ucsf.edu/podcast/description.php?id=50 | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
University of Chicago | http://itunes.uchicago.edu, http://chiasmos.uchicago.edu/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
University of Michigan | http://itunesu.umich.edu | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Université Paris IV - Sorbonne | URL | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | French |
University of Pennsylvania | http://www.upenn.edu/itunes/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Yale University | http://oyc.yale.edu & http://itunes.yale.edu | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | English |
Course listings' aggregates
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Academic Earth | http://academicearth.org/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars | English |
iTunes University | http://www.apple.com/support/itunes_u/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | free courses from colleges, universities, and other education organizations, so users can easily search, download, and play education content just like they do music, movies, and TV shows | |
Master List of Free Online College Courses | http://universitiesandcolleges.org/free-online-college-courses/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | comprehensive and up-to-date collection of free online college classes available to the general public | English |
Open Course Ware Finder | http://ocwfinder.com/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Open Course Ware Finder with focus on MIT Open Course Ware | |
Open Culture - University and College Courses | http://www.oculture.com/2006/10/university_podc.html | non-degree, so far | Browser | Free educational Podcast, organized by University | |
Open Culture - Free Lectures & Courses from Great Universities | http://www.openculture.com/2007/07/freeonlinecourses.html | non-degree, so far | Browser | Free educational, audio and video webcasts, from great universities | |
School of Everything | http://schoolofeverything.com | non-degree, so far | Browser | Sign up | |
Universities and Colleges | http://universitiesandcolleges.org/free-online-college-courses/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | The Master List of Free Online College Courses | |
VideoLectures.net | http://videolectures.net/ | non-degree, so far | Browser | Free access to high-quality scientific video lectures thus expanding educational opportunities, promoting scientific achievements, and facilitating the creation, use, and re-use of Videolectures.Net materials. | |
Wikiversity | http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime | |
YouTube Edu | http://www.youtube.com/edu | non-degree, so far | Browser | Start anytime |
Institutes' workshops
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Kira Institute | http://www.kira.org/ | non-degree | Second Life | Workshops in Second Life - see Calendar | English |
International Baccalaureate Diploma programme free courses
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Organization | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language | |
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Highlights for High School | http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/hs/home/home/index.htm | MIT OCW | non-diploma, so far | Browser | MIT OpenCourseWare materials that are most useful for high school students and teachers. | ||
Virtual High School | http://www.govhs.org/Pages/Academics-DemoCourses | non-diploma, so far | Browser | Demo courses | |||
Open Learning Initiative | http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses | non-diploma, so far | Browser | Open courses for independent learners |
Kids' free learning materials
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Location | Degree / Non-degree | Other Info | Language |
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Literactive | http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp | non-credit, so far | Browser | Reading material for pre-school, kindergarten and grade 1 students available online. The program is comprised of carefully levelled guided readers, comprehensive phonic activities and a wealth of supplemental reading material which gradually develop a child's rea | English |
Minisebran | http://www.wartoft.nu/software/minisebran/ | non-credit, so far | Browser | Minisebran is a free suite of early learning games for kids 2-6 years old . It includes eight different exercises, including doodle drawing exercises and very simple games to get to know the numbers and letters, and learning to use the keyboard. | English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
Mrs. Alline's Directory of Educational Resources on the Web | http://www.alline.org/ | non-credit, so far | Browser | help teachers to get connected and enrich their lessons thus providing rich and meaningful learning through student engagement | |
NeoK12 | http://www.neok12.com/ | non-credit, so far | Browser | Educational Videos and Lessons for K-12 Schoolkids | Best selection of FREE online educational videos and lessons from all over the Internet |
One Laptop per Child Educators | http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Educators | non-credit, so far | Browser | Activities and learning resources | |
Sesame Street | http://pbskids.org/sesame/ | non-credit | Browser | Includes TV schedule as well as learning resources for parents and teachers | Now PBS's Sesame Street |
Top Educational Websites For Children That Are Fun | http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-educational-websites-for-children-that-are-fun/ | non-credit, so far | Browser | Educational websites for children |
Language Learning
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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German Language Class | http://slurl.com/secondlife/Goethe%20Institut/128/128/2 | non-credit | Second Life | Free German language class in Second Life from the Goethe Institute. Meets on Tuesdays from 7-8 am Pacific Time. | German |
Language Learning Get Togethers
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Language Learning Get-Togethers (German) | http://slurl.com/secondlife/Goethe%20Institut/128/128/2 | non-credit | Second Life | Free German language practice opportunities in Second Life from the Goethe Institute. Meets M-F from 8-9 am Pacific Time, and on Sundays from 11-12 am PT. | German |
Learning materials for people in corrections' facilities
Add free, open courses | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Free Rice | http://www.freerice.com/ | non-credit, so far | Browser | Give free rice to hungry people by playing a simple game that increases your knowledge. Used with great success in correction facility in Jamaica. | English |
Medical School and Hospital
Add free, open Office Hours | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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World University Hospital | non-degree | Browser | English | ||
World University Medical School | non-degree | Browser | English |
Open office hours
Add free, open Office Hours | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Stanford University Open Office Hours on Facebook (beta) | http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=56424604951&ref=mf and http://www.facebook.com/stanford | non-degree | Browser | Dr. BJ Fogg, founder and director of the Stanford Persuasive Technology Lab | English |
Study Groups
Add free, open Study Groups | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Study Groups | http://www.wePapers.com/ | non-degree | Browser | Converse, share papers and ideas | English |
Second Life Teaching and Learning Opportunities
Add free, open Study Groups | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Second Life Educational Events | http://secondlife.com/events | non-degree | Second Life | Select 'Education;' Teach and learn virtually in Second Life via educational events' calender | Multiple Languages |
Headline text
Add free, open Headline text | Web Site | Degree / Non-degree | Location | Other Info | Language |
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Headline text | Headline text | non-degree | SHeadline text | Select 'Education | Multiple Languages |