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Free Degree Programs

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Doctor of Education Leadership Program http://www.gse.harvard.edu/blog/news_features_releases/2009/09/harvard-university-to-offer-groundbreaking-doctoral-program-for-education-leaders.html Harvard University Non-degree Harvard University Free Doctoral Degree; 25 positions Ph.D., non-virtual

Individual courses

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Computer Musings by Professor Donald E. Knuth http://scpd.stanford.edu/knuth/index.jsp Stanford Non-degree Professor Donald E. Knuth Browser More than one hundred tapes of Knuth's musings, lectures, and selected classes. His thoughts, insights from students, audience members, and other luminaries in mathematics and computer science. English programming
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
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
iPhone Application Programming http://cs193p.stanford.edu Stanford Non-degree Browser English programming
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 Isle 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, Second Life Autumn 2007 English Second Life

University course listings

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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/ & http://www.youtube.com/user/princetonuniversity 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
Université Paris IV - Sorbonne URL non-degree, so far Browser Start anytime French
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 & http://www.youtube.com/user/umichdent non-degree, so far Browser Start anytime English
University of Pennsylvania http://www.upenn.edu/itunes/ non-degree, so far Browser Start anytime English
University of Tokyo URL non-degree, so far Browser Start anytime Japanese
Yale University http://oyc.yale.edu & http://itunes.yale.edu non-degree, so far Browser Start anytime English

Course listings' aggregates

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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
ADUni.org http://aduni.org/ non-degree, so far Browser Web site of the alumni of ArsDigita University. This was a one-year intensive post-baccalaureate program in computer science. 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 Universities and Colleges 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


Tokyo Tech OCW http://www.ocw.titech.ac.jp/index.php?lang=EN non-degree, so far Browser A platform for providing free access to course materials for users around the world.
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

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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

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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. English
Open Learning Initiative http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/forstudents/freecourses CMU non-diploma, so far Browser CMU Open courses for independent learners English


Virtual High School http://www.govhs.org/Pages/Academics-DemoCourses non-diploma, so far Browser Demo courses English

Kids' free learning materials

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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

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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

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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

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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

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World University Hospital non-degree Browser English
World University Medical School non-degree Browser English

Open office hours

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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

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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

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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

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Headline text Headline text non-degree SHeadline text Select 'Education Multiple Languages
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