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- http://www.bioedonline.org/videos/
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- Bio-Medical
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- Biology, Medicine
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Courses, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
These streamed audiovisual resources are presented by Baylor College of Medicine in the US and are combination Power Point and video and/or audio lectures, aimed at both teachers and students. Topics covered include Biology classification, bio-terrorism, animal behaviour, ecosystems, asthma as well as extended sections looking at the human organism and laboratory techniques. Also included are a large number of slides which can be downloaded and used. The presentations last approximately a quarter of an hour and the encoding is of a good standard throughout.
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- http://www.ideachannel.com
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, Economics, Environmental Studies, Literature, Medicine, Music, Physics, Politics and Government, Psychology, Social Welfare
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download, Video Sources
An extensive collection of video and audio clips taken from interviews with scientists and scholars, including several Nobel Prize winners (Milton Friedman, Ilya Prigogine, Norman Borlaug, John F. Nash, Linus Pauling and others), available as streamed audio or video (a number are listed as being available shortly), with complete videos or transcripts available for purchase. The site is clearly arranged and described, and is categorised under Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computing Science, Culture, Economics, Environment, Health/Medicine, Literature, Music, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.
Other Online Moving image Audio
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- http://www.hss.energy.gov/HealthSafety/ohre/
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- American Studies, General Science, History, Physics
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
The Office of Human Radiation Experiments leads the USA Department of Energy’s efforts to tell the agency’s Cold War story of radiation research using human subjects. Historic documents are being made available over the Internet, and these include audio and video recordings. The films, from the National Archives, include The Atom and You, Paramount News, 25 March 1953; Iodine - 131 (1958) that shows three actual case studies on patients treated at Argonne National Laboratory in 1949; and Atom in the Hospital (1961), showing UCLA research and findings of the effects of radiation on the human body. The films require Real, available for 28.8K, 56K or T1 connections.
Other Online Moving image Audio
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- Link
- http://www.findsounds.com
- Category
- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Music, Nature
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
Findsounds.com is a search engine for sounds. Sounds can be accessed via a simple search or by searching from sound types. Audio files can be downloaded as AIFF, AU and WAVE. Sound types are divided into various categories, including Birds, Animals, Mayhem and Nature. The sound files within these are extensive: for example, there are eight volcano sound files, twenty-five sound files of didgeridoos, eleven examples of thunder, and five kookaburra recordings. All searches link the user to audio files hosted by external websites.
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- Link
- http://www.uh.edu/admin/engines/engines.htm
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
- Subject
- History, Radio Studies
- Medium
- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Databases, Streaming/Download
The Engines of Our Ingenuity is an American radio programme telling the story of how our culture is formed by human creativity. The programme web site houses the transcripts for every episode heard since the show’s inception in 1988. Streaming audio is available on each of the posted episodes (using Real). The wide range of subjects over nearly 2,000 episodes include Leon Theremin, the number zero, windmills, the camera obscura, mind reading, mousetraps and paperclips, the Lunar Society, and Food in Early Texas.
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- Link
- https://www.bfskinner.org/
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- Bio-Medical
- Subject
- Psychology
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
Site dedicated to psychologist and behavioural scientist B.F. Skinner. The Foundation exists "to educate the public about B.F. Skinner’s work, and to promote an understanding of the role of contingencies in human behavior". The site used to include a 67-minute audio file (using Real Player) of a presentation by Skinner, ‘On Having a Poem’, which discusses verbal behaviour from a behaviour analytic perspective and the criticisms of that position. At present (2009) this is no longer available though small video files are steadily being added.
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- http://www.exploratorium.edu/exploring/exploring_chocolate/index.html
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- Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Food
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Information Sources, Streaming/Download
A history of chocolate, demonstrating the processes involved in its production, the science of chocolate, research into the health effects of eating chocolate, and the chemistry behind ‘why chocolate makes us feel so good’. The various sections are illustrated by Real Player video clips of chocolate production and audio clips of scientists. There is also a video tour of the Scharffen Berger chocolate factory, near San Francisco.
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- http://endorphin.com/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
- Subject
- Biology, Environmental Studies, Geography, Media Studies, Music, Nature, Photography, Sports Science
- Medium
- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
This video subscription service offers very high quality QuickTime movies. The very high resolution samples on this site are of quite spectacular quality, but will require at 150mbs of free memory to play or the computer will crash. A few clips are available free, but otherwise a subscription is required. The movies are organised by genre (people, places, music, events etc.).
Other Online Moving image Audio
Learning on Screen