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  1. BBC Worldwide Learning Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/marketing/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Archaeology, Biology, Business Studies, Current Affairs, Economics, General Science, History, Literature, Media Studies, Nature, Physics, Politics and Government, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    This clip sales site, which replaces BBC Motion Gallery’s Education site, aims to provide short-form educational video, licencing content from the BBC itself as well as a number of partners, including NHK, the Open University and CBS. The collections are divided into eight subject areas: Business and Economics; Earth Sciences; History; Life Sciences; Literature; Mathematics; Social Sciences and Technology. Searching can be narrowed by Collection, Topic, Age suitability and duration and users can save searches and create clip binds. Registration is required before users can search the site.

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  2. Bloomberg TV Streaming

    Link
    https://www.bloomberg.com/video/
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Business Studies, Current Affairs, Economics, Politics and Government
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Organisations, Streaming/Download

    The website of the financial services, data and media company features audiovisual content on all aspects of business, investment and finance. With production teams in Europe, the USA and Asia, the website has a global reach and can provide 24 hour coverage of the latest financial developments. The Live TV channel is complemented by a broad range of streamed programming, featuring both daily and weekly shows, all of which are freely available to watch online.

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  3. Namathis Streaming

    Link
    http://en.namathis.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Business Studies, Computing, General Science, Languages, Mathematics
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    This site gathers together over 10,000 educational videos from the internet: 2,000 in English, 8,000 in Spanish and 800 in Portuguese. Maths, Computing and Science are particularly well represented. Inactive as of December 2013.

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  4. Pop!Tech Streaming

    Link
    https://poptech.org/
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Business Studies, General Science, Music, Social Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Blogs, Streaming/Download

    Pop!Tech provides a space for innovative thinkers in various fields - including science, technology, design, public health, social and ecological innovation, and the arts and humanities - to get together and exchange provocative and challenging ideas, with the idea of using the most "genuinely disruptive, unconventional approaches" to promote real change. Their 2017 Videocasts can be accessed for free. One example is Unstuckabout multi-media artist Alexa Meade who describes how a school assignment led her to get ‘unstuck in life and art.

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  5. Big Think Streaming

    Link
    https://bigthink.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Business Studies, Economics, Media Studies, Politics and Government
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Blogs, Streaming/Download

    Described as a "YouTube for ideas" this site features contributions from leading intellectuals and thinkers in the form of interviews, discussions, videos and blogs which explore pressing and topical scientific, medical, political and philosophical issues. Contributions range from Ai Weiwei on the power of social media to film director Errol Morris on confirmation bias.

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  6. Coursera Streaming

    Link
    https://www.coursera.org/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Biology, Business Studies, Computing, Economics, Education, History, Literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Social Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Courses, Streaming/Download

    Coursera describes itself as a "social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free". Among the institutions offering courses are Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, University of California, Berkeley and the University of Toronto. More recently the University of California, San Francisco, Edinburgh University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne have joined up to contribute to a list of 116 courses across sixteen categories including computer science, biology, education, literature, medicine, economics, mathematics and other disciplines. None of the classes counts as credit towards degrees at the participating institutions but students do receive certificates for completing their studies. The site includes a pedagogy page which explains the pedagogical foundations on which the platform is built, detailing its extensive use of interactive exercises, quizzes and ‘mastery learning’.

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  7. Documentary Heaven Streaming

    Link
    https://documentaryheaven.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Business Studies, Current Affairs, Education, Film Studies, General Science, Geography, History, Politics and Government, Psychology, Religious Studies, Social Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    Website established in July 2009 providing links to over 2100 streaming documentaries, covering a wide range of subject areas and arranged according to genre. The subjects covered include Archaeology, Atheism, Art and Artists, Biology, Business, Environment, History, Philosophy, Religion, Science, and Space to name just a few. Most, although not all, of the videos are hosted by YouTube. The site is easy to browse and contains much that is interesting, such as this video What is the Higgs Boson, which comprises a series of discussions and interviews with scientists from the University of Nottingham who talk about the nature of the elementary particle the Higgs Boson and its implications for our understanding of the universe.

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  8. Learner’s TV Streaming

    Link
    https://learnerstv.org/animations
    Category
    Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
    Subject
    Astronomy, Biology, Business Studies, Chemistry, Computing, Dentistry, Economics, Engineering, General Science, Languages, Law, Literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Psychiatry, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    A vast and useful site providing free downloadable video and audio lectures of entire courses from respected academic institutions from around the world including MIT, Stanford and Yale. The site is science-oriented but covers some of the Humanities too, ranging across the fields of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Accounting, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology, History, Language courses, Literature, Law, Economics, Philosophy, Astronomy and Political Science. Most of the materials offered are licensed by the respective institutes under a Creative Commons licence. One of the more innovative aspects of Learner’s TV is the provision of animations for certain science subjects to help students visualise difficult or abstract concepts.

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  9. Economic and Social Research Council Streaming

    Link
    https://esrc.ukri.org/
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Business Studies, Current Affairs, Economics, Social Studies, Social Welfare
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    The ESRC is the UK’s largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues, supporting independent, high quality research which has an impact on business, the public sector and the third sector. The multimedia part of their website hosts a number of videos including a series of films highlighting how ESRC-funded research is affecting all areas of people’s lives. Topics explored includes how to measure wellbeing and the economics of happiness, flaws in the official poverty statistics and views on immigration. The site also has a selection of more general videos, such as What is Social Science? which provides a brief introduction to the subject.

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  10. Creative Loop Streaming

    Link
    http://www.creativeloop.org
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Business Studies, Education, Media Studies, Radio Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Podcasting, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download, Video Sources

    Creative Loop is a partnership that bridges the gap between Scotland’s creative media industry and education, working work closely with the education sector across the country to further develop talent and skills, for learners, independent producers and key media industry bodies. Through training, seminars, festivals and online content, Creative Loop aims to connect media students with professional individuals and companies to ensure talent in Scotland is recognised and has the opportunity to develop and succeed in the industry. The site includes audio interviews and discussions and short video interviews.

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