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  1. How Stuff Works Streaming

    Link
    https://www.howstuffworks.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
    Subject
    Archaeology, Biology, Computing, Engineering, General Science, Nature, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Blogs, Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    The brainchild of former North Carolina State University professor Marshall Brain, this site uses various media, including podcasts and videos, to explain how things work. It is essentially a popular science site but contains a great deal of high quality educational content and has now expanded to cover non-science subjects (see for example How Nepotism Works). Searching is made easier by a clear interface in which categories with their various subdivisions are simply displayed: the Engineering Videos page, for example, features categories such as Robotics, Buildings and Structures, Materials Science. The site’s videos and podcasts are supplemented by a number of blogs.

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  2. Futurity Streaming

    Link
    https://www.futurity.org/
    Category
    Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Computing, Environmental Studies, General Science, Genetics, Geography, Geology, Nature, Physics, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Update

    This website brings together news of the latest science research from universities in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the USA. There are four main categories: Earth and the Environment; Health & Medicine; Science & Technology and Society & Culture. Most of the news consists of articles illustrated with still photographs but some moving imagery is used, as in this article which looks at how quickly can glaciers grow (and melt)?, using a study of the prehistoric activity of Baffin Island’s glaciers with a view to developing accurate models to predict how climate change in the future will affect glaciers and ice sheets.

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  3. 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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  4. Open Culture Streaming

    Link
    http://www.openculture.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology
    Subject
    Astronomy, Biology, Computing, Engineering, Film Studies, Geography, History, Languages, Literature, Mathematics, Physics, Politics and Government, Psychology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Video Sources, Web Links

    Open Culture boasts that it offers "the best free cultural & educational media on the web" and their site does a lot to live up to that claim, providing access to a large number of free educational resources, including online courses, language lessons, films and audiobooks. More than simply a list of links, Open Culture is divided into various sections which provide users with a variety of different approaches to navigating the web’s cultural and educational resources, such as a section called 125 Great Science Videos, which is a selective list of films, sub-divided into narrower scientific headings such as Technology & Mathematics, Environment, Geology and & Ecology, Physics, Astronomy & Space Travel etc. Another useful section of the site is a round-up of Intelligent YouTube Channels, which does a good job of sorting the wheat from the chaff and includes a list of universities which have collections of material on YouTube, offering brief comments on each site.

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  5. 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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  6. Oxford Internet Institute Streaming

    Link
    https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/
    Category
    Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Computing, Information Studies, Social Studies, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    The Oxford Internet Institute’s website provides streamed and downloadable webcasts of the scientists, innovators, academics and regulators who have spoken at the institute, covering areas such as social media, internet regulation, safety and security online, digital social research, e-government and democracy, civil society, open access, e-learning and e-research, socioeconomics and the digital divide, citizen journalism, and the future of the Internet itself. The lectures, talks and interviews date back to 2005 and can be browsed by category or date and are searchable by keyword.

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  7. Science Daily Streaming

    Link
    https://www.sciencedaily.com/
    Category
    Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
    Subject
    Archaeology, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Computing, General Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Streaming/Download

    One of the internet’s primary science web portals featuring articles and videos on a wide spectrum of scientific subjects including mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, computer science and biology as well as geology, palaeontology and archaeology. The articles and accompanying audiovisual material are selected from news releases submitted by universities and other research institutions and some are written by Science Daily staff. The large amount of material on offer can make browsing daunting, but subjects are divided into nine broad categories, which are then further divided into sets of narrower terms to facilitate focused searching.

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  8. Nature Video Channel Streaming

    Link
    https://www.youtube.com/user/NatureVideoChannel
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Agriculture, Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Computing, Dentistry, Engineering, Environmental Studies, General Science, Genetics, Mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Physics, Psychiatry, Psychology, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Streaming/Download

    A Youtube channel of short news items on science and technology posted by Nature Publishing Group, publishers of Nature and Scientific American. Leading scientists from around the world about talk about their discoveries, innovations and ideas in all areas of science and technology. Marvel at sticky tape that emits x-rays, discover the secrets of the world’s oldest computer, and watch Nature’s exclusive interview with British broadcasting legend Sir David Attenborough as he presents his views on Charles Darwin, natural selection and the Bible. Throughout 2011 the Nature YouTube channel will continue to provide you with groundbreaking streaming videos on the biggest scientific projects.

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  9. New Scientist TV Streaming

    Link
    https://www.newscientist.com/blogs/nstv/
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Astronomy, Biology, Botany, Chemistry, Computing, Engineering, Environmental Studies, General Science, Genetics, Geology, Mathematics, Medicine, Nature, Physics, Psychology, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    Information Sources, Streaming/Download, Technology

    This section of the New Scientist journal’s website features an ever-changing collection of short video clips relating to blog news posts. Organised by scientific area, but also sections on illusions and time-lapse footage, and two series of one-minute animated films giving simple explanations of difficult concepts in physics and maths.

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  10. OER IPR Support Project Streaming

    Link
    http://www.web2rights.com/OERIPRSupport/index.html
    Category
    Science and Technology
    Subject
    Computing, Education, Technology
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    AV services, Blogs, Copyright, Information Sources, Streaming/Download, Technology

    The aim of this project, delivered by JISC Legal, Web2Rights Ltd and Creative Commons UK, is to provide intellectual property rights and licensing support for JISC/HEA funded OER Phase 2 projects, in order to help them identify and manage IPR issues with particular emphasis on the use of Creative Commons Licences. The range of advice and information sources produced are also freely available and of value to other open educational resource projects. A starter pack and diagnostic tools are available, and the website also hosts a blog for the discussion of relevant issues.

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