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- https://itunes.apple.com/gb/itunes-u/the-big-idea/id598311327?mt=10
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Economics, Law, Politics and Government, Russian Studies, Social Studies, Women’s Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Academics from the University of Edinburgh discuss a theme of contemporary relevance in this monthly podcast. The first episode saw professors from the schools of law, economics and history discuss the issues associated with Scottish independence before the 2014 referendum. Other podcasts have more of a magazine format, covering several topics, but the general focus is on current political, economic and social issues, including migration within the EU, the rise of Russian nationalism, and women’s rights, as well as more local issues, such as Scottish oral history and the negative effects of Edinburgh’s self-image. The podcast is also available on iTunes.
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- http://podcast.open.ac.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Biology, Economics, Education, Engineering, Environmental Studies, General Science, Languages, Literature, Mathematics, Psychology, Social Studies, Social Welfare
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- Courses, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
This beta site presents the entire range of podcasts produced by the Open University. The site is divided into three sections: OU Learn, OU Research and OU Life. The OU Learn podcasts are divided into fourteen subject areas from Arts and Humanities to Social Sciences. Within each subject area, the podcasts are further arranged as ‘albums’ consisting of numbered tracks, containing material relevant to OU courses. The podcasts come with transcripts, related links and often feature video material too. Users can subscribe via RSS feed, iTunes, or Miro.
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- http://podcastthing.com/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Art, Business Studies, Current Affairs, Design, Economics, Food, General Science, History, Literature, Media Studies, Music, Social Studies, Technology, Women’s Studies
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- Radio/Sound
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
A portal which helps people to ‘find great podcasts’. Curated by Max Temkin and Veronica Corzo-Duchardt, the site presents a selection of mainly American podcasts, arranged under a number of topics, including Tech, Science & Education, Politics & Econ and Storytelling. An Interview page features transcripts of question and answer sessions with podcasters, writers, designers and other culturally-aware, creative people, who talk about their favourite podcasts, and why (and how) they like listening to them. The site works well because its focus is fairly narrow: the emphasis is on curation, and presenting a carefully selected range of interesting podcasts, rather than a comprehensive but overwhelming list of resources.
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- http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/science/physics-and-astronomy/60-second-adventures-astronomy-taking-galactic-census
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- Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Astronomy, Economics
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
These brief animated films are narrated by comedian David Mitchell and were developed by a team from the Open University’s Science faculty. The videos cover concepts such as dark matter, the Big Bang, asteroids, black holes and event horizons, aiming to explain big scientific ideas and, in the words of OU Reader in Cosmology Dr Stephen Serjeant, ‘still have room for a few jokes’. The films are available on YouTube and can be downloaded for free from iTunes. A sister series 60 Second Adventures in Economics takes a similar approach to explaining concepts of economic theory.
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- https://mruniversity.com/
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- Social Sciences
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- Economics
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- Film/Video
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- Courses, Streaming/Download
This resource was created by Alex Tabarrok and Tyler Cowen, Economics professors at George Mason University, who also run a Marginal Revolution blog. MRUniversity offers free video lectures in economics, with the option of enrolling in courses and taking exams, in the manner of MOOCs such as Khan Academy and Coursera. The videos - PowerPoint slide presentations, with the lecturer’s voiceover - cover all aspects of economics, including Development Economics, Classical Economics, International Trade and The Eurozone Crisis. The resource is freely available and is particularly aimed at less affluent students and students and lecturers from developing countries.
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- https://www.canal-educatif.fr/en/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Art, Economics, General Science, Languages
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download, Video Sources
Offering educational videos for free is the laudable aim of this website, which has resources in three subject areas: History of Art, Economics, and Science & Innovation. The videos in the History of Arts section are available in French and English versions. The site aims for quality over quantity, presenting a number of HD video essays, each of which, for the History of Art section, focuses on a single painting, including Hans Holbein’s The Ambassadors and Liberty Leading the People by Delacroix. Material for Economics and Science is currently only available in French. Some of the films can also be bought as DVDs.
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- https://www.bloomberg.com/video/
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- Social Sciences
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- Business Studies, Current Affairs, Economics, Politics and Government
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- Film/Video
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- 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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- https://bloggingheads.tv/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- American Studies, Current Affairs, Economics, Education, General Science, Media Studies, Politics and Government, Social Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Podcasting, Streaming/Download
Founded in 2005, this American site pioneered split-screen video dialogues - or diavlogs - about politics and ideas. A central aspiration of the site is to present a diversity of views, rather than cleaving to a dominant ideology. The result is a lively forum that aims to help people see things from perspectives other than their own. The site features a number of different programmes, from Foreign Entanglements, which debates American foreign policy, to The DMZ, in which Liberal Bill Scher and conservative Matt Lewis discuss recent political events. The site’s main focus is political but culture and the arts, science, and socionomic issues are also represented. The site is well presented and the videos themselves have bookmarks to help navigation, which is helpful given the digressive nature of some of the material, such as this video where scientist John Horgan enthuses about why Jane Austen was like a scientist.
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- http://www.ovo.com/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology
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- Art, Dance, Design, Economics, Film Studies, History, Languages, Sports Science
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
This online encylopedia from Italy consists of thousands of short videos - generally between three and five minutes long, many of them based on entries from the Treccani Encyclopaedia and approved by the Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Topics covered include Art and Design; Cinema; Culture; Economics and Politics; Music and Dance; Tourism; Science and Sport. This could be a good resource for Italian language students but the breathless editing and distractingly loud music which accompanies the voiceovers does not necessarily present the content in its best light.
This online resource closed on 28 February 2018.
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- https://www.canal-u.tv/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Development Studies, Economics, Engineering, French Studies, General Science, Languages, Literature, Nature, Politics and Government, Social Studies, Sports Science
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- Film/Video
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- Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download, Web Links
This French website presents a huge variety of audiovisual resources for researchers and those in higher education. The site features over 2,000 films and 4,000 conferences provided by a consortium of French universities. The educational channels cover subjects from the humanities, sciences and social sciences. The videos are supplemented with text, biographical information, contact details and useful links.
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