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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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- https://www.truetube.co.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Education
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download, Vacancies/Careers
True Tube is an educational resource for teachers of RE, PSHE and Citizenship. Featuring videos, lesson plans and ideas for assemblies, the site is aimed at Key Stage 3 and 4 pupils but material may also be suitable for more advanced levels. The site was created in 2007 by production company CTVC, with the original aim of helping young people to make films dealing with issues important to them. The all films have a strong focus on ethical issues. Whether dealing with the Body and Health, Society, Relationships, Culture or Crime, the emphasis is on encouraging young people to engage with and participate in society.
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- https://tvo.org/
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Education, History, Literature, Media Studies, Politics and Government, Social Studies
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
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- Archives/Museums, Podcasting, Producers/Broadcasters, Streaming/Download
TV Ontario have made hundreds of programmes and programme clips freely available online as part of an ongoing digitisation programme to celebrate four decades as a producer of educational programmes. Users can explore the website by Programme, Subject or People, or use a keyword search and narrow their search by decade and topic. The content includes interviews with Canadian and American writers, including Ontarian Margaret Atwood, who in this clip from 1976 talks about her life and career as writer of novels and literary criticism.
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- https://cmsw.mit.edu/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Education, Media Studies, Technology
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- Film/Video
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- Blogs, Information Sources, Streaming/Download
Developed by a team based in MIT’s Comparative Media Studies programmes, this project aims to help lecturers and teachers give young people "the social skills and cultural competencies required to become full participants in an emergent media landscape and raise public understanding about what it means to be literate in a globally interconnected, multicultural world." In essence this means encouraging a move away from traditional teaching practices to participatory learning, which acknowledges how the changing digital and social landscape means that young people are increasingly using the internet as a tool for creativity, not just consumption.
The site features a number of useful resources, including a video and podcasts page which has short films giving examples of various types of participatory culture.
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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.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Agriculture, Development Studies, Education, History, Nature, Social Welfare
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- Film/Video
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- Organisations, Podcasting, Streaming/Download
UNESCO are making an increasing amount of film and audio material available via their Multimedia pages. A broad range of content is available, beginning in 1945, when the organisation was founded, as documented in this film showing Ellen Wilkinson, then British Minister of Education, reading from UNESCO’s newly adopted constitution. Searching can be done across nine categories: Education; Public Health; Research; Peace & Dialogue; Culture & Traditions; Historic Places; Access to Knowledge; Communities; and UNESCO History. A wide range of material is available, from conference proceedings, interviews and lectures to recordings of performing arts events, documentaries on sites of historic or natural interest and films about UNESCO’s projects and initiatives. The material is all freely available to view. Some films are represented by extracts but registered users can request to see the whole film via the Video on Demand service.
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- http://www.snagfilms.com/
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- Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Education, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, History, Literature, Nature, Politics and Government, Social Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Streaming/Download
Website offering over 3,000 streamed films, which are available to view for free and supported by advertising. Most of the content is documentary but there are some fiction and feature films. The site is searchable by subject and by channel, or production company and the films include synopses and credits. There is also a ‘Filmanthropy’ section where films are arranged thematically according to their power to inspire or enlighten the viewer and all the films are linked to related charitable causes. Due to licensing agreements not all the films are available to viewers in the United Kingdom.
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- https://www.coursera.org/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Biology, Business Studies, Computing, Economics, Education, History, Literature, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Social Studies
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- Film/Video
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- 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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- https://documentaryheaven.com/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Archaeology, Art, Astronomy, Biology, Business Studies, Current Affairs, Education, Film Studies, General Science, Geography, History, Politics and Government, Psychology, Religious Studies, Social Studies, Technology
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- Film/Video
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- 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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- https://thewhy.dk/whydemocracy/
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- Social Sciences
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- Current Affairs, Education, Politics and Government, Social Studies
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- Film/Video
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- Funding, Streaming/Download, Video Sources
A series of ten one hour films made by independent award-winning filmmakers from around the world on the subject of contemporary global democracy. To complement the longer documentaries 17 short films were also made which deal with personal, political and rights issues on the theme ‘What does democracy mean to me?' Some of the films were shown on BBC2 in October 2007. The website includes additional resources. The films are an initiative of The Why Foundation, which is a non-profit organisation that produces and distributes factual public media projects to promote independent information on key global issues. Other documentary series produced so far include: Why Poverty, and Why Women.
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