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  1. Bloggingheads.tv Streaming

    Link
    https://bloggingheads.tv/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
    Subject
    American Studies, Current Affairs, Economics, Education, General Science, Media Studies, Politics and Government, Social Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    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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  2. UNESCO Archives Multimedia Streaming

    Link
    http://www.unesco.org/archives/multimedia/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Agriculture, Development Studies, Education, History, Nature, Social Welfare
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    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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  3. SnagFilms Streaming

    Link
    http://www.snagfilms.com/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Current Affairs, Education, Environmental Studies, Film Studies, History, Literature, Nature, Politics and Government, Social Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. Why Democracy? Streaming

    Link
    https://thewhy.dk/whydemocracy/
    Category
    Social Sciences
    Subject
    Current Affairs, Education, Politics and Government, Social Studies
    Medium
    Film/Video
    Type of resource
    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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  7. 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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  8. Quick Reads Streaming

    Link
    https://readingagency.org.uk/adults/quick-guides/quick-reads/
    Category
    Arts and Humanities
    Subject
    Education, Literature
    Medium
    Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Podcasting, Streaming/Download

    A series of short books, both fiction and non-fiction, designed to reintroduce people to reading and improve the confidence of new readers. The website features a series of podcasts with authors reading extracts from their books as well as discussion groups on dyslexia and ways of encouraging children to read.

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  9. Creative Contexts Streaming

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

    This site is part of the Higher Education Academy supported Creative Contexts: Work placements, peer learning and professional practice in the creative industries Teaching Development project. The Creative Contexts website hosts short videos exploring work placements in the media creative industries, and foregrounds student stories and questions. Contributions from students of 3 minutes videos sit alongside employer perspectives and advice from educators.

    Themes covered include: Identifying and securing work placements; insights into working with others; activities undertaken; how work placement experiences connect together; challenges encountered and response; and feelings and experiences of ‘fitting in’.

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  10. Learning to Teach Online Streaming

    Link
    https://ltto.unsw.edu.au/learning-to-teach-online/ltto-episodes
    Category
    Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
    Subject
    Education
    Medium
    Film/Video, Radio/Sound
    Type of resource
    Courses

    The Learning to Teach Online project is a free professional development resource from COFA (The College of Fine Arts at the University of New South Wales) designed to help teachers from any discipline, whether experienced in online teaching or not, to gain a working understanding of successful online teaching pedagogies that they can apply in their own teaching situation. Each ‘episode’ deals with a particular pedagogical issue, technological tool, or case study, and consists of a video and pdf document.

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