Open Educational Resources (OER)

OER Commons currently includes open educational materials in broad subject areas. Materials include lesson plans, textbooks, activities, assessments, readings, and more.

"The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools." Browse or keyword search the site.

Over 150 math and science simulations. Can search by subject or grade level.

Creative Common licensing allows linking to the videos, but you can't modify them. See details at https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy#h2--ted-talks-under-creative-commons-license

YouTube makes it very easy to link to and share videos.

Looking for videos to download or remix? After you have done a keyword search, click Filter to narrow your results, such as if the video is licensed under Creative Commons. But there is no method of downloading a video within YouTube. Look in the description for who created the video and go to their website to possibly find a downloadable version.

Browse 40 courses. "Each course includes a full set of class lectures produced in high-quality video accompanied by such other course materials as syllabi, suggested readings, exams, and problem sets. The lectures are available as downloadable videos, and an audio-only version is also offered. In addition, searchable transcripts of each lecture are provided."

"These Supplemental Resources do not correspond to a particular MIT class, but are valuable for learners and teachers alike. They include: open textbooks and tools; tutorial and demonstration videos; non-credit short courses and seminars; and classic video courses from the 1960s-1990s"

"The gateway to Open Educational Resources and other freely available resources created or selected by tutors of the University of Oxford Department for Continuing Education."

"Launched in 2007, the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences' OER initiative enables departments and individual faculty to provide resources free-of-charge under a Creative Commons license. As long as they adhere to the license, teachers and learners around the world are free to download, remix, translate, localize, and make these materials their own."