Library Research Guides: Topic: Open Access and Copyright: Open Courseware

What is Open Courseware?

Interested in seeing how others teach concepts online?

Open Courseware can act as an inspiration for your own teaching. Open Courseware are classes created and then offered for free in the virtual environment.

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Open Courseware

Academic Earth
This website acts as a gateway to online courses and content offered by universities such as MIT, UC Berkeley, UCLA, Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and Yale. Subjects included: Accounting, Art History, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, Education, Engineering, Finance, Healthcare Administration, Management, Mathematics, Marketing, Physics, Psychology, Social Work, and Sociology.

Search Open Courseware:

PBS LearningMedia! have access to 100k+ standards-aligned digital resources, productivity tools that can help you integrate content into your instruction, and professional development opportunities that will strengthen your teaching skills.

PBS and your local station offer you the following service features:

· Instant access to thousands of digital resources, including video, games, and content from critically acclaimed PBS programs such as NOVA, FRONTLINE, and AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, and PBS KIDS programs like SID THE SCIENCE KID.

· Tools like storyboards, quiz makers, and lesson planners

· Professional development opportunities including free webinars, how-to guides, and more

· Regular updates to keep you in the loop on the latest content, product offerings, and education industry news

Carnegie Mellon University's Open Learning Initiative
Created by Carnegie Mellon University, this Open CourseWare service offers courses that you can enroll in, "peek at", or adopt for your own use in online teaching. Some require small fees, but most are free.
MIT Open CourseWare
MIT is credited with being the original Open CourseWare creator. Classes that have been created and taught for MIT are offered free of charge online for those interested in self-directed study. 2,000 courses with topics that include: Engineering, Health Sciences & Technology, Management, Humanities, & More!
Open Course Library
This site contains 41 courses developed specifically for community colleges over the last two years in Washington State - 39 more are being developed over the next year. Faculty can take these courses and modify them as appropriate, then incorporate them into Blackboard.
Open Education Consortium Search
Searches across 80 providers of open courseware.
Open Learning Initiative
The slogan for this site, "No instructors, no credits, no charge", says it all. Courses currently include: Engineering Statistics, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, French, Logic & Proofs, Argument Diagramming, Media Programming, Anatomy & Physiology, and Speech. The courses do change, so keep an eye out for new courses in the future.
OpenLearn
These classes are offered free of charge through the Open University of the United Kingdom. Topics range from "Music Theory" to "An Introduction to Sustainable Energy", "Psychology in the 21st Century" to "Products, Services, and Branding".
Serendipity Semantic Course Search
Guided open resources and courseware search.
The Saylor Foundation
This Open CourseWare includes topics such as: General Education, Art History, Computer Science, English Literature, and More! The foundation lays out a course of study for each subject that includes multiple classes at various levels.
MERLOT
Find open resources for course materials based on Subject or Topic.