Excellent open source resources for content - 12 views

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  #1 Sherri Lancton on 21 Mar 15

   

  There are many websites that I recommend to faculty as possible sources for online content including professional organizations, the Biography channel, NPR, etc. Two that stand out are Open Culture (http://www.openculture.com) and Internet Archive (https://www.archive.org).
  
  Open Culture has audio books, online courses, movies, textbooks and ebooks. The cover page always has something interesting - today it is "On her 100th Birthday, Watch Rock Pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe Wow Audiences With Her Gospel Guitar". You can browse or put in search terms to search the archives. Looking for documentaries? You can search for collections of documentaries or a specific one by name. Interested in Freud, you can actually find a recording of him on a radio broadcast.
  
  Internet Archive is a library of books, movies, software, music, etc. All for free. Again, you can browse by media type, or search for specifics. Enter "JFK ask not" and you'll find the audio clip of that famous statement. Interested in the Grateful Dead? There are recordings of 18 of their live concerts.
  
  Both these sites take some time to master - but well worth it for the rich content available.

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">There are many websites that I recommend to faculty as possible sources for online content including professional organizations, the Biography channel, NPR, etc. Two that stand out are Open Culture (<a href="http://www.openculture.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.openculture.com</a>) and Internet Archive (<a href="https://www.archive.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.archive.org</a>). <br /> <br /> Open Culture has audio books, online courses, movies, textbooks and ebooks. The cover page always has something interesting - today it is "On her 100th Birthday, Watch Rock Pioneer Sister Rosetta Tharpe Wow Audiences With Her Gospel Guitar". You can browse or put in search terms to search the archives. Looking for documentaries? You can search for collections of documentaries or a specific one by name. Interested in Freud, you can actually find a recording of him on a radio broadcast. <br /> <br /> Internet Archive is a library of books, movies, software, music, etc. All for free. Again, you can browse by media type, or search for specifics. Enter "JFK ask not" and you'll find the audio clip of that famous statement. Interested in the Grateful Dead? There are recordings of 18 of their live concerts. <br /> <br /> Both these sites take some time to master - but well worth it for the rich content available.</div>

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  #2 Carmen Bou-Crick on 23 Mar 15

   

  I found the Open Culture website very interesting! I'm sure it can provide some alternative content to some of our classes. Free ebooks, for instance, as well as YouTube short clips on almost everything (mostly on the humanities, though). Even for our own leisure and enjoyment this is one site I will save as a favorite...Thanks for sharing!

   

  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I found the Open Culture website very interesting! I'm sure it can provide some alternative content to some of our classes. Free ebooks, for instance, as well as YouTube short clips on almost everything (mostly on the humanities, though). Even for our own leisure and enjoyment this is one site I will save as a favorite...Thanks for sharing!</div>

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