Top 50 University Open Courseware Collections

Posted by Celia Walter | 14 Feb, 2010

DIY Learning has compiled a mega-list of colleges and universities which are offering free courses in Top 50 University Open Courseware Collections. These incredibly useful course offerings are divided into the following categories:

  • Academic Behemoths
  • Ivy League
  • Western Institutions
  • Colonial
  • Midwestern Institutions
  • United Kingdom
  • International
  • Purely Online
  • Less Known, Equally Useful

From iLibrarian blog

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Open Courseware and revenue gain for Universities

Posted by Celia Walter | 4 Feb, 2010
A PhD dissertation by Justin Johansen approved by Brigham Young University (BYU) in October 2009 showed that open courseware projects can produce a net revenue gain for universities.  (Later this month another BYU student, John Hilton, defend the similar thesis that OA books can produce net revenue gain for publishers.)
http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd3317.pdf
http://opencontent.org/blog/archives/1231

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Univerity of Nottingham OpenCourseWare

Posted by Celia Walter | 7 May, 2009

U-NOW: University of Nottingham OpenCourseWare
This site forms part of the Univerity of Nottingham OpenCourseWare site U-NOW where the public may access free of charge a selection of online course materials and instructional tutorials created by departments at Nottingham University. They include coverage of classes from the pure sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Topics include foreign languages, general study skills (such as citing and referencing) politics and modern international relations. Online materials include podcasts, online tutorials, and some videos. Most materials are designed for undergraduate use. Copyright and technical information is displayed on the website. From Intute.ac.uk
http://unow.nottingham.ac.uk/index.aspx

 

From Celia : some items which caught my eye:

Statistics - an intuitive introduction  (5 parts)

Levels of measurement

Pathway 2 Information : citing references

War on climate change

 

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