UNIVERSITY OPEN COURSEWARE & PODCASTS

Open Courseware Collections - University

The list below contains courseware offered by various . This list is by no means all-inclusive, so you might want to try a search for a specific college to see what you can find. The colleges below offer more than one course or, like "Berklee Shares", a broad perspective on one topic. Columbia University Interactive

83. — A gateway to selected electronic learning resources developed at Columbia University.
84. Berklee Shares — Free music lessons that you can download, share and trade with your friends and fellow musicians.
85. Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative — OLI courses are designed to support you to learn a subject at the introductory college level.
86. Duke Law Center for the Public Domain — News, lectures, links to various other resources within the site and on the Web. Projects range from the arts to international law issues.
87. Fulbright Economics Teaching Program — FETP is a resource for people who work or study in policy-related fields to increase their knowledge and explore new approaches to learning and curriculum development.
88. Harvard Extension School — Course-related materials are supported by videotaped lectures.
89. Gresham College — Find lectures in various topics that are also available as audio and video files.
90. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health — This project provides access to content of the School's most popular courses, from adolescent to refugee health.
91. MIT — Massachusetts Institute of Technology offers a wide variety of open courses from aeronautics and astronautics to writing and humanistic studies.
92. Open University — Originating from the U.K., this collection ranges from arts and history to technology.
93. Tufts University — Six separate schools, from dentistry to the School of Arts and Sciences.
94. United Nations University — UNU promotes the idea of a Global Learning Space for science and technology.
95. University of California, Irvine — This college offers the California Subject Examination for Teachers (CSET) and a few other courses.
96. University of Notre Dame — From Africana studies to theology, students can take advantage of options within numerous Notre Dame departments.
97. University of Washington — This one is a bit tricky, as they offer free online courses through this link, but you can also find free materials through various departments outside this official online learning program.
98. Utah State University — Available departments online range from anthropology to wildland resources.

Podcasts - University

Georgia College & State University (see # below) was among the first of many campuses to put together an academic program using iPods when it launched a few pilot programs in 2002. Today, there are active iPod programs on many other campuses around the country. Therefore, the list below is limited when compared to how many campuses will take on this technology by this upcoming fall quarter/semester.

112. Alleghany College — News and events, conferences, etc.
113. American University — Podcast collections from this university's Washington College of Law.
114. http://ipod.gcsu.edu/ — Georgia College & State University provides a virtual learning community, courseware, and technology advances through this site.
115. Arizona State University — Lectures and speakers.
116. Berkeley on iTunes — Listen to events about the arts, education, politics, science and technology - extensive collection..
117. Buffalo State College — Lectures, forums, events, and more.
118. Cambridge University — Popular science broadcasts, including Science Festival Podcasts presented by Carol Vorderman.
119. Center for International Studies — University of Chicago's Chiasmos, a source for international events.
120. Chicago GSB — Chicago University's Graduate School of Business thought leadership on current topics affecting companies and organizations around the globe.
121. Classics Podcasts — Ever want to hear the news in Latin? Visit more links to readings of Latin and (ancient) Greek texts, brought to you by Bryn Mawr's Haverford College.
122. College of DuPage Codcasts — Classes, lectures, arts & leisure, and special topics.
123. College of St. Scholastica Podcasts — Visit the links on this page to find numerous course-specific lectures and speakers.
124. Distance Learning Podcast — Western Kentucky University's Podcasts for students and teachers.
125. Drexel CoAS Talks — Podcasts, Screencasts and Vodcasts(for video iPod) of talks or seminars in the College of Arts and Sciences at Drexel University.
126. Educator's Corner — The Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series takes place every Wednesday during the academic quarters at Stanford University. Listen to archived materials.
127. Front Row — Boston College offers free access through streaming media to tapes of cultural and scholarly events.
128. Georgetown University Forum — A weekly radio program that highlights Georgetown University faculty's research and expertise.
129. Harvard Business Online — A free Podcast featuring breakthrough ideas and commentary from leading thinkers in business and management.
130. Havens Center — The University of Wisconsin-Madison's audios that are focused on the study of social structure and social change.
131. Insead Podcasts — Knowledgecasts and Leadercasts from one of Europe's elite business programs.
132. Johns Hopkins — Audio recordings from Johns Hopkins' faculty and alumni.
133. http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/podcast_archive.cfm;jsessionid=a830395ee425b1f6c714?CFID=16084202&CFTOKEN=67288983&jsessionid=a830395ee425b1f6c714 — Podcast archive for news and lectures at the University of Pennsylvania.
134. Lewis & Clark Law School — Events and speakers on law.
135. London School of Economics — Podcasts of public lectures and events.
136. Montclair State University — Interesting list from English department - mostly Noam Chomsky, but other lectures on Medieval literature to Vietnam War here as well. Some video.
137. NOVA — Nova currently offers four different Podcasts.
138. Perdue Boilercast — List of various Podcasts.
139. Princeton University Channel — A collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world.
140. Princeton University's Event Streaming Media — Special events, lectures, sports, etc.
141. SAIS — The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, D.C., part of Johns Hopkins University, offers news and events.
142. Southwest Tech's CourseCasts — Various course topics.
143. Stanford on iTunes — Download faculty lectures, interviews, music and sports.
144. Swarthmore College University Lectures — Lectures on various topics.
145. Times-Online MBA Broadcasts — Ten of the world's leading business thinkers provide the latest thinking in economics, management, finance, strategy, and marketing.
146. UCLA Bruincast — Course topic Podcasts.
147. University of Arizona College of Law — Lectures and Seminars.
148. University of Bath — "BathPods" from a public lecture series where leading names from the worlds of science, humanities, and engineering talk about the latest research in their field.
149. University of British Columbia — UBC offers a wide variety of UBC-related digital content, from public lectures and talks to student-created music and more.
150. University of Connecticut — Podcasts about general psychology.
151. University of New South Wales — Podcast lectures that relate to health and fetal development.
152. University of Nottingham — Browse through current issues, latest research and events.
153. University of Oregon UO Channel — Interviews, documentaries, lectures.
154. University of Virginia — Podcasts and Webcasts for news, events, and lectures.
155. University of Warwick — Hear university experts comment on important issues, their research and events.
156. University of Washington TV — This university project offers their "premiers" as Podcasts. You can also watch these shows as video.
157. Vanderbilt University — Interviews, lectures, news, and events.
158. Weber University — Lectures and speakers.
159. Yale University — A diverse collection from Yale's many schools.
160. York College Podcast Lectures — Current focus on philosophy and psychology from City University, New York (CUNY).

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Podcasts - Other

This list of Podcasts are not hosted or generated by any school of higher learning. But, they contain collections that can turn your brain on to the world around you.

161. Evolution 101 — Dr. Zachary Moore offers Podcasts along with other resources on this topic.
162. Global Voices — Global Voices is an international, volunteer-led project that collects, summarizes, and gives context to some of the best self-published content found on blogs, Podcasts, photo sharing sites, and videoblogs from around the world, with a particular emphasis on countries outside of Europe and North America.
163. Listening to Words — Find, listen to, and discuss free lectures from around the Web.
164. Logically Critical — Don't be afraid to think. Visit this site, listen to the Podcasts, and agree to agree or disagree.
165. Ludwig Von Mises Institute — Use the links on this page to gain access to Podcasts and video.
166. Maria Lectrix — Six days a week of audiobooks - mystery, history, adventure, devotion - for people with Catholic tastes.
167. NPR — National Public Radio offers several venues to learn about various topics through articles and Podcasts.
168. Open Source — Christopher Lydon brings hot topics to online listening through Public Radio International (PRI).
169. Neo-Latin Colloquia — Graduate students and faculty associated with the UK Institute for Latin Studies are creating a variety of materials for the renewed study and enjoyment of neo-Latin colloquia scholastica, texts that date primarily from the 16th century. This is housed at STOA, the Consortium for Electronic Publication in the Humanities.
170. Point of Inquiry — Point of Inquiry is the premiere Podcast from the Center for Inquiry, drawing on CFI’s relationship with the leading minds of the day including Nobel Prize-winning scientists, public intellectuals, social critics and thinkers, and renowned entertainers.
171. Scientific American — Enjoy 60-second science Podcasts or longer interviews with leading scientists and journalists.
172. The Skeptic's Guide to the Universe — A weekly Podcast talkshow produced by the New England Skeptical Society (NESS) in association with the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF) discussing the latest news and topics from the world of the paranormal, fringe science, and controversial claims from a scientific point of view.
173. Shakespeare by Another Name — MP3 audio files that discuss some of the stories, themes and characters in the book, Shakespeare By Another Name.
174. Sound of Young America — Public radio's "funniest, most fascinating interview program," available free on the air, on the Web or by Podcast.