Sunday, August 26, 2012
Educational Vedio Sites
Posted by Unknown in: Education Tips and Trickseducational video sites
RefSeek's
guide to the 26 best online resources for finding free educational
videos. With the exception of BrainPOP and Cosmeo, all listed sites
offer their extensive video libraries for free and without registration.
5min
Instructional videos providing answers to common questions.
www.5min.com
Academic Earth
Thousands of video lectures from the world's top scholars.
www.academicearth.org
Big Think
Video interviews with 600+ thought leaders in a range of fields.
www.bigthink.com
Brightstorm
Short-form online video lessons by professional educators. Free math lessons.
www.brightstorm.com
CosmoLearning
Aggregator of free, online video lessons and documentaries.
www.cosmolearning.com
Edublogs.tv
Aggregator and host of educational videos.
www.edublogs.tv
Futures Channel
High quality multimedia content ideal for use in the classroom.
www.thefutureschannel.com
Howcast
Professional and user-generated how-to videos.
www.howcast.com
Internet Archive
Collection of more than two-hundred thousand free historical videos, many academic.
www.archive.org
iTunes U
Free lectures, language lessons, audiobooks, and more accessible via Apple iTunes.
Apple iTunes - Apple iTunes Software
Learner.org
Professionally developed programming for K-12 classrooms.
www.learner.org
Math TV
Professional video lessons in mathematics. Covers basic math through calculus.
www.mathtv.com
MIT Open CourseWare
Lectures and course materials for students, teachers, and self-learners.
ocw.mit.edu | Also
see: OpenCourseWare Finder
MIT World
Guide to more than 700 interesting MIT lectures.
mitworld.mit.edu
NeoK12
Aggregator of high-quality educational videos from around the Web.
www.neok12.com
ResearchChannel
3,500 videos from distinguished researchers and scholars.
www.researchchannel.org
PBS
Free videos from your favorite PBS programs, including NOVA and Frontline.
www.pbs.org/video
ScholarSpot
Educational video aggregator with a very simple user interface.
www.scholarspot.com
SchoolTube
Video sharing platform for schools featuring original content created by students.
www.schooltube.com
SnagFilms
Library of free, full-length documentary films.
www.snagfilms.com
Teachers TV
Engaging, professional videos and practical resources for educator development.
www.teachers.tv
TeacherTube
Online aggregator of educational videos.
www.teachertube.com
TED
Fascinating presentations by the world's leading thinkers and doers.
www.ted.org
Videojug
Collection of videos from professors, professionals, coaches, teachers, and consultants.
www.videojug.com
WatchKnow
Comprehensive online directory of educational videos aggregated from across the Web.
www.watchknow.org
WonderHowTo
Search engine and directory of free how-to videos.
www.wonderhowto.com
Open Yale Courses
Free access to a selection of introductory Yale courses.
oyc.yale.edu
YouTube EDU
Free lectures from more than one hundred colleges and universities.
www.youtube.com/edu | Also
see: Talks@Google
Additional sites that are not free but offer outstanding content:
BrainPOP
Provider of original, animated educational videos. Subscription required.
www.brainpop.com
Cosmeo
30,000 video segments from Discovery Education. Subscription required.
www.cosmeo.com | Also
see: Discovery Education Streaming
Digital Libaray-iProf
Digital Libaray-iProf
India's first & largest digital education library
brings success to your doorstep with FREE video lectures, notes &
much more from India's most respected teachers. Your FREE library card
gets you access to:
Thousands of video lectures with animations
24X7 Teacher assistance through phone & web
Preloaded lectures on Tablet, study anytime
Invite friends; earn points, and do much more
www.iprofindia.com/
general interest
Hulu
Joint venture between NBC Universal and News Corp. Features TV shows and movies.
Metacafe
Specializes in short-form original video content.
www.metacafe.com
Vimeo
Upload, share, and explore user-generated videos.
www.vimeo.com
YouTube
Hosts millions of user-generated and professional videos.
www.youtube.com