BIOL 112/121 Content Curation OE Repository Evaluation List

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Note - Working on modifying the table to fit.


Repository Name Repository URL Search Difficulty License Audio Video Case Studies Assessment Other Resources Basic Search Advanced Search Browsable Education Level
MIT OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm EASY CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US Y Y \ Y Y Y Y High school, Undergraduate, Graduate
MIT OpenCourseWare YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/MIT MEDIUM CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US Y Y N N N Y N Y
Jorum http://find.jorum.ac.uk/ DIFFICULT Various, Can limit by license type N Y http://find.jorum.ac.uk/resources/463 Y powerpoint Y Y N Higher education, further education
Connexions http://cnx.org/ DIFFICULT CC BY 3.0 Y Y \ Y \ Y Y Y K-12, college, university, con ed, professional development
National Science Digital Library http://nsdl.org/index.php EASY Various Y Y \ Y Y Y Y K-12, university, con ed, professional development
OpenStax College https://openstaxcollege.org DIFFICULT CC BY 3.0 N N N N text only N N Y college and university
Khan Academy www.khanacademy.org MEDIUM Copyright, and MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) Y Y \ Y N Y K-12, university, con ed
AMSER (Applied Math and Science Education Repository) https://amser.org/ EASY Various Y Y Y Y Y Y Y primary, high school, university, teachers
OER Commons (Open Educational Resources) http://www.oercommons.org/ EASY CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (mostly) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y student, teacher, administrator, parent
OER University http://oeruniversitas.org/ DIFFICULT CC BY 3.0 (mostly) unknown unknown unknown N unknown - can't search well enough to find out Y N Y college, university, educators
MERLOT II http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm EASY Various CC Y Y \ Y Y Y K-12, college, grad school, professional development
Saylor.org Academy www.saylor.org MEDIUM CC BY 3.0 (mostly) Y Y \ unknown Y N Y K-12, university, professional development
iBiology http://www.ibiology.org/ EASY CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 N Y N Y Y N Y university
Bozemn Science YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/bozemanbiology MEDIUM Standard YouTube License N Y N Y (on website) Y N Y
CrashCourse YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse MEDIUM Standard YouTube License N Y N N Y N Y
Learners TV http://www.learnerstv.com MEDIUM Mostly CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US Y Y (website says they do, but link is broken, could not verify) Powerpoints, animations Y N Y University
BioVisions (at Harvard) http://multimedia.mcb.harvard.edu/ IMPOSSIBLE Unknown N Y N N animations N N Y University
BioEd Online http://www.bioedonline.org/videos/content-presentations/ EASY need permission to distribute N Y lessons Y N Y K-12
Berkeley on iTunes http://itunes.berkeley.edu/
PhET http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/gene-machine-lac-operon
Vision Learning http://www.visionlearning.com/
ASM MicrobLibrary http://www.microbelibrary.org/library/biofilm/2704-cellular-nucleic-acid-and-extracellular-polysaccharide-staining-of%20biofilms
SciVee http://www.scivee.tv/
Garland Science YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/garlandscience
Howard Hughes Medical Institute http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/browse?&field_bio_format_type[0]=23446&field_bio_biointeractive_topics[1]=23469
Wikipedia: "List of educational video websites" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_educational_video_websites
PAID SERVICES
Sapling Learning http://www2.saplinglearning.com/
The Expert TA http://www.theexpertta.com/
Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning http://www.coerll.utexas.edu/coerll/
MindBites http://www.mindbites.com/category/22-biology
Codecademy http://www.codecademy.com/