Digital+Curriculum+Alternatives

Free Digital Curriculum Alternatives

Academic Earth - [] Video lectures from elite universities, and it allows viewers to grade the professors. Academic Earth also offers a “Playlists” feature based around themes such as “Laws of Nature,” “Wars Throughout History,” or “You Are What You Eat.”

Achieve OER Online Evaluation Tool – [] Developing project to align products with Common Core State Standards

Boundless – [] Boundless Textbooks are free, digital and social alternatives to your expensive assigned textbooks. Boundless Textbooks are digital and accessible from any computer or mobile device at anytime. There are no massive files to download, no boring PDFs to worry about. Boundless textbooks are interactive, searchable, and social. Selection list is very limited. Texts available for Biology, Economics, Psychology, Philosophy

Brokers of Expertise - [] Connecting with Resources, Community and Training

Calibre - [] Calibre is a free and open source e-book library management application developed by users of e-books for users of e-books. It has a cornucopia of features. calibre has a built-in web server that allows you to access your ebook collection using a simple browser from any computer anywhere in the world. It can also email your books and downloaded news to you automatically. It has support for mobile devices, so you can browse your collection and download books from your smartphone, Kindle, etc.

California Free Digital Textbooks Initiative - [] Select available “Flexbooks”, Customize chapters to produce a book in PDF, Online Reader, or HTML

Carnegie Mellon University - [] Carnegie Mellon University offers a number of free online courses and materials through a program called the Open Learning Initiative. OLI courses are intended to allow anyone at an introductory college level to learn about a particular subject without formal instruction. Course options include such offerings as statistics, biology, chemistry, economics, French and physics.

China Open Resources for Education – [] CORE Open Courseware is a free and open educational resource for faculty, students, and self-learners throughout the world. However, we do not grant credits or degrees, and does not provide access to faculty, we give you open access to the materials used in a variety of courses. To share Chinese Quality Courses worldwide, CORE has launched the project of writing “Chinese Quality Open Courseware (CQOCW)” into English in 2006. Since 2006, CORE has selected 27 from 1,500 CQOCW from CORE Member Universities and organized professors to get involved in the translation. Until now, there are 10 English versions of CQOCW published here. And there will be more CQOCW published in future. Connexions - [] - A place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, //etc//. Anyone may view or contribute:
 * **authors** create and collaborate
 * **instructors** rapidly build and share custom collections
 * **learners** find and explore content

Creative Commons - [] Creative Commons helps you share your knowledge and creativity with the world. We're helping to realize the full potential of the Internet—universal access to research and education, full participation in culture—to drive a new era of development growth, and productivity. Allows licensing of created work.

Curriki – [] Connects educators, parents, and students in the development of curriculum and other educational materials. With its open-source curriculum format, Curriki allows anyone to post their teaching ideas for others to view, download, use, reformat, and reshare.

DiscoverEd - [] DiscoverEd is a search prototype developed by Creative Commons to explore metadata enhanced search, specifically for OER. While most search engines rely solely on algorithmic analyses of resources, DiscoverEd can incorporate [|data provided by the resource publisher or curator]. DiscoverEd supports several common metadata formats, including OAI-PMH and RDFa. The use of these formats allows otherwise unrelated educational projects, curators, and repositories to express facts about their resources in the a way that tools (like DiscoverEd) can use for purposes like search and discovery. DiscoverEd is a project that allows us to explore ways to improve search for OER, and simultaneously demonstrate the utility of structured data. DiscoverEd is built on [|Nutch].

Educause - [] Listing of articles, presentations, websites, publications, blogs on Open Educational Resources

Folksemantic – [] Sign up to meet people with whom you can find, discuss, remix, and develop learning resources. Discover free educational resources from around the world.

FREE - [] Federal Resources for Educational Excellence, is a U.S. Department of Education website that compiles free teacher resources available from dozens of federal agencies. Educators can sign up for the FREE RSS feed, which notifies users when new resources are added. Otherwise, they can browse by topic, from music history to life sciences.

Freereading - []
 * FreeReading ** is a free, high-quality, open-source reading program addressing literacy development for grades K-3. Leveraging the collective wisdom of researchers, teachers, reading coaches, and other education and industry professionals, FreeReading provides a high-quality, cost-effective alternative to static materials. By establishing a foundation of hundreds of research-based lessons and materials that users can download and use for free, FreeReading has created the framework for intervention programs supporting K-6 literacy.

Itunes U - [] a powerful distribution system for everything from lectures to language lessons, films to labs, audiobooks to tours — is an innovative way to get educational content into the hands of students.

Illuminations - [] The Free Software Directory - [] A project of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) and United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). This site catalogs useful free software that runs under free operating systems — particularly the GNU operating system and its GNU/Linux variants.
 * Illuminations ** is designed to:
 * Provide Standards-based resources that improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.
 * Provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in [|//Principles and Standards for School Mathematics//], [|//__Curriculum Focal Points for Prekindergarten through Grade 8 Mathematics__//], and [|//__Focus in High School Mathematics: Reasoning and Sense Making__//].

Kutzown University of Pennsyvania - [] Kutztown University's Small Business Development Center offers the largest collection of free business courses available on the web. Course topics include entrepreneurship, accounting, finance, government, business law, marketing and sales. Comprehensive text, interactive case studies, slides, graphics and streaming audio help to demonstrate the concepts presented in each course.

Learning Registry Browser - [] Links to organizations sharing metadata on educational projects and learning objects.

Library of Congress – [] The Library of Congress’ “ For Teachers ” page highlights ready-to-use classroom materials that are aligned with state standards and take advantage of the Library’s primary sources. It includes access to primary source sets around topics such as U.S. presidents; short facts or activities for class starters, such as “Today in History” and everyday science mysteries; themed lesson plans for dozens of topics; and even professional development curriculum.

MERLOT - [] Peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues. Be recognized for your contributions to quality education. Over 30,000 materials.

MIT+K12 - [] MIT has launched an initiative encouraging its students to produce short videos teaching basic concepts in science and engineering to K-12 students, the university reports. The videos will be accessible through a dedicated MIT website and YouTube channel. A subset of the videos will also be available on Khan Academy, a popular not-for-profit educational site founded by an MIT alumnus

MIT Open Courseware - [] Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT. No registration required. MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. NASA for Educators - [] The NASA for Educators page includes featured articles with information about NASA’s various missions; image galleries on a wide variety of topics; information about NASA careers, internships, fellowships, and scholarships; NASA-produced multimedia materials; and more. An Education Materials Finder will help teachers locate NASA resources that can be used in the classroom; users can search by keywords, grade level, product type, and subject. With hundreds of publications and websites indexed, the finder is the best way to locate NASA educational resources, the agency says.

National Library of Virtual Manipulatives - [] The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) is an NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis). The project includes dissemination and extensive internal and external evaluation.

The National Science Digital Library - [] The nation’s online library for education and research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. It provides free math lessons and activities aligned with the Math Common Core Standards, as well as STEM-related blogs and other free teacher resources and lesson plan ideas. Targeted for K-12 teachers, higher-education professionals, and librarians, NSDL also provides science literary maps and iTunes multimedia files.

OER Africa - [] OER Africa provides you access to information you will need to [|learn about and benefit from Open Educational Resources (OER).] If you are just discovering OER, we provide an excellent starting point for finding OER, learning about the benefits of sharing. We currently focus on the supporting and developing OER in these thematic areas: [|agriculture], [|health education], [|foundation courses] and [|teacher education]

OER Commons – [] OER Commons gathers relevant materials about teaching, technology, research, and more, and encourages you to add links to materials, projects, or news related to the emerging field of Open Education. Free-to-Use Teaching and Learning Content from Around the World. Over 31,000 resources listed.

OER Glue – [] Seamlessly integrate content with dozens of popular websites, apps, and social media services.

The Online Books Page - [] Over 1,000,000 free books on the Web, viewable in html format

Open Courseware Consortium - [] Search for free online courses from prestigious higher education institutions around the globe. Our search index currently contains 5,936 courses from 64 sources and 15 languages, and growing!

Open Culture – [] and [] - 150 scholarly written textbooks and 54 0 free online courses from top universities.

The Open University - [] The Open University is the UK's largest academic institution and a world leader in distance learning. OU's OpenLearn website gives everyone free access to both undergraduate and graduate-level course materials from the University. Courses cover a wide range of topics, including the arts, history, business, education, IT and computing, mathematics and statistics, science, health and technology.

Open Yale Courses – [] provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn.

PBS Teachers - [] Online professional development, TV programming and multimedia web content, lesson plan ideas, and ways to connect with other educators are all things featured on the PBS Teachers page. The website also features news and and webinars for teachers to view.

Phet - [] PhET provides fun, interactive, [|__research-based__] simulations of physical phenomena for free. We believe that our research-based approach- incorporating findings from prior research and our own testing- enables students to make connections between real-life phenomena and the underlying science, deepening their understanding and appreciation of the physical world.

Project Gutenberg - [] Over 36,000 free ebooks to download to your PC, [|Kindle, Android, iOS or other portable device]. Choose between ePub, Kindle, HTML and simple text formats. We carry high quality ebooks: All our ebooks were previously published by //bona fide// publishers. We digitized and diligently proofed them with the help of thousands of volunteers.

Quizlet - [] Quizlet is the **largest flash cards and study games website** with over 11 million free sets of flashcards covering every possible subject. It's the best place to play educational games, memorize vocabulary and study online.

The Saylor Foundation - http://www.saylor.org/ Saylor.org is a free and open collection of college level courses.There are no registrations or fees required to take our courses, and you will earn a certificate upon completion of each course. Because we are not accredited, you will not earn a college degree or diploma;, our team of experienced college professors has designed each course so you will be able to achieve the same learning objectives as students enrolled in traditional colleges. Schmoop http://www.shmoop.com Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time. Don't worry… we'll have it back home at a reasonable hour.85% of their content is free. The rest may be purchased as a subscription. ScienceNetlinks - [] Science NetLinks is a premier K-12 science education resource produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At Science NetLinks, you'll find teaching tools, interactives, podcasts, and hands-on activities, and all of it is free!

Sourceforge - [] Over 300,00 open source free software projects. Mostly utilities.

Stanford - [] Stanford University, one of the world's leading [|academic institutions], has joined forces with iTunes U to provide access to Stanford courses, lectures and interviews. These courses can be downloaded and played on iPods, PCs and Macs and can also be burned to CDs.

Teacher’s Domain - [] Free [|digital media] from public TV broadcasters for educational use. Users can search for materials via individual state standards, Common Core State Standards, or national standards from different organizations. Website users can create online profiles in order to share the resources they have learned for a particular lesson with others.

Teacher Education in sub-Saharan Africa - [] TESSA brings together teachers and teacher educators from across Africa. It offers a range of materials (Open Educational Resources) in four languages to support school based teacher education and training.

Teachnology – [] providing free and easy-to-use resources for teachers, including “Teacher Timesavers” to help educators better organize. The site also features 42,000-plus lesson plans, 9,000 free printable worksheets, rubrics, teaching tips, web quests, and other free teacher resources.

Textbook Central - [] A variety of free e-books and associated educational material available for either download or online use

Textbook Revolution - [] Bibliographic data and Abstract of books provided. Books are downloadable in pdf format.

Thinkfinity - [] Free digital learning platform from the Verizon Foundation that offers comprehensive teaching and learning resources created by content partners such as the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the International Reading Association, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the National Geographic Society, and more. Its content includes interactive student games, lesson plans focused on various themes, education blogs and online discussions, and much more.

Tufts University - [] Like MIT, Tufts has OpenCourseWare that is available free to everyone. Courses are sorted by school (i.e. the School of Arts and Sciences, the School of Medicine, etc.) and include assignments, lecture notes and other supplementary materials. University of California, Berkeley - [] Hundreds of UC Berkeley classes, both current and archived, are now available as podcasts and webcasts. Courses cover a range of subjects, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, computer programming, engineering, psychology, legal studies and philosophy.

University of California, Irvine - [] A member of the OCW Consortium. Their growing list of courses covers topics like financial planning, human resources, capital markets and e-marketing. Course materials include syllabi, lecture notes, assignments and exams.

University of Southern Queensland - [] The University of Southern Queensland in Australia provides free online access to a number of different courses through yet another OpenCourseWare initiative. Courses from each of the five faculties are available covering a broad range of topics, including communication, science, career planning, technology, teaching and multimedia creation.

Utah Education Network – [] Apps for Education - [] App search by device, cost, category, grade level, or curriculum area.

Pioneer – [] Utah’s online library, including eMedia resources, SIRS database, World Book Encyclopedia, several newspaper resources and services

K-12 Core Lesson Plans - [] Catalog of lesson plans arranged by curricular area

Utah State University - [] Utah State OpenCourseWare is a collection of educational material used in our formal campus courses, and seeks to provide people around the world with an opportunity to access high quality learning opportunities.

Webquest.org - [] A WebQuest is an inquiry-oriented lesson format in which most or all the information that learners work with comes from the web. The model was developed by Bernie Dodge at San Diego State University in February, 1995 with early input from SDSU/Pacific Bell Fellow Tom March, the Educational Technology staff at San Diego Unified School District, and waves of participants each summer at the Teach the Teachers Consortium. Open books for an open world ||
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