Streaming Videos - Search the Library Catalog or the Sites Below for Additional Selections
Videos to which the Library has already arranged access are included in the Library's Catalog at https://elibrary.wayne.edu/search/ The websites below can also be used to search for additional films you might wish to use in courses. Videos can be requested through the library's Streaming Media (Video and Audio) Request Form. If possible, include the URL for the film you'd like in the Call Number field. When Wayne State University Libraries has acquired licensed access, the video will be accessible through the library's catalog. The Permalink at the bottom of the cataloging record can be given directly to students, and/or embedded in Canvas or other course sites.
- Kanopy Streaming This link opens in a new windowKanopy is an on-demand streaming video service for educational institutions that provides access to more than 26,000 films. Kanopy works directly with filmmakers and film distribution companies to offer award-winning collections including titles from PBS, BBC, Criterion Collection, Media Education Foundation and more.
- Academic Video Online (Alexander Street)- high-quality educational video content, in DVD and streaming formats.
- Films Media Group- high-quality video on academic, vocational, and life-skills topics.
- Film Platform: WSU Licensed FilmsWSU has a limited number of documentary films available through Film Platform.
- Lumiere (University of California- Berkeley)Registration and login required to access this library of foreign language film clips for classroom use.
- New Day Films- a filmmaker-run distribution company, providing social issue documentaries to educators since 1971.
- Theatre in VideoDefinitive performances, by leading actors and directors. include more than 400 of the world's most important plays, together with more than 100 video documentaries, online in streaming video.
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OER Repositories Multidisciplinary
- Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning (COERLL)The Center for Open Educational Resources & Language Learning (COERLL) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education. COERLL's mission is to produce and disseminate Open Educational Resources (OER). In addition, COERLL aims to reframe foreign language education in terms of bilingualism and/or multilingualism. As such, all COERLL resources strive to represent more accurately language development and performance along dialectal and proficiency continua.
- Mason OER MetafinderA real-time, simultaneous search across 22* different sources of open educational materials from George Mason University.
- OER CommonsVideos, lesson plans, texts and more. Most Creative Commons licensed. Includes resources like Khan Academy. Includes post-secondary materials.
- Michigan Colleges Online (OER Commons Hub)A growing set of high-quality OER curated by the Michigan Community College Association and its member colleges.
- The Orange GroveFlorida's digital repository of OER, this link takes you to the listing of Higher Education resources, searchable by discpline.
- Crash Course (YouTube)The playlists for introductory physics, astronomy and chemistry are appropriate for lower undergraduate courses. Also include topics like philosophy, psychology and world history.
- HippoCampusCreate playlists of content for your own course. The User's Guide contains direct links to subjects and collections.
- Khan AcademyAn extensive library of content, including interactive challenges, assessments, and videos.
- Merlot II (Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)Merlot II is a free and open peer reviewed collection of online teaching and learning materials and faculty-developed services. You can search by learning material type and collection. Create an account to create your own collections in Merlot, and use the content builder to create mash-ups of existing materials for your classroom.
- OSU ecampus OERListing of open textbooks, courses and learning objects.
- PBS Learning MediaYou will need to create a free account to use these resources. Search by subject and media type.
- Teaching CommonsThe Teaching Commons brings together high-quality open educational resources from leading colleges and universities. Curated by librarians and their institutions, the Teaching Commons includes open access textbooks, course materials, lesson plans, multimedia, and more.
- TEDEd LessonsShared repository of lesson plans created using TED Talks.
General - Featured Open Textbooks
Find Open Textbooks
- Criteria for Evaluating an Open TextbookP2PU provides a set of evaluation criteria to help you begin your evaluation of an open textbook.
- Open Textbook LibraryOne of the best places to get started on your search. University of Minnesota's Open Textbook Library has curated a selection of quality open textbooks, and provides faculty reviews for many of the titles.
- American Institute of MathematicsAIM presents a list of open textbooks they have reviewed and approved as quality open textbooks, for subjects ranging from Liberal Arts Math and Precalculus to Number Theory and Statistics.
- H2OH2O is a suite of online classroom tools developed and provided by the Berkman Center for Internet & Society in collaboration with the Harvard Law School Library. H2O allows professors to freely develop, remix, and share online textbooks under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.
- Saylor Academy Open TextbooksSearch for open resources by discipline and course level.
Even MORE Open Resources
- Open Textbooks/Open Educational Resources (OER) by Veronica BielatMore on pedagogy, articles, resources, and organizations that support open access.