Open Educational Resources (OER)

Segments from the 60 Minutes television program.

This site offers free video lecture courses.

Short animated videos about "interesting science, ideas, stories, education and more." Some might be used as a warm up to a lecture.

A searchable database of anatomy videos. Site also offers flashcards, a 3D atlas of human anatomy, 3D anatomy tutorials, and a question bank including over 700 questions on all topics of anatomy and physiology.

Annenberg classroom resources include numerous free online educational videos, both short clips and full programs, on a wide range of topics--arts, history, psychology, math, science, social sciences, etc. Both k-12 and college level.

Online "split-screen video dialogues about politics and ideas," which strives to present a diversity of views. Includes many professors, researchers, and well known authors talking about a wide range of topics including politics, economics, psychology, science, philosophy & religion, popular culture, international affairs, social issues, . . . Archived programs searchable by keywords.

Interviews with authors of books on many topics.

"To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves."

This site catalogs social change related documentaries that can be viewed free online.

"Game Theory Online is a joint project by Matt Jackson (Stanford University), Kevin Leyton-Brown (University of British Columbia) and Yoav Shoham (Stanford University) to bring free, high-quality information about game theory to the world."

Brief basic video lectures.

Thoughtful video segments on many topics.

Many available free online.

Online video and more, covers K-16 levels.

Free online videos of short talks on a wide array of topics.

A YouTube channel with short videos on ideas from authors, thought leaders, speakers, and young prodigies. To search THNKR (not all of YouTube), click on the magnifying glass icon to the right of the About link.

This site links to many full documentary films available free online.

Dissection videos from Jefferson Medical College - not streaming, must be downloaded.

Seinfeld clips that can be used to illustrate economics concepts.

Tip: Instead of using the big YouTube search, you can use the search just above the videos to search only the videos in this channel. Founded by Robert Reich these videos explain topics related to inequality in U.S., covering topics such as "universal basic income, the student debt crisis, free trade, the racial wealth gap, gerrymandering, infrastructure, corporate inversions, border adjustment tax, Medicare for all, and the role of the media in a democracy, among many others."

Animated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website.

Guide to sources of free medical videos, including procedures, operations, and lectures.

An online video-sharing site focused on social justice and environmental issues in the Asia-Pacific.

Movies from the United States Government, from training films to history and national parks.

Thousands of audio, image, and video files in the public domain from the collection of the Pond5 stock footage company.

Browse videos with a Creative Commons license. The site has a clear explanation of the different licenses and how you can or cannot use the videos.

"Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading."

Webcasts from the Library of Congress covering Biography, History, Culture, Performing Arts, Education, Government, Poetry, Literature, Religion, Science, and Technology.

Over 1.5 million digitized videos and clips, including cartoons, commercials and classic films, many public domain or available via Creative Commons license.

A repository of open access digitized videos for education and learning purposes.

Prelinger Archives holds approximately 11,000 digitized videos, primarily home movies and amateur films. Its goal is to collect, preserve, and facilitate access to films of historic significance that haven't been collected elsewhere. There is free access to many (but not all) films from the collection on the Internet Archive site.

Search thousands of videos through this content sharing program. Click on the "Education" tab for highlighted finds.

Search the TED Talks library of videos filmed at TED conferences, TEDx events, and other events. Try narrowing your search to TED-Ed and view animated video lessons targeted to educators to use for customizing lessons.