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MIT Open Courseware Free, searchable access to Web sites, syllabi, assignments, and other course materials for more than 500 courses developed by faculty at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
World Lecture Hall Links to course materials for university-level courses from around the world. Some courses are delivered entirely online, while others are designed for students in residence. Divided into 83 categories. Note this site is currently being updated.
American Memory Historical Collections A gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. This site from the Library of Congress offers more than seven million digital items from more than 100 historical collections.
Campus Alberta Repository of Educational Objects - CAREO A free searchable, Web-based collection of 3,670 multidisciplinary teaching materials. The project is supported by the University of Alberta and the Canadian Network for the Advancement of Research in Industry and Education
The Connexions Project A freely accessible database of more than 1,000 educational content modules and curricula from Rice University. The site includes open-source software that allows users to "exploit the materials in the repository for their needs."
Consortium of Online Learning (COOL) A learning object repository for high school courses in British Columbia developed by a consortium of 36 school districts. Includes 21 resources.
EduSource A network of linked and interoperable learning object repositories across Canada.
Federal Government Resources for Educational Excellence, FREE Hundreds of free teaching and resources from more than 35 federal organizations. Resources include teaching ideas, learning activities, photos, maps, primary documents, data, paintings, sound recordings, and more.
FreeFoto.com The largest collection of free photographs for private noncommercial use on the Internet.
The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) A searchable database of more than 33,500 lesson plans, curriculum units and educational materials for all grade levels found on federal, state, university, nonprofit, and commercial Web sites. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education.
Humbul Humanities Hub Hosted by England's University of Oxford, a catalogue of evaluated online resources in the humanities from the Resource Discovery Network. Topics include English, history, philosophy, history and philosophy of science, theology, religion and modern languages.
Learning about Learning Objects This site aims to train faculty to develop learning objects and use them in their online courses. It includes 63 learning objects. Funded by the California Virtual Campus and developed by the San Diego Community College District.
LOLA – Learning Objects, Learning Activities A pilot project in the sciences at Wesleyan University in which faculty will develop interactive learning tools and animations that will help students visualize difficult concepts. These modules will be used in and out of the classroom.
Maricopa Learning Exchange A warehouse of 722 learning "packages" - ideas, examples, and resources that support student learning at the Maricopa Community Colleges.
Merlot A free and open resource designed for higher education faculty and students with links to nearly 10,000 online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments. The searchable database is divided into the subject areas of arts, business, education, humanities, mathematics, science and technology, and social sciences. The site is sponsored by a consortium of colleges, universities and statewide systems.
Wisconsin Online Resource Center More than 1,000 learning objects created by 188 faculty from the Wisconsin Technical College System in the areas of adult basic education, English as a second language, business, general education, health, professional development, service, and technical courseware.
Other Learning Object Repositories The Merlot Web site contains a catalog of learning object repositories. Go to their advanced search screen and choose Material Type = Collection to see all of the collections of learning objects within Merlot.