Open Education

Free public domain audiobooks read by volunteers.

From the Iowa State University repository: "These anatomical illustrations were created by Biological and Pre-Medical Illustration (BPMI) students that had previously attended the course, BIOL351: Comparative Chordate Anatomy. The students worked closely with the lab instructor to develop detailed anatomical illustrations of the specimens studied in the lab, which allowed the students to showcase their work. The images were then incorporated in the lab handbook for the course and made more widely available as open educational resources"

Site Description: "Ukiyo-e Search provides an incredible resource: The ability to both search for Japanese woodblock prints by simply taking a picture of an existing print AND the ability to see similar prints across multiple collections of prints. Below is an example print, click to see it in action."

NB: Double-check copyright status.

Site Description: "This page features items from the Library's digital collections that are free to use and reuse. The Library believes that this content is either in the public domain, has no known copyright, or has been cleared by the copyright owner for public use."

"Images from the History of Medicine (IHM) in NLM Digital Collections provides online access to images from the historical collections of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. IHM includes image files of a wide variety of visual media including fine art, photographs, engravings, and posters that illustrate the social and historical aspects of medicine dating from the 15th to 21st century." (NLM).

"Created by a Working Group at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the PHIL offers an organized, universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures. We welcome public health professionals, the media, laboratory scientists, educators, students, and the worldwide public to use this material for reference, teaching, presentation, and public health messages." (PHIL)

Openly licensed podcasts in a variety of subject areas.

This list details how to access free educational podcasts produced by universities around the world.

The Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies offers an OER Library with podcast and audio shorts on various topics, that include, "...BBQ+’s podcasts, as well as our summer Pedagogy Fellows’ OER audio shorts, which blend guided meditation, storytelling, oral history, and podcast." (BBQ+ OER LIbrary, about)

"TED-Ed is TED’s youth and education initiative" (about)

"TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, and today covers almost all topics — from science to business to global issues — in more than 100 languages. Meanwhile, independently run TEDx events help share ideas in communities around the world." (TED, about)