Open Textbook Collections
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BC Open TextbooksThe B.C. Open Textbook Project provides the textbook, “Complexities, Capacities, Communities: Changing Development Narratives in Early Childhood Education, Care and Development.”
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MERLOTMERLOT is a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community.
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The National Academies Press (NAP)This resource provides textbooks on various education studies topics.
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OER CommonsOER Commons provides a curated collection of textbooks and resources for studies in Education.
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Open Textbook LibraryBrowse a wide selection of textbooks on educational studies.
Courses and Videos
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Early Education and Care: Core CompetenciesFrom the University of Massachusetts, this course is designed to provide early childhood education professionals with the knowledge and skills to assess their own level in terms of the eight core competencies, across the infant-toddler, preschool and out-of-school age range.
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Education & Teacher Training Courses – edXEdX offers online education courses covering a broad range of topics from educational policy and history to curriculum design and teaching techniques. Explore case studies in teaching and learn about how technology is increasing access to quality education on an unprecedented scale.
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Edutopia: Education Video LibraryVideos about K-12 teaching methods and strategies from the George Lucas Educational Foundation.
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First Year Teacher ProgramThe 10 modules include video segments featuring teachers using effective strategies and techniques in the classroom on subjects such as phonemic awareness, phonics, speech sounds, and text comprehension.
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Future Learn – EducationTake a course to learn how teachers can help close the gender gap and get guidance on helping girls achieve their potential with this free online course or take a course and learn how to be professionally involved in teaching, support and governing of higher education institutions.
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Future Learn – Teaching CoursesJoin online teaching courses to support teachers’ professional learning and development. Enhance how you teach subjects such as English as a foreign language or STEM, or try new approaches to assessment, behaviour management or special needs provision.
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The Learning Classroom: Theory into PracticeThis is an online college course developed for students preparing to be teachers, as well as inservice K-12 classroom teachers and other educators.
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OpenLearnOpen Learn provides courses on education and development such as “Looking globally: the future of education”, “Facilitating group discussions”, “Play, learning and the brain”, “Enhancing pupil learning on museum visits”, and “Using visualisation in maths teaching.”
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Signing SavvySigning Savvy is a sign language dictionary containing several thousand high resolution videos of American Sign Language (ASL) signs, fingerspelled words, and other common signs.
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TED ED: Lessons Worth Sharing – EducationCreate and share lessons around any TED-Ed original, TED Talk or YouTube Video
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UC Irvine Open CoursesHelp in preparing for the CSET subject tests. Also offered is a ”four-part webinar series specifically designed to help participants better understand and more effectively support gifted students both at home and in the classroom.”
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YouTube EDU – EducationA collection of educational videos posted on YouTube.
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CourseraEvery course on Coursera is taught by top instructors from the world’s best universities and educational institutions. Courses include recorded video lectures, auto-graded and peer-reviewed assignments, and community discussion forums.
Special Education
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Future Learn – Special EducationDiscover ways to make education more inclusive, especially in areas where resources are limited or take a course to understand more about autism, including diagnosis, the autistic spectrum and life with autism, with this online course.
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HathiTrustHathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.
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Internet Archive: Digital LibraryInternet Archive is a non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more.
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Special Needs Education TextbookThis module deals with special needs education. It defines the concept of this type of education, identifies its different types, and discusses the concept of inclusive education and inclusive classroom management practices. It also analyses strategies and policies that can be put in place to enhance learning needs of persons with disabilities.
Additional Resources
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PBS Learning MediaThe PBS Digital Learning Library is a public media system-wide repository of digital media learning objects, including videos, images, podcasts and documents.
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EDUCAUSEEDUCAUSE® is a higher education technology association and the largest community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education.