List of FREE Resources for Online Teaching

CREATING ENGAGING LECTURES

SLIDES AND LECTURES

1. Slides Carnival: https://www.slidescarnival.com/

2. Canva: https://www.canva.com/

POLLS, SURVEYS, LIVE QUIZZES, ACTIVE LEARNING

1. Mentimeter: https://www.mentimeter.com/

2. Kahoot!: https://kahoot.com/schools-u/

3. Zoom Polls: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/213756303-Polling-for-meetings

4. Zoom Breakout Rooms: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476093-Enablingbreakout-rooms

VIDEO RECORDING

1. OBS Studio (Open Broadcast SoftwARE): https://obsproject.com/

2. Screencast-o-matic: https://screencast-o-matic.com/screen-recorder

3. Screencastify: https://www.screencastify.com/

4. Camtasia: https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html

5. Explain Everything: https://explaineverything.com

KITCHEN-BASED/HOME-BASED EXPERIMENTS

1. Steve Spangler Science: https://www.stevespanglerscience.com/lab/experiment-library/#top5

2. ThoughtCo: https://www.thoughtco.com/science-4132464

3. ACS Resources: https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/education/resources.html

OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:

OPEN TEXTBOOK SEARCH

1. Open Textbook Library: https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks

2. OpenStax: https://openstax.org/subjects

3. BCcampus Open Education Resources:https://open.bccampus.ca/browse-our-collection/findopen-textbooks/

SIMULATIONS SEARCH

1. PhET: https://Phet.Colorado.edu

MODULAR COURSE COMPONENTS

1. MERLOT: https://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

COMPLETE COURSES

1. Saylor Academy: https://learn.saylor.org/

2. The Open Course Library: http://opencourselibrary.org

3. MIT OpenCourseWare: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses

RECORDED LECTURES AND VIDEO TUTORIALS

1. MIT OpenCourseWare: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses

2. MIT YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/MIT

3. TED: https://www.ted.com/

4. TedEd: https://ed.ted.com/

GENERAL OER SEARCHES

1. OER Commons: https://www.oercommons.org

2. Google Advanced: https://www.google.com/advanced_search

a. Remember to go to Usage Rights and select “Free to Use, Share or Modify”

CHECKLISTS FOR EVALUATING OPEN EDUCATION RESOURCES

1. https://open.bccampus.ca/files/2014/07/Faculty-Guide-22-Apr-15.pdf

2. https://guides.library.uq.edu.au/how-to-find/open-educational-resources/evaluate#s-lg-box-15152397

3. https://www.affordablelearninggeorgia.org/documents/R4_criteria.pdf

4. https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=L9WC6X&sp=yes