
Open access learning materials platforms that may host foresight or futures-related educational materials.
Connexions
5,100 modules, 310 collections. A place to develop online content in reusable modular form. (Mar 2008)
Curriki Global Education and Learning Community
11,000 resources, 37,000 members. K-12 and beyond. 50 learning groups (Mar 2008)
iTrain Online
2,034 training resources in 280 categories (Mar 2008)
OER (Open Educational Resources) Commons
21,000 open educational resources in 6 major categories (Mar 2008)
OpenLearn (Open University)
300 courses or modules (Mar 2008)
OTP (Open Training Platform) of UNESCO (UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization)
8,773 training resources in 21 major categories (Mar 2008)
MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
19,258 materials in 19 major categories (Mar 2008)
MIT OpenCourseWare
1800+ courses in 35 departments at MIT. Primarily English. Translations available for some courses.
Moodle
400,000 registered users. The leading open source course management system. Wikis, forums, content, student tracking.
National Repository of Online Courses (NROC) (Monterey Institute)
Free for individual use. $3K to $100K/year for educational access. Supported by the Hewlett Foundation.
Slideshare (Slide Sharing and Webinar Community)
Thousands of slides and webinars (slides + audio) in 22 major categories. (Mar 2008)
SoftChalk
Web-based lesson-building software for creating RLOs (reusable learning objects).
WikiEducator (Commonwealth of Learning)
Unknown number of resources. Primarily English speaking.
Wikiversity (Wikimedia Foundation)
6,768 resources in 16 major categories. Five other languages as well. (Mar 2008).
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