Free or Open Access
- C-SPAN ClassroomResources for teaching of social studies through C-SPAN’s primary source programming and websites.
- Council for Economic EducationEconomics and personal finance resources for K-12 that could be adapted for college instruction.
- History MattersDesigned for high school and college teachers and students, the site serves as a gateway to web resources and offers other useful materials for teaching U.S. history.
- Lesson Plan Library: Discovery EducationDigital curriculum resources for K–12 classrooms that could be adapted for college instruction. Digital textbooks, multimedia content, and interactive activities.
- MERLOTThe MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers.
- NPR: EducationThe highlight of the site is probably the "Starting Your Podcast" section - it can be used for all kinds of disciplines and topics. Also includes "Life Kits" - videos paired with simple activities to help students of all ages with like skills.
- Open Course LibraryA collection of high quality, free-to-use courses that you can download and use for teaching. All content is stored in Google docs making it easy to access, browse and download.
- Open LearnA variety of educational resources curated by UK's Open University. Full "courses," videos, readings, and more. With a free account users can set up a personal learning profile which tracks course progress and creates participation statements.
- OpenSciEdThe OpenSciEd materials include Teacher and Student materials for each instructional unit in addition to the corresponding professional learning materials designed to support the use of the units. Each unit fits within a Scope and Sequence that provides coherence within and across years.
- OpenStaxThe college textbooks included on this site also link to other free, online resources to supplement engaged online learning.
- PBS: EducationLearning Media is content designed for K-12 that could be adapted for college instruction. Also includes Teachers Lounge where educators share tips for incorporating resources into the classroom, and teaching remotely.