Creator: Free Video Lectures (FVL) | visit site
Grade Range: 8 - 11
Free Video Lectures is a resource offering over 1000 free (upper high school and college level) online courses and 25,000 video lectures from more than 30 universities. Begin your search by choosing a subject or university to explore. Use the search bar to find specific content. Icons for each course offer a short description along with the number of included videos. Find topics ranging from accounting to web designing to business management and many others. Download or embed any videos using links and download instructions. Ignore the advertising; the site content is worth it. Note that these videos are NOT hosted on YouTube so may or may not be locked at your school.
In the Classroom
If you are flipping your classroom, use videos from this site to introduce content to students. Embed videos onto your class website or blog for easy student access. Free Video Lectures is perfect for use with gifted students. Use videos to provide advanced instruction and lessons in content not offered in your school. Have students create a word cloud of the important terms they learn from a video using a tool such as WordItOut (reviewed here). Challenge students to create a presentation using Prezi (reviewed here) to show what the have learned.
At Home
Share Free Video Lectures with your advanced student as a resource for review of classroom material as well as for use in studying and learning topics independently. This is a treasury for students interested in AP or college level learning. Your teen might want to explore what less familiar college course topics are all about.
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Astronomy & Space, Biology/Life Science, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Literacy, Economics, Engineering/Technology, English, Health, History & Culture: World, Language Arts, Math, Physics, Professional, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies, Study Skills, World Languages, World Languages, Writing,