Textbook Alternatives: Video Sources

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Segments from the 60 Minutes television program.

This site offers free video lecture courses.

Short animated videos about "interesting science, ideas, stories, education and more." Some might be used as a warm up to a lecture.

Created "to preserve and make accessible significant historical content created by public media" this large collection includes documentaries, TV and radio programs from public broadcasting organizations, mostly regional programs of historical interest.

A searchable database of anatomy videos. Free, supported by advertising.

Annenberg classroom resources include numerous free online educational videos, both short clips and full programs, on a wide range of topics--arts, history, psychology, math, science, social sciences, etc. Both k-12 and college level.

Online "split-screen video dialogues about politics and ideas," which strives to present a diversity of views. Includes many professors, researchers, and well known authors talking about a wide range of topics including politics, economics, psychology, science, philosophy & religion, popular culture, international affairs, social issues, . . . Archived programs searchable by keywords.

Interviews with authors of books on many topics.

Online educational videos on topics related to organic chemistry, literature, world history, biology, philosophy, theater, ecology, and more.

"To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves."

This site catalogs social change related documentaries that can be viewed free online.

"Game Theory Online is a joint project by Matt Jackson (Stanford University), Kevin Leyton-Brown (University of British Columbia) and Yoav Shoham (Stanford University) to bring free, high-quality information about game theory to the world."

Tip: Instead of using the big YouTube search, you can use the search just above the videos to search only the videos in this channel. Founded by Robert Reich these videos explain topics related to inequality in U.S., covering topics such as "universal basic income, the student debt crisis, free trade, the racial wealth gap, gerrymandering, infrastructure, corporate inversions, border adjustment tax, Medicare for all, and the role of the media in a democracy, among many others."

Brief basic video lectures.

Short videos by academic researchers to explain their question, methods, finding, relevance of their research, and the outlook for future research on the topic. Each video is connected to a specific peer reviewed article. The site includes researchers from many disciplines and can be searched by keyword.

Guide to sources of free medical videos, including procedures, operations, and lectures.

Thoughtful video segments on many topics.

Many available free online.

Online video and more, covers K-16 levels.

Free online videos of short talks on a wide array of topics.

Animated educational videos, many of which represent collaborations between talented educators and animators nominated through the TED-Ed website.

A YouTube channel with short videos on ideas from authors, thought leaders, speakers, and young prodigies. To search THNKR (not all of YouTube), click on the magnifying glass icon to the right of the About link.

This site links to many full documentary films available free online.

Search across millions of videos. In addition to the coverage of congress and other government events that you expect from C-SPAN, there are also many history related videos.

Many videos on computer science and software engineering topics, such as AI, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Search & Info Retrieval, Algorithms, Security, Privacy, Cryptography, and more.

Dissection videos from Jefferson Medical College - not streaming, must be downloaded.

"Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading."