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Learning Through Open Educational Resources
Johan Eddy Luaran
i-Learn Center
Universiti Teknologi MARA
2013
First published 2013
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Learning Through Open Educational Resources Johan Eddy Luaran
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1: CURRIKI
What is Curriki?....................................................................................................................... 1
Benefits Currikki Offers........................................................................................................... 1
Get Started.............................................................................................................................. 2
References............................................................................................................................... 6
CHAPTER 2: YOUTUBE EDU
What is Youtube Edu?............................................................................................................. 7
Benefits Youtube Edu Offers.................................................................................................. 7
Get Started.............................................................................................................................. 8
References............................................................................................................................... 12
CHAPTER 3: WIKI
What is Wiki?........................................................................................................................... 13
Types of Wiki............................................................................................................................ 13
Wikipedia................................................................................................................................. 14
Wikinews.................................................................................................................................. 15
Wikisource............................................................................................................................... 16
Wikiversity............................................................................................................................... 17
Wiktionary................................................................................................................................ 18
Wikidata................................................................................................................................... 19
Wikiquote................................................................................................................................. 20
Wikibooks................................................................................................................................. 21
Wikivoyage............................................................................................................................... 22
Get Started.............................................................................................................................. 23
References............................................................................................................................... 24
CHAPTER 4: KHAN ACADEMY
What is Khan Academy?.......................................................................................................... 25
Benefits Khan Academy Offers................................................................................................ 25
Get Started.............................................................................................................................. 26
References............................................................................................................................... 30
CHAPTER 5: STANFORD ENGINEERING EVERYWHERE
What is Stanford Engineering Everywhere?............................................................................ 31
Benefits Stanford Engineering Everywhere Offers.................................................................. 31
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 32
References............................................................................................................................... 34
CHAPTER 6: MIT OPEN COURSEWARE
What is MIT Open Courseware?.............................................................................................. 35
Benefits MIT Open Courseware Offers.................................................................................... 35
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 36
References............................................................................................................................... 39
CHAPTER 7: BBC LEARNING
What is BBC Learning?............................................................................................................. 40
Benefits BBC Learning Offers................................................................................................... 40
Get Started.............................................................................................................................. 41
References............................................................................................................................... 43
CHAPTER 8: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE (EOL)
What is Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)?......................................................................................... 44
Benefits Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) Offers............................................................................... 44
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 45
References............................................................................................................................... 47
CHAPTER 9: WATCHKNOWLEARN
What is WatchKnowLearn?...................................................................................................... 48
Benefits WatchKnowLearn Offers............................................................................................ 48
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 49
References............................................................................................................................... 52
CHAPTER 10: VIMEO EDUCATION
What is Vimeo?........................................................................................................................ 53
Benefits Vimeo Education Offers............................................................................................. 53
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 54
References............................................................................................................................... 56
CHAPTER 11: KNOWMIA
What is Knowmia? 57
Benefits Knowmia Offers 57
Get Started.............................................................................................................................. 58
References............................................................................................................................... 62
CHAPTER 12: CITIZENDIUM
What is Citizendium?............................................................................................................... 63
Benefits Citizendium Offers..................................................................................................... 63
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 64
References............................................................................................................................... 66
CHAPTER 13: INTERNET ARCHIVE
What is Internet Archive?........................................................................................................ 67
Benefits Internet Archive Offers.............................................................................................. 67
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 68
References............................................................................................................................... 71
CHAPTER 14: HISTORY PIN
What is History Pin?................................................................................................................. 72
Benefits History Pin Offers...................................................................................................... 72
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 73
References............................................................................................................................... 77
CHAPTER 15: CK-12
What is CK-12?......................................................................................................................... 78
Benefits CK-12 Offers............................................................................................................... 78
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 79
References............................................................................................................................... 81
CHAPTER 16: TEACHERTUBE
What is TeacherTube?............................................................................................................. 82
Benefits TeacherTube Offers................................................................................................... 82
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 83
References............................................................................................................................... 87
CHAPTER 17: SMARTHISTORY
What is SmartHistory?............................................................................................................. 88
Benefits SmartHistory Offers................................................................................................... 88
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 89
References............................................................................................................................... 90
CHAPTER 18: SCHOOLTUBE
What is SchoolTube?................................................................................................................ 91
Benefits SchoolTube Offers...................................................................................................... 91
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 92
References............................................................................................................................... 94
CHAPTER 19: PBS LEARNING MEDIA
What is PBS Learning Media?.................................................................................................. 95
Benefits PBS Learning Media Offers........................................................................................ 95
Get Started.............................................................................................................................. 96
References............................................................................................................................... 99
CHAPTER 20: NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC EDUCATION
What is National Geographic Education?................................................................................ 100
Benefits National Geographic Education Offers...................................................................... 100
Get Started............................................................................................................................... 101
References............................................................................................................................... 103
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Curriki
What is Curriki?
Curriki is an open community of educators, parents, and students who share Open Educational
Resources. It has been curating best in class learning materials since 2006. According to Wikipedia
(2012), Curriki's model is to develop curricula through community contributors, and to deliver
curricula and open educational resources globally. Anyone with access to the Internet can contribute
and use the material found on Curriki to teach themselves or others. Since the materials, which
include digital textbooks, learning videos, and interactive resources, are provided in open source,
they can be adapted as needed to particular requirements inside or outside of the classroom.
http://www.curriki.org/
Benefits Curriki offers
1. Membership benefits
By creating an account, users would be able to better manage their activities on the site.
2. Detailed search options
Not only are the resources available on this site categorized well into subjects, topics,
educational level, and features, but users are also able to customize their search using the
Search Tip box. This makes searching for contents easy and systematic.
3. Content publisher
Users are given the liberty to publish, edit and even create their own collection of resources
to be shared with others on the site. This helps build the library of resources and promotes it
to be continuously advantageous to both teachers and parents alike.
4. Downloadable content
Some of the resources are available for downloading. However, this feature is only made
possible once users are logged in.
5. Interactivity
Users may share feedbacks and thoughts on the content of the site through groups and
messaging as well as blogging features.
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6. Mailing list
By subscribing to the mailing list, users may receive updates on the site and its contents
instantly.
Get started!
Go to http://www.curriki.org/
Create an account
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Browse for resources
Once you have registered an account, go back to the homepage and click on Resources and
Curricular. Choose to browse the resources according to topics, educational level or special features.
Begin browsing through the array of resources available. Click on a title to view.
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You may narrow down the search results by filling in the details in the Search Tips box above.
View content
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Download content
Be noted that you may only download contents once you have registered and logged into your
Curriki account.
References
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curriki
2. http://www.curriki.org/
3. http://www.slideshare.net/thinkict/curriki-features
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Youtube Edu
What is Youtube Edu?
Youtube Edu is a faction of the popular video sharing site, Youtube which acts as an online storage
for millions of videos (Youtube, 2013) contributed by not only individuals but organizations,
institutions and even political parties worldwide. Youtube Edu specifically focuses on educational
content in the form of videos for people to “discover, create and share” regardless of whether one is
a learner, educator, parent or institution. Many educators have sought for resources available on
Youtube Edu to supplement their classroom activities and this is made even more possible
considering the vast variety of topics made available on the site (Wikipedia, 2013). Many features on
Youtube (and Vimeo) actually promote learning to a wider audience as they encourage sharing and
interacting between users.
http://www.youtube.com/education
Benefits Youtube Edu offers
1. Membership benefits
Members are granted various benefits such as being able to upload contents into the site,
subscribe to channels, leave comments on other videos as well as rate materials on the site.
2. Detailed search options
Not only are users able to search up keywords in order to find what they are looking for,
they may also browse by education level such as university level, K-12 or even lifelong
learning videos.
3. Content publisher
Signed in members are allowed to publish their own contents into the site by following a few
simple steps.
4. Wide content coverage
Resources are vast and varied in terms of subjects and grade level they appeal to. This is
especially because its users make up of not only individuals but also schools and universities
as well.
5. Interactivity
Once signed in, users may leave their comments and express their thoughts on any video on
the site.
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Get started!
Go to http://www.youtube.com/education
Browse for resources
To begin searching for resources, users may opt to either use the search bar, filter by categories or
browse through the various thumbnails featured throughout the site.
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View content
Upload a video
In order to upload content, users must be logged into a Google account.
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If you opted to create a new account, just fill in the required fields and follow the steps
shown.
Once you have signed into your Google account, you are ready to upload a video!
You may select 1 or more videos to be uploaded.
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Once the upload is completed, click on the link given to view.
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References
1. http://www.youtube.com/education
2. https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2685809?hl=en
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Wiki
What is Wiki?
A wiki is usually a web application, which allows people to add, modify, or delete content in
collaboration with others. Text is usually written using a simplified mark up language or a rich-text
editor. While a wiki is a type of content management system, it differs from a blog and others as such
system in that the content is created without any defined owner or leader, and wikis have little implicit
structure, allowing structure to emerge according to the needs of the users.
The encyclopaedia project- Wikipedia, is the most famous wiki on the public web, but there are many
sites running many different kinds of wiki software. Wikis can serve many different purposes both
public and private, including knowledge management, note taking, community websites and intranets.
Some permit control over different functions (levels of access). For example, editing rights may
permit changing, adding or removing material. Others may permit access without enforcing access
control. Other rules may also be imposed to organize content.
Types of Wiki
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia is an online encyclopaedia built to act as a reference medium that is readily available for
free. Its content is contributed by a global community of volunteers as it is open for anyone to
update and edit. As of today, Wikipedia (2013) reports to have over 30 million articles stored in 287
languages. It is no surprise that this site is ranked among the top 10 biggest and most popular online
reference by Alexa, a company known for providing reliable internet traffic data.
http://en.wikipedia.org/
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Wikinews
Wikinews is a wiki project launched by the Wikimedia Foundation that aims to provide free news
reports to internet users anywhere (Wikipedia, 2013). Its content is collected based on
“collaborative journalism” or “citizen journalism” which means that anyone with access to the
internet is allowed to contribute to the site. However, Wikinews makes it a policy to maintain a
neutral point of view in their news articles. Wikinews has made remarkable news coverage over the
years, especially in events which implicate large populations of people such as natural disasters.
(Thelwall et al., 2013).
http://en.wikinews.org/
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Wikisource
Wikisource is an online library specifically hosting contents that are of textual sources. These
materials are often scanned from their original copies and uploaded into the digital library, allowing
it to reach a wider scope of audience. While several criticisms have been made regarding the
credibility and reliability of its content, Wikisource have been cited by large organizations including
the National Archives and Records Administration (Wikipedia, 2013). While the larger faction of its
contents is made up of texts, Wikisource also holds a collection of comics, films and audio books as
well.
http://en.wikisource.org/
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Wikiversity
Wikiversity is a project by the Wikimedia Foundation that focuses on hosting contents that are
tailored for educational use. It is largely referred to by educators and students as it provides tutorials
and courses that are more familiar to the courses taught in class. It aims to offer free educational
content in a multitude of language translations, covering topics befitting students of all grade levels
(Wikipedia, 2013).
http://en.wikiversity.org/
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Wiktionary
Wiktionary, coming from the word dictionary, offers a free multilingual dictionary to everyone.
While it currently bears word translations and explanations from 158 languages including “Simple
English”, it aims to further grow in terms of language coverage, hoping to be able to host
translations of all words in all the languages of the world. On top of that, its English contents also
offer a Wikisaurus (thesaurus) feature which entails synonyms of each word.
http://en.wiktionary.org/
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Wikidata
Wikidata is a repository for all the data keyed into the various Wikimedia wiki projects. This
relatively new project was set up to create a centralised base for all the links to articles and pages
published on the other wiki sites. Due to the fact that the collection of articles in the Wikimedia wikis
has grown incredibly massive, Wikidata aims to string these different articles from the different wikis
under the topics they cover. This way, by searching the topic “History”, for example, Wikidata would
direct users to a page listing down all the different articles published in all the other sites and in all
the languages available in. In simpler terms, Wikidata may be understood as a one-stop directory to
all the articles published in all the types of wiki projects by the Wikimedia Foundation.
http://en.wikidata.org/
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Wikiquote
Wikiquote is an online wiki project that concentrates on collecting quotations from notable “people,
books, films and proverbs” that is collaboratively contributed by its users. While there many
reference platforms for quotes online already exist, Wikiquote provides cross-links to the Wikipedia
pages of its quote sources. This would largely ease users in finding out more about the prominent
figures who came up with the quotes as everything is interconnected within the vast Wikimedia
libraries.
http://en.wikiquote.org/
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Wikibooks
Wikibooks is a store of open-content textbooks (Wikibooks, 2013). As the term textbook may be
open to various interpretations, Wikibooks notes down that only specific books with features of
“annotated texts, instructional guides and manuals” are relevant to this site. This helps to distinguish
the contents from those acceptable in Wikisource and those that belong here. The resources
available on this site may be used for both formal learning as well as informal or self-learning
purposes.
http://en.wikibooks.org/
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Wikivoyage
Wikivoyage is an online-based travel directory that covers not only travel destinations but travel
topics of discussions as well. This Wikimedia project is, like most others, a result of collaborative
journalism by users from all across the globe. According to Wikipedia (2013), the contents of this
site’s materials are divided into broad categories including destinations and itineraries. These
contents may be adapted and tailored in various ways to be a contributing aid to any classroom
teaching, especially for subjects like language and social studies. Wikivoyage is also available in nine
different languages with English being its users’ most preferred language.
http://en.wikivoyage.org/
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Get started!
Browse for resources
Whether it is Wikipedia, Wikiversity or any other types of Wiki, one feature that is common among
all the Wikis is its search tool. Every Wiki site features a Search bar, usually located on the top right
corner of the page which allows users to key in words related to the content they wish to search for.
By doing so, users may either be automatically directed into a specific page most related to the
keyword(s), or be given a list of suggested pages which may be related to the keyword(s) entered.
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References
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikinews
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisources
4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiversity
5. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiktionary
6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikidata
7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiquote
8. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks: What_is_Wikibooks
9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikivoyage
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Khan Academy
What is Khan Academy?
Khan Academy is a non-profit making organization that aims to provide quality education online to
simply anyone. According to Wikipedia (2013), the site now holds a library “of more than 4,500”
educational resources in the forms of video lessons stored on the popular video sharing site,
YouTube teaching various subjects from mathematics to art history. All in which may be accessed
online by the public at no charge at all.
https://www.khanacademy.org/
Benefits Khan Academy offers
1. Membership benefits
Members of the site are entitled to features that expand beyond merely discovering
resources on the site. Teachers are allowed to create classes, design course contents, set up
tests among others while students and parents are granted features that suit them.
2. Detailed search options
Searching for contents are made easy and direct with the search options available on this
site. Users are allowed to browse by categories, filter their search results as well as search
for related topics without hassle.
3. Wide content coverage
Materials made available by Khan Academy covers 8 broad topics familiar to both school
teachers and students with a long list of subtopics under each area.
4. Interactivity
Users may interact and discuss with each other once they are signed in which promotes
collaborative learning and expands the possibility of discovering new things.
5. Mailing list
Users may easily subscribe to any particular topic or content category they are interested in
by clicking the Subscribe button featured throughout the site.
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Get started!
Go to https://www.khanacademy.org/
Create an account
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An email will be sent to you for verification purposes. Open this email and click on the link given.
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Browse for resources
Once your sign up is complete, you will be directed to your user dashboard. Follow the following
steps to begin browsing for resources from this dashboard.
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View content
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Interact with others to gain more information
References
1. https://www.khanacademy.org/about
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khan_Academy
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Stanford Engineering Everywhere
What is Stanford Engineering Everywhere?
Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) began as a project to offer certain course contents by
Stanford’s School of Engineering to its students online, free of charge. It collects and currently holds
a library of materials that can be benefitted by not only students, but educators as well. These
materials include “instructional videos, reading lists and assignments” (Wikipedia, 2013), readily
available for anyone to view. The resources available on this site include that of the three-course
Introduction to Computer Science, a most popular course among its student body (SEE, 2013).
http://see.stanford.edu/
Benefits Stanford Engineering Everywhere offers
1. Downloadable content
Resources available on this site are most often made downloadable for the benefit of all its
users. The no hassle, one click download process is another proof of SEE’s charitable
intentions of providing education to everyone everywhere.
2. Variety of material type
Resources may be found in various forms including texts, tutorials, as well as audio and
visual clips.
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View content
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Download content
As most of the content of this site may be viewed in PDF format, they may be downloaded. Simply
open the content in PDF format and click the download button as shown below.
References
1. http://see.stanford.edu/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Engineering_Everywhere
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MIT Open Courseware
What is MIT Open Courseware?
MIT Open Courseware (MIT OCW) is Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) effort to provide
an online source to its library of educational resources from its undergraduate and graduate-level
courses. The materials may be accessed by anyone partly for free of charge and has been a great
support to students all over the world. It was recorded that more than 2080 courses have been
made available in this site as of November 2011 (Wikipedia, 2013) which includes materials such as
reading lists, interactive web demonstrations, textbooks and even video lectures. It was also noted
that at least 46 of these courses offered comprehensive video lectures that may be viewed and
downloaded for offline viewing.
http://ocw.mit.edu/
Benefits MIT Open Courseware offers
1. Detailed search options
MIT OCW offers an interesting method of filtering your search results in which users are to
follow a three step process; firstly in picking the topic of interest, next a subtopic and finally
a specialty. This ensures that the final listing of results provided is tailored well to fit users’
requirements.
2. Downloadable content
Most of the contents on this site are made downloadable and not only that, instructions to
download materials are also clearly defined so users can easily identify whether content may
or may not be downloaded.
3. Variety of material type
MIT OCW offers various types of resources including the basic media types such as audio
and video clips, texts as well as detailed course contents and lectures.
4. Wide content coverage
The resources are stringed under various categories of subjects and subtopics that would
appeal to not only college level students and educators but advanced school members as
well.
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5. Mailing list
Anyone interested may subscribe to MIT OCW mailing list to receive updates on the site’s
latest changes and upgrades. No membership sign up is required for this feature.
Get Started!
Go to http://ocw.mit.edu/
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Browse for resources
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View content
Download content
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References
3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_OpenCourseWare
4. http://ocw.mit.edu/
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BBC Learning
What is BBC Learning?
BBC Learning is part of BBC’s ambition and wide efforts to spread education and “inspire a life of
learning for everyone” (BBC, 2013). In doing so, they uncover the learning potential within all kinds
of materials including news, music, science, art and sports among others. This helped built the
massive collection of free educational resources for learners of all ages that is made accessible via its
website. Therefore, parents, teachers, learners, and schools may all benefit from the millions of
resources made available online to improve teaching and learning. BBC has made it a point to
benefit from the technology revolution today and bring about a channel compiling audio and video
materials to enrich the learning process.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
Benefits BBC Learning offers
1. Detailed search options
BBC Learning offers one of the most detailed search options where users may either browse
through the multitude of categories listed including subjects, age level, education level and
topics or use the search bar to find materials related to specific keywords.
2. Downloadable content
Most of the contents on this site are made downloadable by anyone without having to sign
up. Text materials are usually presented in PDF forms so users may download instantly into
their computer instead of having to copy and paste the content to retrieve it.
3. Variety of material type
Resources are available in almost all the media forms offered by every other site; which
includes audio clips, videos, graphics, texts, lesson plans and even games.
4. Wide content coverage
Resources on this site are not limited to any age group or subject. Aside from standard
school subjects alone, this site also offers commercial media contents such as movies and
cartoon clips along with a lesson plan to help teachers make use of the material for
educational purposes.
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Get Started!
Go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning
Browse for resources
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View content
Clicking a title would open up its content page. While the interface of each content page may have
slight differences, they would usually have links to assist navigation.
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Download content
References
1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/overview/
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EOL – Encyclopedia of Life
What is EOL?
Encyclopedia of Life (EOL) is an online encyclopedia that focuses on building a limitless collection of
“videos, sounds, images, graphics as well as texts” on the millions of “living species known to
science” (Wikipedia, 2013). In doing so, collaborative efforts have been made by professionals and
non-professionals to compile and contribute their resources for everyone. Among the contributors is
Biodiversity Heritage Library, an organization that specializes in digitizing printed texts from major
natural history libraries from all over the world. EOL continues to grow with the support of various
global institutions and organizations. On top of all this, the site offers its contents for free for anyone
and encourages its viewers to also participate in its growth by uploading their own contents.
http://www.eol.org/
Benefits EOL offers
1. Membership benefits
Members of the EOL community are given the advantage of contributing to the site,
managing their uploaded contents, leaving comments and rating contents throughout
eol.org.
2. Detailed search options
Not only may users use keywords to search for their desired contents, they are also allowed
to filter their search results by choosing the type of material they wish to find. Also, each
item is conveniently linked to another making browsing through the site a simple task to do.
3. Content publisher
Users are allowed to upload content as long as they have joined the EOL community and are
logged in.
4. Downloadable content
While not everything on the site is downloadable, most of the contents may easily be copied
and saved into the computer using the basic right-click option.
5. Variety of material type
EOL offers different types of materials including texts, photos, videos and audio clips.
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6. Interactivity
Users may interact with one another using the commenting and messaging system offered.
This allows for easy discussions between the members of the EOL community.
Get Started!
Go to http://www.eol.org/
Create an account
While users do not necessarily need an account to browse and gain resources from this site, they
would need to have one and be signed in to contribute to the contents of the site.
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Browse for resources
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View content
References
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia_of_Life
2. http://eol.org/
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WatchKnowLearn
What is WhatKnowLearn?
WatchKnowLearn is an online repository built especially for educators to “store, categorize and rate
the best K-12 educational videos on the Internet” (WatchKnowLearn, 2013). Through its free, online
domain, around 50,000 educational videos are made available for simply anyone to view. The
contents are well categorized for ease of browsing so parents and teachers alike can search for
resources and educational materials to enhance their children’s learning and classroom activities
respectively. An article on Education World, a website dedicated to provide insights and reviews on
education for teachers to share and discuss, has rated WatchKnowLearn with 4 out of 5 stars for
various reasons including it up-to-date wiki system that is organized by real teachers, its
comprehensive and innovative directory system as well as “excellent videos that have been vetted
by educators”.
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/
Benefits WatchKnowLearn offers
1. Membership benefits
Members are entitled to do more with WatchKnowLearn whereby they can upload and
manage their contents on the site, interact and share their thoughts on materials and
provide ratings.
2. Detailed search options
The search options on this site are, like many others, divided into both search bars for
keywords as well as detailed topic categorization. However, on top of those,
WatchKnowLearn also allows users to adjust a separate age filter while browsing for their
contents to further filter their search results.
3. Content publisher
Users are allowed to upload and contribute their own content to the site’s collection once
they are signed in.
4. Wide content coverage
WatchKnowLearn offers age-specific contents under a multitude of topics familiar to school
standards.
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5. Interactivity
Signed in users may leave their thoughts and start a discussion on each of the material
uploaded to the site.
Get Started!
Go to http://www.watchknowlearn.org/
Create an account
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Browse for resources
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View content
Upload content
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References
1. http://www.watchknowlearn.org/
2. http://www.educationworld.com/a_tech/site-reviews/watch-know-learn.shtml
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Vimeo Education
What is Vimeo?
Vimeo is a video sharing website where anyone can upload, share and watch videos for free
(Wikipedia, 2013). According to Jisc Digital Media (2013), the site used to be more largely utilized by
those in the creative industry than any other line of work. However, as an effort to promote the use
of Vimeo beyond this line, various categories have been created to better organize the videos for the
benefit of everyone in general. Among the various headings, a category entitled “Education and DIY”
has received incredible response with a count of approximately 42,300 videos thus far (Vimeo,
2013). These videos include not only uploads by individual accounts, but also lessons, lectures and
community messages from various learning institutions.
http://www.vimeo.com/categories/education
Benefits Vimeo Education offers
1. Membership benefits
Once signed in, members are allowed to interact, subscribe to videos, upload contents and
rate materials on the site.
2. Detailed search options
Users may use keywords to look for various related videos and they may also browse the site
according to various categories to identify the videos most suitable for their viewing and
reference.
3. Content publisher
Signed in users may upload their own content into the site and be available for public
viewing. However, this is a member’s only feature and users would have to create an
account beforehand.
4. Wide content coverage
The resources on this site are varied in terms of subjects and age level appeal. Instead of
standard school subjects alone, Vimeo also offers tutorials on various DIY (do-it-yourself)
projects.
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5. Interactivity
Users are permitted to engage in discussions by leaving comments on any video available in
the site.
Get Started!
Go to www.vimeo.com/categories/education
Browse for resources
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View content
Share content
Vimeo allows users to easily share videos with others through several channels.
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References
1. http://www.jiscdigitalmedia.ac.uk/guide/youtube-vimeo-education
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimeo
3. http://vimeo.com/categories/education
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Knowmia
What is Knowmia?
Knowmia is a free, online source of learning that brings forward “short video lessons from great
teachers everywhere” (Knowmia, 2013). By providing concise, comprehensive and interactive
resources, the site not only targets to make learning effective but also fun and time-efficient. Its
features and directories are appealing and user-friendly while its materials have reached an
approximate count of 15,000, making it a preferred open educational resource for educators
worldwide. Besides that, teachers are also offered many extra features to manage their lessons and
findings on the site to further enhance their teaching in school. As of today, Knowmia holds
thousands of materials that expand not only between subjects but also ages and grade levels.
http://www.knowmia.com/
Benefits Knowmia offers
1. Membership benefits
Knowmia offers many advantages to its site members especially teachers. Registering as a
teacher on this site would allow users to manage their own classes, learn how to use videos
in their teaching in many interactive ways, stay updated on the upgrades of the site and
many more.
2. Detailed search options
Users may type in keywords into the search bar to look for various related videos and they
may also browse the site according to various categories to identify the videos most suitable
for their viewing and reference.
3. Wide content coverage
The resources on this site cater to a large number of subjects that are taught in school.
However, as the site is designed to adapt to the standard American schooling system, the
contents are designed to match that of the course contents taught in American schools only.
Nevertheless, local users may find related useful resources for various contents.
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Go to http://www.knowmia.com
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Do more as a teacher
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References
1. http://www.knowmia.com/
2. http://edtechreview.in/news/news/products-apps-tools/446-knowmia-great-site-and-app-
for-flipping-lessons
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Citizendium
What is Citizendium?
Citizendium is a repository of structured knowledge, designed to offer comprehensive and reliable
resources for free to the public. According to Citizendium.org, this wiki project collects materials
from the public for the public as they hold strong to the principles of trust and respect among the
community of contributors and expect everyone to be responsible for their own piece of
contribution. On top of that, this site also welcomes experts to participate in overseeing its
knowledge organization to maintain a reliable source of information. This online encyclopedia offers
thousands of resources in the form of articles which may contain links to media resources hosted
outside of Citizendium. This allows learners and educators alike to search for related resources
without being limited to the resources available on this website alone.
http://en.citizendium.org/
Benefits Citizendium offers
1. Membership benefits
Members are allowed to publish and edit contents on this site. They are also permitted
to manage their uploaded contents.
2. Detailed search options
Users may opt to search using the search bar available on this site or to begin browsing
through one of the six broad subjects featured on its homepage. Users will be able to
filter their search results several times to help narrow down their findings.
3. Variety of material types
The contents on this site may exist in the form of texts, videos, audio clips and even web
pages.
4. Content publisher
Once signed up and logged in, users can easily upload a material into the site for others
to refer to.
5. Wide content coverage
Although the categories presented in this site is a lot less compared to others, they make
up very broad areas of studies that allows the site to host thousands of articles covering
vast subjects that would either way be able to fit under one of the six prescribed
categories.
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Go to http://en.citizendium.org
Browse for resources
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References
1. http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Welcome_to_Citizendium
2. http://en.citizendium.org/
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Internet Archive
What is Internet Archive?
Internet Archive is a free and permanent online storage, as its name suggests, for various forms of
materials including video, audio, graphic and text files. It aims to create an Internet library for
anyone to access references on historical collections, literature, lessons and the list goes on. With
audio and video resources becoming more popular, the site has then introduced specific categories
in their directory to assist users in locating media files on the internet easily. According to Wikipedia
(2013), Internet Archive’s WayBack Machine feature holds over 150 billion web captures that may
be accessed through a simple search tool. On top of that, this site also offers special feature that
caters to the visually impaired and people with other disabilities. These extra features are one of the
reasons why Internet Archive is sought after and utilized by thousands of people daily.
http://www.archive.org/
Benefits Internet Archive offers
1. Membership benefits
Members are allowed to publish and edit contents on this site. They are also entitled to
managing their uploaded contents.
2. Detailed search options
Users may opt to search for a specific type of material or a specific topic or category to
ensure their search results are benefitting and befitting their needs. This would help
save a lot of browsing time.
3. Variety of material types
The contents on this site may exist in the form of texts, videos, audio clips and even web
pages.
4. Content publisher
Once signed up and logged in, users can easily upload a material into the site for others
to refer to.
5. Downloadable content
Though some resources are available for download, the site is not very much user-
friendly in this term as the download section appears on every page regardless of
whether or not an item is actually downloadable.
6. Wide content coverage
The Internet Archive is home to billions of reference materials that covers a massive
range of topics and categories, indeed not limited to traditional school subjects.
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Go to http://www.archive.org/
Create an account
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An email will be sent to you for verification purposes. View this email and click the link
provided.
Once your account is created, simply log in to continue.
Browse for resources
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Upload content
Note that you must be logged in in order to upload content.
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References
1. http://archive.org/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive
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History Pin
What is History Pin?
History Pin may be easily understood as a massive, digital photo pin board where over 200,000
materials have been uploaded and “pinned” to the site’s map (Wikipedia, 2013). Photos and other
media forms are uploaded by its voluntary users to be shared with the world. Each material may be
pinned according to geographical setting, date as well as event. The site describes itself as bringing
together people from various generation, backgrounds, cultures and locations to share bits of their
pasts and help construct “the huge story of human history” (History Pin, 2013). Aside from still
images alone, audio files and videos may also be uploaded here to further expand this collection of
resources and not limited to photographs alone. Users may view, contribute, comment on and learn
from the various materials shared by others even from their mobile devices as History Pin is now
available as a smartphone application.
http://www.historypin.com/
Benefits History Pin offers
1. Membership benefits
The easy sign up process is evidently a window towards the user-friendly nature of
History Pin. Once a user is signed up and logged in, they are permitted to upload
contents to be shared with others, interact and leave comments.
2. Detailed search options
The search options on this site can be divided into several categories including
geographical setting, event and year. Users may also opt to explore the site by typing in
a specific place or event in the search bar.
3. Variety of material type
Materials available on this site include audio clips, videos and graphic images. Though
textual resources are not formally available, users may gain much information from the
captions and comments that others leave on the materials.
4. Content publisher
Anyone who is signed in may contribute to the library of resources on this site by
following a simple four-step uploading process.
5. Interactivity
Users may engage in conversation threads with the fellow members of the History Pin
community through a messaging and commenting system.
6. Mailing list
Users may keep themselves updated by subscribing to the newsletter via email.
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Note that you must be logged in to upload content.
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References
1. http://www.historypin.com/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historypin
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CK-12
What is CK-12?
CK-12 is a US-based, non-profit making organization that aims to provide K-12 education which is
easily accessible and free of charge to anyone worldwide. Wikipedia (2013) described it as a
prominent open educational resource provider for various apparent reasons. This user-friendly
website offers thousands of materials in various media forms that are customizable and adaptable to
fit any curriculum standard or course requirement, allowing both students and teachers to tailor to
their respective needs. While it is more inclined towards resources for mathematics and science
subjects, they now also offer materials on other subjects such as history, art, language and even
engineering. Users may also access an SAT preparation test to gauge their subject matter
comprehension.
http://www.ck12.org/
Benefits CK-12 offers
1. Membership benefits
Upon registration, members are required to identify whether they are teachers or students.
This allows CK-12 to offer each member features that would suit their needs and practices
best.
2. Detailed search options
Users may key in a topic of interest in the search bar and later filter through the results, or
they may also opt to search by subjects and topics that are available in clear thumbnails
right on the site’s homepage.
3. Content publisher
Members are granted the permission to contribute to the collection of resources on the site.
They are also able to manage their uploads by attaching files to make them more
resourceful.
4. Wide content coverage
While CK-12 is more focused on mathematics and science topics, providing a massive
collection of resources on hundreds of subtopics, they have also created categories for other
subjects including language and history to broaden their scope of resources.
5. Interactivity
Signed in users may leave comments to share their thoughts or add information to an
existing material.
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References
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ck-12
2. http://www.ck12.org
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TeacherTube
What is TeacherTube?
TeacherTube was inspired by the famous video-hosting site, Youtube. It began as an idea by several
educators to create a video sharing website that focuses specifically on educationally relevant videos
for students, teachers, and parents to learn from, refer to and use as resources or teaching and
learning materials wherever they are. These user-uploaded videos are free to be viewed by anyone.
Users are encouraged to be interactive and share their thoughts on the materials they view. It aims
to not only promote lifelong learning but also self-initiated learning, especially among students
(TeacherTube, 2013). Hosting the videos online also allows users to access it at their convenience.
TeacherTube notes their users as a big faction of the growth of the website and encourages more
schools and even universities to join this community.
http://www.teachertube.com/
Benefits Teacher Tube offers 1. Membership benefits
Like most sites, members on TeacherTube are allowed to upload and manage contents on
the website. They may also leave comments, subscribe to and rate videos of other users.
2. Detailed search options
A simple search bar is available for users to type in the keywords that are relevant to the
content they wish to find. On top of that, they may also browse for resources through the
website’s categories according to subjects and topics among others. They also offer links to
partner channels for users to continue searching.
3. Variety of material types
TeacherTube offers resources ranging from audio and video clips to reading materials, lesson
plans and photos.
4. Content Publisher
Signed in members are allowed to upload contents into the accounts for public viewing.
5. Downloadable content
Users are allowed to download certain contents once they are signed into their accounts on
TeacherTube. However, the owner of the video may opt to not allow the video to be
downloadable.
6. Wide content coverage
TeacherTube is limited by neither topics nor education level. Instead, they provide a long list
of collections or categories that users may browse through which includes topics from health
and social studies to world languages, grade levels from primary school to university and
even a category specifically for student products.
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Create an account
An email will be sent to you. Open this email to retrieve the Activation code. Follow these steps
shown below.
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Paste the Activation code in the box provided as shown
below.
Browse for resources
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Upload content
Note that you must be logged in to upload content.
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References
1. http://www.teachertube.com/
2. http://www.teachertube.com/view_page.php?pid=1
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SmartHistory
What is SmartHistory?
SmartHistory is an extension project by the non-profit organization, Khan Academy which focuses on
open educational contents specifically related to art history. With materials being shared by experts
of art historian from all over the globe, students and general users are entitled to a free access to
various resources which includes close to 500 videos translated into a multitude of different
languages (SmartHistory, 2013). These videos are also made available via the Khan Academy
application for mobile devices. This site makes browsing for resources flexible as they offer several
different categories to browse from including dates, world eras, settings and art themes. This makes
it easy for students and teachers to identify a specific content to assist in their teaching and learning
processes.
http://khan.smarthistory.org/
Benefits SmartHistory offers
1. Detailed search options
Users may opt for a number of methods to search for the right content that fits their needs.
This includes a search bar for instant keyword search as well as several detailed and
comprehensive categories that are available in simple dropdown menu form.
2. Interactivity
Users may leave comments regarding a resource without having to sign up for a membership
on this site. Instead, they will only need to fill in their name and email address as they leave
their comment and enter a captcha code to avoid computerized spamming.
3. Mailing list
Users may subscribe to a mailing list to receive content updates via email.
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Go to http://khan.smarthistory.org
Browse for resources
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References
1. http://khan.smarthistory.org/about-smarthistory.html
2. http://khan.smarthistory.org/
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School Tube
What is School Tube?
SchoolTube is yet again another video sharing website but with a twist in its features. Unlike
TeacherTube, Youtube or Vimeo where any user is entitled to run their own channel and upload
contents freely, SchoolTube makes a school channel official by requiring every school to be
registered before contents are uploaded. This way, each school channel would have both student
and teacher accounts representing them and while students are allowed to upload contents,
teachers are required to monitor these uploads to ensure that they are relevant to education in one
way or another. Due to this systematic filtering feature, SchoolTube is granted access in many
institutions where other commercial video platforms have been blocked (Wikipedia, 2013).
However, as for viewing purposes, anyone with access to the internet is welcome to view the
uploaded contents without having to register and this promotes and encourages schools to be active
resource providers.
http://www.schooltube.com/
Benefits School Tube offers
1. Membership benefits
Members are divided into students and teachers. Each role has different level of autonomy
in managing the contents of the site. While both parties are allowed to upload contents,
only teachers are entitled to monitor contents and are permitted to remove contents which
are inappropriate to the site.
2. Detailed search options
Users may search up keywords in order to find the resources relevant to them or they may
also browse the various categories available on the site.
3. Content publisher
Only members who are signed in are allowed to upload contents into the site.
4. Wide content coverage
The contents of this video sharing site are vast and comprehensive. It covers a host of
educational topics and subjects familiar to school course contents.
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1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SchoolTube
2. https://www.schooltube.com/
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PBS Learning Media
What is PBS Learning Media?
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is a non-profit television broadcasting network based in
America with 354 affiliated television stations making it the leading television program provider in
the United States (Wikipedia, 2013). From this strong foundation, PBS Learning Media was founded
as an effort to provide a free source of educational resources to the worldwide public. This site
currently stores thousands of digital materials fit for any classroom teaching which includes videos,
audio files, games, images and lesson plan among other things. With a simple signup, users will be
able to “search, save and share” (PBS Learning Media, 2013) these resources with others easily and
instantly.
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
Benefits PBS Learning Media offers
1. Membership benefits
As a teacher, being a member of this site would allow you to register your students and
create a class for easy sharing of resources.
2. Detailed search options
Searching for contents are made easy and direct with the search options available on this
site. Users are allowed to browse by categories such as topics and age level in order to find
the resources that best fit their needs.
3. Downloadable content
Most of the videos on this site are made available for anyone to download. A user need not
be signed in to do so which makes this feature even easier to use.
4. Wide content coverage
Materials on this site are specifically designed for educational purposes. However, they do
not cover the traditional subjects familiar to schools alone but also various general topics
and knowledge areas.
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Go to http://www.pbslearningmedia.org
Create an account
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References
1. http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBS
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National Geographic Education
What is National Geographic Education?
National Geographic (NG) Education is a non-profit making and educationally-inclined branch of the
vast National Geographic organization. Its main aim is to make educational resources available and
free for students, educators and parents alike (National Geographic, 2013). Therefore, every
available material on this site, from videos to lesson plans and games are free for everyone. From
the massive store of documented media National Geographic has to offer, this project looks to
exploit and tailor its materials to better serve as an educational resource for teachers to use in the
classroom and students to learn from. The site looks to grow further with future plans to expand its
“digital libraries, online communities and interactive mapping” (National Geographic Education,
2013) feature.
http://www.education.nationalgeographic.com/
Benefits National Geographic Education offers
1. Detailed search options
NG Education allows users to not only search for materials by keywords and categories as
most sites offer, but also according to their roles be it as a teacher, family, student or child.
This way, users may filter their contents to suit their needs best and saves time in browsing.
2. Downloadable content
Contents on the site are more often than not made downloadable. Users simply have to look
out for the download symbol to identify whether or not the content may be downloaded.
3. Wide content coverage
With a foundation that holds such a massive collection of resources such as National
Geographic, this site makes it possible to search for topics covering almost every aspect of
education and even topics beyond traditional school subjects.
4. Mailing list
While there is no membership feature on the site, users are allowed to subscribe to the
mailing list to receive updates regarding NG Education.
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Go to www.education.nationalgeographic.com/
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References
1. http://education.nationalgeographic.com/
2. https://www.facebook.com/natgeoeducation/info
Dr. Johan @ Eddy Luaran was born in Tuaran, Sabah, Malaysia. He was obtained his degree
from University Science of Malaysia (USM) in 2001 in Chemical Engineering. Before joining the
teaching profession, he completed his Diploma in Education at the Teacher’s Training College
in Keningau in 2002. Upon completion, he was posted to SMK Pinawatai, Kudat and while
teaching he manage to complete his Master in Education from University Technology Malaysia
(UTM) in 2006. After teaching for four years, he was offered scholarship from Universiti
Teknologi MARA (UiTM) under the Young Lecturer Scheme and left to continue his study in
University Malaysia Sabah (UMS). Upon completing his PhD in 2010 he begins his career as a
lecturer at the Faculty of Education, UiTM. His area of specialization was Instructional
Technology and Computer in Education and he was the member of International Association of
Computer Science and Information Technology (IACSIT).