Monday, September 21, 2015

Self-study resources


Yet again...I can't believe all this is free of charge.

Crashcourses (15 min presentations with pretty accurate closed captions available)
https://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse

Full semesters organized by subject (Higher learning. Verbatim closed captions available)
http://oyc.yale.edu/courses
https://www.youtube.com/user/YaleCourses/playlists

Short clips organized by topic. (clowny approach)
https://www.youtube.com/user/OUlearn

In-depth documentaries (full transcripts available)
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/topics/

In-depths investigative reports (full transcripts available)
http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/episodes/

Debate sites (Closed captions available)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY
https://www.youtube.com/user/IntelligenceSquared

Short clips on a variety of topics (closed captions in several languages available)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7IcJI8PUf5Z3zKxnZvTBog

Animated interviews with 20th century personalities.
https://www.youtube.com/user/blankonblank

Long articles on a variety of issues available as downloadable audio files
https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/the-long-read

Podcast dealing with different aspects of global development (full transcripts available)
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/series/global-development-podcast



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