Shorts about Open Source
A Shared CultureBrilliant little video, sums up what Creative Commons is in 3min20
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Meet Creative CommonsAn introduction and explanation of CC and CC Licencing.
Produced in Qatar with an Arab focus but relevant to the whole world, useful maybe for highlighting just how global the CC movement is, interesting to note also that Al Jazeera based in Qatar run a repository of their video shared under CC licencing - by breaking down traditional barriers FLOS is helping the world befriend each other and world together for a common goal. |
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Why Open Education MattersThis is part of an american government project to facilitate and spread open education resources (OER) - these are the results of a competition to make a video promoting open education.
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GVCS in 2 Min - OSEAn early introductory video to the Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) - It introduces some of the concepts and technology of the OSE project; somewhat outdated now but still a useful introduction.
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TED - Marcin Jakubowski OSEThe founder of Open Source Ecology gives a TED talk about the start of OSE and the Global Village Construction Set, a very compelling argument in favour of open source hardware.
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Documentaries about Open Source
Revolution OSThe classic documentary about GNU/Linux and the origins of the open source movement.
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Arduino The Documentary (2010)Great introductory film about the open source hardware revolution, it goes into the moral and practical ethos behind the Arduino's development and explains it's importance as a enabler of other ideas.
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Default to open: The story of open source and Red HatHalf an hour in-depth history of Red Hat and the open source movement. Interesting documentary with a tech and business focus.
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General Education Resources which are Open
Khan AcademyBrilliant educational resources covering mostly science based subjects and taught via a multicoloured blackboard. Provides both an introduction and in-depth study of subjects.
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http://www.khanacademy.org/
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UDA Cityon-line courses, the linked one is a reddit dude - about making successful internet site, i'll investigate when i get the chance.
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CourseraCourses from some of the top universities in america
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https://www.coursera.org/
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