#open source education

[webofgoodnews]

States are moving to cut college costs by introducing open-source textbooks

Initiatives in Maryland and New York are attempting to curb rising education costs by adopting open-source, copyright-free textbooks.

[fromstarstostarfish]

Learn It!: Biology

M.I.T. OpenCourseWare, 7.014, Introductory Biology via CosmoLearning

The MIT Biology Department core courses, 7.012, 7.013, and 7.014, all cover the same core material, which includes the fundamental principles of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and cell biology.  Biological function at the molecular level is particularly emphasized and covers the structure and regulation of genes, as well as, the structure and synthesis of proteins, how these molecules are integrated into cells, and how these cells are integrated into multicellular systems and organisms.  In addition, each version of the subject has its own distinctive material.

I. Biochemistry    1. Introduction            ||        Play Video    2. Biochemistry I        ||        Play Video    3. Biochemistry II       ||        Play Video    4. Biochemistry III      ||        Play Video    5. Biochemistry IV      ||        Play Video    6. Biochemistry V       ||        Play Video    7. Biochemistry VI      ||        Play Video    8. Biochemistry VI      ||        Play Video II. Molecular Biology    9. Molecular Biology I          ||        Play Video    10. Molecular Biology II       ||        Play Video    11. Lecture 11                       ||        Play Video    12. Molecular Biology III      ||        Play Video    13. Molecular Biology IV      ||        Play Video    14. Molecular Biology IV      ||        Play Video III. Bacterial Genetics    15. Bacterial Genetics                                                  ||       Play Video    16. The Biosphere                                                         ||       Play Video    17. Carbon and Energy Metabolism                            ||       Play Video    18. Productivity and Food Webs                                  ||       Play Video    19. Regulation of Productivity                                      ||       Play Video    20. Limiting Factors and Biogeochemical Cycles      ||       Play Video IV. Genetics    21. Mendelian Genetics        ||         Play Video    22. Mitosis and Meiosis       ||         Play Video    23. Diploid Genetics             ||         Play Video    24. Recombinant DNA I        ||          Play Video    25. Recombinant DNA II       ||          Play Video    26. Recombinant DNA III      ||          Play Video    27. Recombinant DNA III      ||          Play Video V. Populations    28. Population Growth I                                ||        Play Video    29. Population Growth II                               ||        Play Video    30. Population Growth III                              ||        Play Video    31. Population Genetics and Evolution       ||        Play Video    32. Molecular Evolution                                ||        Play Video    33. Communities I                                         ||        Play Video    34. Communities II                                        ||        Play Video

[danieljimenezsanchez-blog-blog]

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