The Basic Idea of infocobuild | Free Education

There are a huge number of free audio/video lectures for academic courses available on
the Internet from educational institutions around the world. Many colleges/universities have
been opening their lectures to the public via the Internet. For example, the University of
California, Berkeley opens certain selected audio/video courses every semester to the
public via UC Berkeley Webcast and their channel on YouTube. MIT OpenCourseWare
publishes MIT course materials reflecting almost all the undergraduate and graduate
subjects taught at MIT. NPTEL Courses provides free web-and-video based educational
materials for basic undergraduate science and engineering courses, including
biotechnology, civil engineering, computer science and mechanical engineering. Besides
these educational institutions, there are many other colleges/universities opening their
lectures to the public via the Internet: Cambridge University, Stanford University, ST.
Petersburg College, Yale University, and more.

To help people easily find the lectures and courses which they are interested in, it is
necessary to categorize lectures and courses with subjects in a global scale. It may be a
time-and-effort consuming job to find what they want by visiting from website to website.
Instead, to find lectures and courses in a subject in a place can help them save a great
deal of time and effort. Based on this idea, infocobuild | Free Education is designed to help
people easily find free online educational resources including audio/video lectures for
academic courses, public lectures and events, and other educational materials. This is
conceptually subdivided into two parts: Audio/video Courses, Public Lectures and Events.
The Audio/video Courses is well-categorized with academic subjects containing biology,
chemistry, computer science, electronics, history, law, political science and physics. And
the Public Lectures and Events contains many links to sites that provide free on-demand
webcasts of public lectures, seminars and symposiums on current world issues, the latest
discoveries in science and technology, humanities, and management.

Audio and Video Lectures for Academic Courses

The Audio/video Courses at infocobuild | Free Education provides a comprehensive
collection of links to free audio/video courses and lectures from educational institutions
around the world. It is well-categorized with academic subjects including biology,
chemistry, computer science, electronics, history, law, political science and physics. So far
it consists of 18 subcategories, and each subcategory contains a group of links to
audio/video courses and lectures related to a subject. The following description will give
brief information about the subcategories - what subjects are contained and what courses
and lectures are included.

Aeronautics and Astronautics

Abstract: this is a collection of links to websites that provide audio/video courses and
lectures in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT OpenCourseWare and ST. Petersburg
College.
Courses and Lectures: aerospace dynamics, aircraft stability and control, aircraft systems
engineering, and so on.
Architectural and Civil Engineering
Abstract: this is a collection of links to websites providing audio/video courses and lectures
in civil engineering and architectural engineering from MIT OpenCourseWare and NPTEL
Courses.
Courses and Lectures: engineering geology, environmental air pollution, fluid mechanics,
foundation engineering, strength of materials, and so on.

Biology and Biological Engineering

Abstract: this contains many links to websites providing audio/video courses and lectures
in biology and biological engineering from educational institutions around the world.
Courses and Lectures: biochemistry, bioengineering, cell biology, general biology,
microbiology, molecular biology, and so on.

Business and Management

Abstract: this contains many links to websites providing audio/video courses and lectures
in business and management from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: accounting and business, human resources management,
information management, leadership, and so on.

Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Abstract: this contains links to websites that provide audio/video courses and lectures in
chemistry and chemical engineering from educational institutions around the world.
Courses and Lectures: biochemistry, chemical engineering, general chemistry, inorganic
chemistry, organic chemistry, and so on.

Computer Science and Engineering

Abstract: this contains many links to websites that provide audio/video courses and
lectures in computer science and engineering from educational institutions around the
world.
Courses and Lectures: artificial intelligence, computer architecture, computer networks,
data structures, database management systems, operating system, programming
methodology, programming languages, software engineering, and so on.

Economics
Abstract: this contains some links to websites offering audio/video course and lectures in
economics from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: game theory, financial markets, macroeconomics, microeconomics,
and so on.
Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Abstract: this is a good collection of links to websites that provide audio/video courses and
lectures in electronics and electrical engineering from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: analog integrated circuits, circuits and electronics, digital
communication, digital electronics, digital integrated circuits, digital signal processing,
embedded systems, microelectronic circuits, nanoelectronics, VLSI design, power
electronics, and so on.

History and Human Culture

Abstract: this is a collection of links to websites offering audio/video courses and lectures
in history and human culture from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: archeology, European civilization, human evolution, modern
freedom struggle in African-American history, the cultural and political history of
contemporary South Asia, the Roman Empire, western civilization, and so on.

Law
Abstract: this is a collection of links to websites providing audio/video courses and lectures
in law from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: climate change: law and policy, copyright law, criminal justice,
environmental law and policy, personal law, and so on.

Literature and Linguistics

Abstract: this is a collection of links to websites providing audio/video courses and lectures
in literature and linguistics from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: American languages, American literature, modern poetry, literature
in English, Milton, Shakespeare, and so on.

Mechanical Engineering
Abstract: this contains a collection of links to websites providing audio/video courses and
lectures in mechanical engineering from educational institutions around the world.
Courses and Lectures: dynamics of machines, fluid mechanics, heat and mass transfer,
kinematics of machines, mechanical engineering design, principles of mechanical
measurements, robotics, and so on.

Materials Science and Engineering

Abstract: this is a collection of links to websites offering audio/video courses and lectures
in materials science and engineering from educational institutions around the world.
Courses and Lectures: kinetics, lectures on superconductivity, molecular dynamics,
nanomaterials, properties of materials, solid state chemistry, thermodynamics and phase
diagrams, and so on.
Mathematics
Abstract: this contains a collection of links to websites that provide audio/video courses
and lectures in mathematics from educational institutions including MIT OpenCourseWare,
NC State University and Mathematical Sciences Research Institute.
Courses and Lectures: analytic geometry and calculus, differential equations, discrete
mathematics, linear algebra, multivariable calculus, probability, statistics, and so on.

Philosophy
Abstract: this is a collection of links to websites offering audio/video courses and lectures
in philosophy from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: ancient philosophy, death, Heidegger, introduction to philosophy,
philosophy of film, and so on.

Physics
Abstract: this contains lots of links to websites providing audio/video courses and lectures
in physics from educational institutions around the world.
Courses and Lectures: introductory physics, classics mechanics, field theory, electricity
and magnetism, general relativity, modern physics, quantum field theory, quantum
mechanics, special relativity, and so on.

Political Science
Abstract: this is a collection of links to websites offering audio/video courses and lectures
in political science from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: introduction to political philosophy, politics and strategy, United
States political thinking from 1865, and so on.

Psychology
Abstract: this contains many links to websites that provide audio/video courses and
lectures in psychology from educational institutions.
Courses and Lectures: clinical psychology, developmental psychology, drugs and
behavior, general psychology, psychology of personality, social psychology, and so on.

Public Lectures and Events

We eat food to supply sufficient nutrients that our body needs. What do we ‘eat’ for our
soul? We read books, take lectures, have conversations etc to develop our mind. We are
what we eat in terms of both our body and mind because food is to our body what books,
lectures etc are to our mind. We need ‘sufficient nutrients’ for our mind to keep us thinking,
judging, deciding and behaving in a balanced way. A good way to achieve this is to expose
ourselves to lectures from world leaders, thinkers and experts in the various fields as often
as possible.
The Public Lectures and Events contains many links to websites that provide free on-
demand webcasts of public lectures and events covering a wide variety of topics such as
education, current affairs, environment, politics, science, technology, and arts.