Streaming Videos
A Guide to Evaluating Free Online Videos
Please read the use of terms carefully as some sites are not for classroom use.
Academic Earth
Full-length lectures from some of the most prestigious universities in the world.
Annenberg Media
Free educational videos on a range of topics.
BBC Film Archive
Videos of news footage from the 1990s to today.
CBC Archives
Video & audio clips from current and historical CBC television and radio programming.
Encyclopedia Britannica Online Video Collection
Full-length videos providing in-depth coverage.
Free Video Lectures
Videotaped lectures from schools all over the world on a multitude of topics.
HotDocs Doc Library
Celebrating Canada's rich documentary filmmaking heritage.
Merlot
Using advanced search, select “video” as the technical format and then search for your topic.
MITWorld Videos
Videotaped lectures from professors and keynote speakers.
Moving Image Archive
Movies, films, and videos (Creative Commons licenses).
Museum of Broadcast Communications
Historic & contemporary radio / television content. Must register for a free account.
PBS Video
Video from many PBS programs, some full-length, some only previews.
TeacherTube
Online community for sharing instructional videos.
TEDTalks
"Ideas worth spreading" talks.
YouTube EDU
Education videos from qualifying two- and four-year degree granting public / private colleges and universities.
Do you have any problems streaming our videos from your classroom? Please submit an incident.
NBC Learn
Videos, historic newsreels, primary source documents from NBC News and affiliated sources.
SeneMA
Seneca's online video site. Upload your own videos and see videos uploaded by other Senecans.
NFB.ca
Documentaries, animations, alternative dramas, trailers produced by the National Film Board of Canada.
For inquiries about creating library-specific content for video streaming or for obtaining streaming licenses for existing DVDs and videotapes email videostreaming@senecacollege.ca.