The Darakht-e Danesh Library is a collection of open educational resources (OERs) for Afghan teachers. Visitors to this site may also want to browse the collections of these global English language OER collections:
- OER Commons
- Curriki
- Merlot
- Connexions
- Encyclopedia of Life
- WikiEducator
- Applied Math and Science Education Repository (AMSER)
- Science Education Resource Centre (SERC)
- ReadWriteThink
- Peer to Peer University (P2PU)
- Saylor.org Free Education
- KlasCement Educational Resources Network
- WorldCat.org The World's Largest Library Catalog
Online Libraries from Afghanistan:
- Digital Collection of the Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University
- Online Library at the Afghan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU)
- Afghan Cultural Heritage Library at New York University
- Sanayee Development Organization's Kids Corner children's books
- American University of Afghanistan Library
Dictionaries:
- Qamosona (List of Pashto dictionaries)
- Martindale Center (Lists of Dari and Pashto dictionaries and other resources)
- Google Translate
Technology tools for teachers:
- EducatorsTechnology
- TavaanaTech (Farsi)
Open (free online) courses:
- edX
- Khan Academy (micro video lessons)
- MIT (audio and video courses)
- UC Berkeley
- Yale
- Open Culture
- iTunes U
- Harvard on iTunes
- Stanford on iTunes
- Oxford on iTunes
- Darsx.org
Complete courses:
- Open Learning Initiative
- OCW Search
- MIT OpenCourseWare
- The Open University Open Learn
- Open Course Library
- Saylor.org
Open (free) online books and textbooks:
- OpenLibrary Over 1,000,000 free ebooks
- Flatworld Knowledge
- BC Campus Open Ed: Free online, adaptable, open source textbooks
- Project Gutenberg
- Open Culture
- IntraText
- Siyavula
- CK-12
- College Open Textbooks
- OpenStax College
- Parsi Anjoman
Useful resources on literacy and reading (in the English language):
- Reading Essentials: Free online course on teaching children to read
- International Reading Association
- International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY)
- Books & Libraries in Afghanistan Listserve on Googlegroups
- Bloom Library: Resource to make digital books in local languages
Education data:
Dari and Pashto books for sale:
- Hesperian Health Guides
- Kodakan Educational Books
- Afghan Children's Songbook
- D is for Dukhtar children's book
- Tavaana Farsi Publishers
Find open educational images online:
- Wikimedia Commons
- Encyclopedia of Life
- Open Images
- AlegriPhotos
- Pixabay
- Picdrome
- Flickr
- DryIcons
- Europeana
- PLOS
- ClipSafari
- Vecteezy
Find open educational videos online:
- Zane (subtitled education videos)
- Vimeo
- TED Talks
- Internet Archive
- The Open Video Project
- Creative Commons Video Search
- TeacherTube
- Youtube EDU
- Edutopia
- NeoK12
- OV Guide
- CosmoLearning
- Brightstorm
- Explore.org
- VideoLectures.net
- TED Ed
- Backpack TV
- Teacher Training Videos
Find open audio and music content online:
Open presentations / slides online:
Open animation and simulation sources:
Do you know of a resource that should be included on this page? Please contact us and tell us about it. We are happy to include resources related to teachers and education, and we especially welcome resources available in Afghan languages.