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Open educational resources (OER)

Find, create and evaluate OER materials, available to legally and freely copy, such as ebooks, images, audio, video and software. Understand copyright and Creative Commons (CC) licences.

Music

digccMixter
A music remixing site featuring remixes and samples licensed under Creative Commons licenses.
Jamendo
A platform to legally share music for free under Creative Commons licenses.
Free Music Archive
The Free Music Archive offers free downloads under Creative Commons and other licenses.
Public Domain Review - Audio
A collection of songs and music in the public domain

Sound

Freesound
A collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds.
Sounds in Wikimedia Commons
Free repository of sounds.
Audio files in Wikimedia Commons
Find free audio files or upload your own.
BBC sound effects
Made available in WAV format to download for use under RemArc Licence .

Podcasts

ABC Radio
Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio podcasts
University of Oxford Podcasts
Public lectures, teaching material and interviews with leading academics.

Creating audio files

Audacity
Free software for recording and editing audio.