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            <title>Introduction to Microbiology</title>
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            <description>Online notes and diagrams for an introductory microbiology course, also includes some videos of bacteria.</description>
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            <title>Open Learning Initiatve Carnegie Mellon</title>
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            <description>A collection of &quot;cognitively informed,&quot; openly available and free online courses and course materials that enact instruction for an entire course in an online format. The following courses are available online:Engineering Statics, Economics, Statistics, French, Casual Reason, Logic and Proofs, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Emperical Research methods.  The website also consist of the following features: images/graphics, video, audio, quizzes, other interactivity, links to related material, learning assignments, teacher&apos;s guide and glossary of terms. For more information please go to: http://www.cmu.edu/oli/index.html</description>
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            <title>Tufts Open Courseware (OCW)</title>
            <link>http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=288076</link>
            <description>Tufts open courseware includes course content in: life sciences with multidisciplinary approach, an international perspective, and an underlying ethic of service. The following courses are available by school: School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, The Fletcher School, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and School of Arts and Sciences. This website also contains imgaes/graphics, video, links related to material, learning assignments and teacher&apos;s guide to help further the knowledge and information for interested viewer&apos;s.  For more information please go to http://ocw.tufts.edu</description>
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            <title>Current Research in Teachable Form</title>
            <link>http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=637495</link>
            <description>BioBuilder&#174; is an open-access website offering informative animations and activities for anyone who wants to teach or learn about synthetic biology. BioBuilder should be a &#8220;one stop shop&#8221; for students to meander through the animations to learn new aspects of the field, and for teachers to find start-to-finish class activities to integrate into their biology curriculum. Data-sharing and discussion is key for this emerging community, so please follow the upload procedures and posting policies.</description>
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            <title>Microbiology</title>
            <link>http://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=620030</link>
            <description>This course will cover a range of diverse areas of microbiology, including virology, bacteriology, and even applied microbiology.  The focus is on the medical aspects of microbiology, which are a primary motivator in microbiology research.  This free course may be completed online at any time. See course site for detailed overview and learning outcomes. (Biology 307)</description>
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            <title>Microbiologybytes: Virology</title>
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            <description>An online virology course with text and diagrams</description>
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