Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Amazing list of online educational resources



Courtesey of Johnathan Chung
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Over 175 Free Online Educational Resources (v.1.1)

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Here is decades' worth of knowledge freely available online for those who love to learn. Links that fit under multiple categories are listed only once.

What are your favorite sites to learn from? What sites would you add to this list?

CONTENTS:

I. Top PicksII. Universities and Higher EducationIII. General CollectionsIV. How-to & DIYV. Studying with PeersVI. Online Books, eBooks, & JournalsVII. Computers, Software, & ProgrammingVIII. Science & MathIX. Logic, Words, & MemoryX. LanguagesXI. MusicXII. HistoryXIII. Business, Finance, & InvestingXIV. Food, Nutrition, & CookingXV. Survival TipsXVI. Other


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I. TOP PICKS

Khan Academyhttp://www.khanacademy.org/

Academic Earth - Online courses from the world's top scholarshttp://academicearth.org/

TED - Technology, Entertainment, & Designhttp://www.ted.com/

MIT Open CourseWarehttp://ocw.mit.edu/courses/

Stanford Engineering Everywherehttp://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx

Open Yale Courseshttp://oyc.yale.edu/

About U. - Collection of free online courses from About.comhttp://u.about.com/

Wikiversityhttp://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page

YouTube EDUhttp://www.youtube.com/education?b=400

The Open University - Study at the OUhttp://www3.open.ac.uk/study/http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

University of the Peoplewww.uopeople.org

University of Reddithttp://ureddit.com/

Open Culture - The best free cultural & educational media on the webhttp://openculture.com/

VideoLectures - Exchange ideas & share knowledgehttp://videolectures.net/

CosmoLearning - Free educational website with thousands of courses & documentarieshttp://www.cosmolearning.com/


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II. UNIVERSITIES & HIGHER EDUCATION

Lecture Fox - Free university lectureshttp://lecturefox.com/

More Open Courses:

Open Courseware Consortiumhttp://www.ocwconsortium.org/

Harvard Extension School - Computer Science & Technologyhttp://computerscience1.tv/2010/spring/

Johns Hopkins Universityhttp://ocw.jhsph.edu/

Kaplan Universityhttp://ocw.kaplan.edu/

Notre Damehttp://ocw.nd.edu/

Princeton's Institute for Advanced Studyhttp://video.ias.edu/all

Tuftshttp://ocw.tufts.edu/

Utah Statehttp://ocw.usu.edu/

Google in Educationhttp://www.google.com/edu/index.html

ArsDigita University - Computer science and math lectureshttp://aduni.org/courses/

UC Berkeley Webcast - Central service for online video & audio for learners around the globehttp://webcast.berkeley.edu/

UC Berkeley Video Courses - Free education onlinehttp://education.jimmyr.com/

Capilano Universityhttp://ocw.capilanou.ca/

Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiativehttp://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/

Delft University of Technologyhttp://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/

Rice University Connexions - A place to view and share educational moduleshttp://cnx.org/

Stanford on iTunes U - Stanford-related digital audio contenthttp://itunes.stanford.edu/content/overview.html

UC Irvinehttp://ocw.uci.edu/

UC San Diego Podcastshttp://podcast.ucsd.edu/

University of Chicago's Mind Online - Thought-provoking samples of critical thinking & debatehttp://news.uchicago.edu/multimedia

University of Colorado, Colorado Springshttp://www.uccs.edu/~math/vidarchive.html

University of Massachusettshttp://ocw.umb.edu/

University of Michiganhttp://open.umich.edu/education

University of Southern Queenslandhttp://ocw.usq.edu.au/

University of Sydney - Podcast episodeshttp://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php

University of Virginia - Podcasts & webcastshttp://www.virginia.edu/uvapodcast/

University of Washington - Computer Science & Engineeringhttp://www.cs.washington.edu/education/course-webs.html

Utah Valley University - Online courses & open educational resourceshttp://open.uvu.edu/

YouTube Channels:

Stanfordhttp://www.youtube.com/stanford

UC Berkeleyhttp://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeley

University of New South Waleshttp://www.youtube.com/user/UNSWelearning

Yalehttp://www.youtube.com/yalecourses


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III. GENERAL COLLECTIONS

Free Video Lectures - 800+ Online Courses and 19,000+ Videos from Top 30+ Universities on 35+ Categorieshttp://freevideolectures.com/

100 Intro Open Courses on Everything You've Ever Wanted to Learnhttp://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2010/05/12/100-intro-open-courses-on-everything-youve-ever-wanted-to-learn/

Annotum (formerly Google's Knol)http://annotum.org/

IncrediCampus - Lectures and preparation/admission advice for college & graduate schoolshttp://www.incredicampus.com/

Learners TV - Thousands of downloadable video lectures on liberal arts, science, engineering, and morehttp://www.learnerstv.com/

Online Education Database - 200 free online classes to learn anythinghttp://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/200-free-online-classes-to-learn-anything

Infoplease - All the knowledge you needhttp://www.infoplease.com/

MERLOT - Multimedia educational resource for learning and online teachinghttp://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm

Internet Archivehttp://www.archive.org/

101 Online Self-improvement Resourceshttp://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/101-self-improvement-resources/


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IV. HOW-TO & DIY

WikiHow - The how-to manual that you can edithttp://www.wikihow.com/

How Stuff Workshttp://www.howstuffworks.com/

Wonder How Tohttp://www.wonderhowto.com/categories/

Instructableshttp://www.instructables.com/

Make Magazinehttp://www.makezine.com/

How-to Help & Videos for Dummieshttp://www.dummies.com/

VideoJug - Get good at lifehttp://www.videojug.com/

How to Create a Book in Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books

Let's Make Robotshttp://letsmakerobots.com/


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V. STUDYING with PEERS

Open Study - Study togetherhttp://openstudy.com/

P2P University - Learn anything with your peershttp://p2pu.org/en/

Study Blue - Your digital backpackhttp://www.studyblue.com/


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VI. ONLINE BOOKS, eBOOKS, & JOURNALS

Google Bookshttp://books.google.com/

WikiBooks - Open-content textbooks collection that anyone can edithttp://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page

Project Gutenberghttp://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Planet eBook - Home of free classic literaturehttp://www.planetebook.com/about.asp

Open Book Projecthttp://openbookproject.net/

The Free Libraryhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/

Many Books - Ad-free eBookshttp://www.manybooks.net/

WorldCat - Collections & services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwidehttp://www.worldcat.org/

iBiblio - The public's library and digital archivehttp://www.ibiblio.org/

LibriVox - Free public domain audiobookshttp://librivox.org/

The Assayer - Web's largest catalog of books whose authors have made them available for freehttp://theassayer.org/

Amazon.com Free eBook Collectionhttp://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_85650291_15?ie=UTF8&node=2245146011

Scribd - Reading and publishing evolvedhttp://www.scribd.com/

Textbook Revolution - Student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materialshttp://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page

Directory of Open Access Journalshttp://www.doaj.org/

eReaderIQ - Recent non-public domain freebies & price-drop alertshttp://www.ereaderiq.com/

Longform - New and classic non-fiction articles curated across the webhttp://longform.org/

Flatworld Knowledge - The first and largest publisher of free & open textbookshttp://www.flatworldknowledge.com/


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VII. COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, & PROGRAMMING

W3Schools - The world's largest web development sitehttp://www.w3schools.com/

Google Code Universityhttp://code.google.com/edu/

The New Boston - Step-by-step tutorials for multiple coding languageshttp://thenewboston.org/

UDacity - CS 101http://www.udacity.com/

PHP Academyhttp://www.youtube.com/user/phpacademy

Better PHPhttp://www.youtube.com/betterphp

NetTuts+ - A large collection of coding tutorialshttp://nettuts.com/

Tutorial Guide - The site for all your tutorial needshttp://www.tutorialguide.net/

Codecademy - Fun & interactive way to learn how to codehttp://www.codecademy.com/

Free Technology Academy - High quality educational material based on free software & open standardshttp://ftacademy.org/

Higher Computing for Everyone - Writing basic programshttp://www.highercomputingforeveryone.com/

HTML 5 Pleasehttp://html5please.us/

Rails for Zombieshttp://railsforzombies.org/

Ruby Warrior - Open source game to teach Ruby languagehttp://www.trybloc.com/courses/ruby-warrior/chapters/beginner#/1

Got API - Documentation search enginehttp://start.gotapi.com/

Lynda - Online software training videoshttp://www.lynda.com/

Intro to Linuxhttp://www.reddit.com/r/Ubuntu/comments/bbnkp/ive_tinkered_in_ubuntu_before_but_its_the_primary/c0lzpwk

Stack Overflow - Q&A for professional and enthusiast programmershttp://stackoverflow.com/

DZone - Fresh links for developershttp://www.dzone.com/links/index.html

Photoshop & Graphics:

Tutorial Hero - Photoshop & Flash tutorialshttp://www.tutorialhero.com/

PSD Tuts+http://psd.tutsplus.com/

Photoshop Tutorialshttp://photoshoptutorials.ws/

Graphic Tutorialshttp://www.graphictutorials.net/

Photoshop Pack Graphic Design Resourceshttp://www.photoshop-pack.com/

PSD FanExtra Tutorialshttp://psd.fanextra.com/category/tutorials/

Vandelay Design - Photoshop Tutorial Hall of Famehttp://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-tutorial-tutorials/

Grokking the GIMPhttp://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html

Video CoPilot - Tutorials for VFx & motion graphicshttp://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/


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VIII. SCIENCE & MATH

Scirus - The most comprehensive scientific research tool on the webhttp://www.scirus.com/

Cite Seer X - Access scientific and scholarly knowledgehttp://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/

getCited - Academic database, directory, & discussion forumhttp://www.getcited.org/

National Science Digital Library - Explore, share, createhttp://nsdl.org/

Science Magazine Podcastshttp://www.sciencemag.org/multimedia/podcast/

National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning - Science, Engineering, & Technologyhttp://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/

KQED's Quest - Explore science, nature, and environment stories from Northern California and beyondhttp://science.kqed.org/quest/

Freelance Teacher - Videos on physics, chemistry, math, & biologyhttp://www.freelance-teacher.com/videos.htm

FHSST - Free high school science texts in physical sciences & mathhttp://fhsst.org/

cK-12 Flexbookshttp://www.ck12.org/flexbook/ 

Paul's Online Math Noteshttp://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/

Reddit's List of Useful Online Math Resourceshttp://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/bqbex/lets_list_all_the_useful_free_online_math/

Math, Better Explainedhttp://betterexplained.com/

Astronomy & Outerspace:

Space Engine - Free space simulation softwarehttp://en.spaceengine.org/

Google Skyhttp://www.google.com/sky/

NASA for Studentshttp://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html

Scale of the Universe - Interactive Flash Animationhttp://www.scaleoftheuniverse.com/

Statistics:

Vassar Stats - Concepts and applications of inferential statisticshttp://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/webtext.html

StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbookhttp://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html

Connexions Collaborative Statisticshttp://cnx.org/content/col10522/latest/

Handbook of Biological Statisticshttp://udel.edu/~mcdonald/statintro.html


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IX. LOGIC, WORDS, & MEMORY

Mind Tools - Memory improvement techniqueshttp://www.mindtools.com/memory.html

The Nizkor Project - List of logical fallacieshttp://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/index.html

Wikipedia's List of Logical Fallacieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies

Wikipedia's List of Figures of Speechhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech

Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysishttp://grammar.about.com/od/rhetorictoolkit/Tool_Kit_for_Rhetorical_Analysis.htm

KnoWord - Expand your vocabularyhttp://knoword.org/

Vocabulary.com - Learn new words & explore languagehttp://www.vocabulary.com/

Brain Workshop - A Dual N-Back Gamehttp://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/

Argument Mapping Tutorialshttp://austhink.com/reason/tutorials/

Philosophy Bites - Podcasts of top philsophershttp://www.philosophybites.com/


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X. LANGUAGES

Basic Composition - Reading & Writinghttp://www.basiccomposition.com/

BBC Languages - Beginner courses in multiple languageshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

Foreign Service Institute Language Courseshttp://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php

Language Guide - Foreign language vocabulary, grammar, & readingshttp://www.languageguide.org/

eLanguage School - Free foreign language lessons onlinehttp://www.elanguageschool.net/

Free Online Language Courses via About.comhttp://distancelearn.about.com/od/onlinecourses/a/freelanguage.htm

DuoLingo - Learn a language for free & simultaneously translate the webhttp://duolingo.com/

Babel Nation - Learning languages online for freehttp://www.babelnation.com/

Transparent Language - Language learning software & resources in over 100 languageshttp://www.transparent.com/language-resources/languages.html

Survival Phrases - Learn essential travel phrases, tips, and insightshttp://survivalphrases.com/

Talk to Me in Koreanhttp://talktomeinkorean.com/

Chinese Toolbox - Software for learning Chinese through readinghttp://www.chinesetoolbox.com/

LiveMocha - World's largest language learning communityhttp://www.livemocha.com/

American Sign Language (ASL) Universityhttp://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lesson01.htm

Handspeak - Sign languagehttp://www.handspeak.com/

Signing Savvy - Your sign language resourcehttp://www.signingsavvy.com/index.php


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XI. MUSIC

Music Theory - Lessons, exercises, & toolshttp://www.musictheory.net/

Ear Training & Music Theory Softwarehttp://www.trainear.com/

Basic Music Theoryhttp://www.howmusicworks.org/

About.com Music Education - Music theoryhttp://musiced.about.com/od/musictheory/u/musiced_musictheory.htm

Teoria - Music Theory Webhttp://teoria.com/

Ultimate Guitar - Lessons, techniques, & styleshttp://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/

Justin Guitar - The best guitar instruction on the webhttp://www.justinguitar.com/

Chorder - Chord fingering and guitar resourceshttp://www.chorder.com/guitar-chords/

Funk University - Assembly of Music's Finesthttp://www.thefunkuniversity.com/

Play Bass Now - Lessons, licks, and low noteshttp://playbassnow.com/

How to Play Pianohttp://www.howtoplaypiano.ca/


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XII. HISTORY

Teacher Resources - Western Civilization (52 half-hour video programs)http://www.learner.org/resources/series58.html

Metropolitan Museum of Art - Timeline of Art Historyhttp://www.metmuseum.org/toah/


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XIII. BUSINESS, FINANCE, & INVESTING

Investopediahttp://www.investopedia.com/

Google Advisorhttps://www.google.com/advisor/home

Google Financehttp://www.google.com/finance

MarketWatch by WSJhttp://www.marketwatch.com/

Main Street - Business & financial headlines & advicehttp://www.mainstreet.com/


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XIV. FOOD, NUTRITION, & COOKING

Good Eats Fan Pagehttp://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/GEFP/index.htm

Jamie's Home Cooking Skillshttp://www.jamieshomecookingskills.com/

Chef Todd Mohr's Web Cooking Classes (YouTube)http://www.youtube.com/user/ChefToddMohr

Nutrition Data - Self nutrition data; know what you eathttp://www.nutritiondata.com/

Nutrition.gov - Smart nutrition & practical tipshttp://www.nutrition.gov/

Choose My Plate via USDAhttp://www.choosemyplate.gov/

The World's Healthiest Foodshttp://whfoods.org/foodstoc.php

Calorie Kinghttp://www.calorieking.com/

Start Making Choices - Simple ideas for living healthier on a budgethttp://www.startmakingchoices.com/index.jsp

Eat Right Nutrition Tipshttp://www.eatright.org/Public/content.aspx?id=206


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XV. SURVIVAL TIPS

Off Grid Survival - Wilderness and urban survival skillshttp://offgridsurvival.com/

Backwoods Magazine - Self reliance and self sufficiencyhttp://www.backwoodshome.com/index.html

Survival Topics - Your online survival kithttp://www.survivaltopics.com/

Wilderness Survival - Free info covering all aspects of survivalhttp://www.wilderness-survival.net/

Discovery's Worst-Case Scenario Video Clipshttp://dsc.discovery.com/videos/worst-case-scenario/


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XVI. OTHER

Advanced Yoga Practices - Directory for Main Lessonshttp://www.aypsite.com/MainDirectory.html

Creative Live - A live, worldwide creative classroomhttp://www.creativelive.com/

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