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-Over 175 Free Online Educational Resources -
-I. Top Picks
-II. Universities and Higher Education
-III. General Collections
-IV. How-to & DIY
-V. Studying with Peers
-VI. Online Books, eBooks, & Journals
-VII. Computers, Software, & Programming
-VIII. Science & Math
-IX. Logic, Words, & Memory
-X. Languages
-XI. Music
-XII. History
-XIII. Business, Finance, & Investing
-XIV. Food, Nutrition, & Cooking
-XV. Survival Tips
-XVI. Other
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-==I. TOP PICKS==
-Khan Academy
-http://www.khanacademy.org/
-Academic Earth – Online courses from the world’s top scholars
-http://academicearth.org/
-TED – Technology, Entertainment, & Design
-http://www.ted.com/
-MIT Open CourseWare
-http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
-Stanford Engineering Everywhere
-http://see.stanford.edu/see/courses.aspx
-Open Yale Courses
-http://oyc.yale.edu/
-About U. – Collection of free online courses from About.com
-http://u.about.com/
-Wikiversity
-http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page
-YouTube EDU
-http://www.youtube.com/education?b=400
-The Open University – Study at the OU
-http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/
-http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
-University of the People
-http://www.uopeople.org
-University of Reddit
-http://ureddit.com/
-Open Culture – The best free cultural & educational media on the web
-http://openculture.com/
-VideoLectures – Exchange ideas & share knowledge
-http://videolectures.net/
-CosmoLearning – Free educational website with thousands of courses & documentaries
-http://www.cosmolearning.com/
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-==II. UNIVERSITIES & HIGHER EDUCATION==
-Lecture Fox – Free university lectures
-http://lecturefox.com/
-More Open Courses:
-Open Courseware Consortium
-http://www.ocwconsortium.org/
-Harvard Extension School – Computer Science & Technology
-http://computerscience1.tv/2010/spring/
-Johns Hopkins University
-http://ocw.jhsph.edu/
-Kaplan University
-http://ocw.kaplan.edu/
-Notre Dame
-http://ocw.nd.edu/
-Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study
-http://video.ias.edu/all
-Tufts
-http://ocw.tufts.edu/
-Utah State
-http://ocw.usu.edu/
-Google in Education
-http://www.google.com/edu/index.html
-ArsDigita University – Computer science and math lectures
-http://aduni.org/courses/
-UC Berkeley Webcast – Central service for online video & audio for learners around the globe
-http://webcast.berkeley.edu/
-UC Berkeley Video Courses – Free education online
-http://education.jimmyr.com/
-Capilano University
-http://ocw.capilanou.ca/
-Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative
-http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/
-Delft University of Technology
-http://ocw.tudelft.nl/courses/
-Rice University Connexions – A place to view and share educational modules
-http://cnx.org/
-Stanford on iTunes U – Stanford-related digital audio content
-http://itunes.stanford.edu/content/overview.html
-UC Irvine
-http://ocw.uci.edu/
-UC San Diego Podcasts
-http://podcast.ucsd.edu/
-University of Chicago’s Mind Online – Thought-provoking samples of critical thinking & debate
-http://news.uchicago.edu/multimedia
-University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
-http://www.uccs.edu/~math/vidarchive.html
-University of Massachusetts
-http://ocw.umb.edu/
-University of Michigan
-http://open.umich.edu/education
-University of Southern Queensland
-http://ocw.usq.edu.au/
-University of Sydney – Podcast episodes
-http://sydney.edu.au/podcasts/2011.php
-University of Virginia – Podcasts & webcasts
-http://www.virginia.edu/uvapodcast/
-University of Washington – Computer Science & Engineering
-http://www.cs.washington.edu/education/course-webs.html
-Utah Valley University – Online courses & open educational resources
-http://open.uvu.edu/
-YouTube Channels:
-Stanford
-http://www.youtube.com/stanford
-UC Berkeley
-http://www.youtube.com/user/UCBerkeley
-University of New South Wales
-http://www.youtube.com/user/UNSWelearning
-Yale
-http://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+ Categories
-http://freevideolectures.com/
-Intro Open Courses on Everything You’ve Ever Wanted to Learn
-http://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 schools
-http://www.incredicampus.com/
-Learners TV – Thousands of downloadable video lectures on liberal arts, science, engineering, and more
-http://www.learnerstv.com/
-Online Education Database – 200 free online classes to learn anything
-http://oedb.org/library/beginning-online-learning/200-free-online-classes-to-learn-anything
-Infoplease – All the knowledge you need
-http://www.infoplease.com/
-MERLOT – Multimedia educational resource for learning and online teaching
-http://www.merlot.org/merlot/index.htm
-Internet Archive
-http://www.archive.org/
-Online Self-improvement Resources
-http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/101-self-improvement-resources/
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-==IV. HOW-TO & DIY==
-WikiHow – The how-to manual that you can edit
-http://www.wikihow.com/
-How Stuff Works
-http://www.howstuffworks.com/
-Wonder How To
-http://www.wonderhowto.com/categories/
-Instructables
-http://www.instructables.com/
-Make Magazine
-http://www.makezine.com/
-How-to Help & Videos for Dummies
-http://www.dummies.com/
-VideoJug – Get good at life
-http://www.videojug.com/
-How to Create a Book in Wikipedia
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Books
-Let’s Make Robots
-http://letsmakerobots.com/
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-==V. STUDYING with PEERS==
-Open Study – Study together
-http://openstudy.com/
-P2P University – Learn anything with your peers
-http://p2pu.org/en/
-Study Blue – Your digital backpack
-http://www.studyblue.com/
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-==VI. ONLINE BOOKS, eBOOKS, & JOURNALS==
-Google Books
-http://books.google.com/
-WikiBooks – Open-content textbooks collection that anyone can edit
-http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page
-Project Gutenberg
-http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
-Planet eBook – Home of free classic literature
-http://www.planetebook.com/about.asp
-Open Book Project
-http://openbookproject.net/
-The Free Library
-http://www.thefreelibrary.com/
-Many Books – Ad-free eBooks
-http://www.manybooks.net/
-WorldCat – Collections & services of more than 10,000 libraries worldwide
-http://www.worldcat.org/
-iBiblio – The public’s library and digital archive
-http://www.ibiblio.org/
-LibriVox – Free public domain audiobooks
-http://librivox.org/
-The Assayer – Web’s largest catalog of books whose authors have made them available for free
-http://theassayer.org/
-Amazon.com Free eBook Collection
-http://www.amazon.com/b/ref=amb_link_85650291_15?ie=UTF8&node=2245146011
-Scribd – Reading and publishing evolved
-http://www.scribd.com/
-Textbook Revolution – Student-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free educational materials
-http://www.textbookrevolution.org/index.php/Main_Page
-Directory of Open Access Journals
-http://www.doaj.org/
-eReaderIQ – Recent non-public domain freebies & price-drop alerts
-http://www.ereaderiq.com/
-Longform – New and classic non-fiction articles curated across the web
-http://longform.org/
-Flatworld Knowledge – The first and largest publisher of free & open textbooks
-http://www.flatworldknowledge.com/
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-==VII. COMPUTERS, SOFTWARE, & PROGRAMMING==
-W3Schools – The world’s largest web development site
-http://www.w3schools.com/
-Google Code University
-http://code.google.com/edu/
-The New Boston – Step-by-step tutorials for multiple coding languages
-http://thenewboston.org/
-UDacity – CS 101
-http://www.udacity.com/
-PHP Academy
-http://www.youtube.com/user/phpacademy
-Better PHP
-http://www.youtube.com/betterphp
-NetTuts+ – A large collection of coding tutorials
-http://nettuts.com/
-Tutorial Guide – The site for all your tutorial needs
-http://www.tutorialguide.net/
-Codecademy – Fun & interactive way to learn how to code
-http://www.codecademy.com/
-Free Technology Academy – High quality educational material based on free software & open standards
-http://ftacademy.org/
-Higher Computing for Everyone – Writing basic programs
-http://www.highercomputingforeveryone.com/
-HTML 5 Please
-http://html5please.us/
-Rails for Zombies
-http://railsforzombies.org/
-Ruby Warrior – Open source game to teach Ruby language
-http://www.trybloc.com/courses/ruby-warrior/chapters/beginner#/1
-Got API – Documentation search engine
-http://start.gotapi.com/
-Lynda – Online software training videos
-http://www.lynda.com/
-Intro to Linux
-http://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 programmers
-http://stackoverflow.com/
-DZone – Fresh links for developers
-http://www.dzone.com/links/index.html
-Photoshop & Graphics:
-Tutorial Hero – Photoshop & Flash tutorials
-http://www.tutorialhero.com/
-PSD Tuts+
-http://psd.tutsplus.com/
-Photoshop Tutorials
-http://photoshoptutorials.ws/
-Graphic Tutorials
-http://www.graphictutorials.net/
-Photoshop Pack Graphic Design Resources
-http://www.photoshop-pack.com/
-PSD FanExtra Tutorials
-http://psd.fanextra.com/category/tutorials/
-Vandelay Design – Photoshop Tutorial Hall of Fame
-http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-tutorial-tutorials/
-Grokking the GIMP
-http://gimp-savvy.com/BOOK/index.html
-Video CoPilot – Tutorials for VFx & motion graphics
-http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/
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-==VIII. SCIENCE & MATH==
-Scirus – The most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web
-http://www.scirus.com/
-Cite Seer X – Access scientific and scholarly knowledge
-http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/
-getCited – Academic database, directory, & discussion forum
-http://www.getcited.org/
-National Science Digital Library – Explore, share, create
-http://nsdl.org/
-Science Magazine Podcasts
-http://www.sciencemag.org/multimedia/podcast/
-National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning – Science, Engineering, & Technology
-http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/
-KQED’s Quest – Explore science, nature, and environment stories from Northern California and beyond
-http://science.kqed.org/quest/
-Freelance Teacher – Videos on physics, chemistry, math, & biology
-http://www.freelance-teacher.com/videos.htm
-FHSST – Free high school science texts in physical sciences & math
-http://fhsst.org/
-cK-12 Flexbooks
-http://www.ck12.org/flexbook/
-Paul’s Online Math Notes
-http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/
-Reddit’s List of Useful Online Math Resources
-http://www.reddit.com/r/math/comments/bqbex/lets_list_all_the_useful_free_online_math/
-Math, Better Explained
-http://betterexplained.com/
-Astronomy & Outerspace:
-Space Engine – Free space simulation software
-http://en.spaceengine.org/
-Google Sky
-http://www.google.com/sky/
-NASA for Students
-http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/index.html
-Scale of the Universe – Interactive Flash Animation
-http://www.scaleoftheuniverse.com/
-Statistics:
-Vassar Stats – Concepts and applications of inferential statistics
-http://faculty.vassar.edu/lowry/webtext.html
-StatSoft Electronic Statistics Textbook
-http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html
-Connexions Collaborative Statistics
-http://cnx.org/content/col10522/latest/
-Handbook of Biological Statistics
-http://udel.edu/~mcdonald/statintro.html
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-==IX. LOGIC, WORDS, & MEMORY==
-Mind Tools – Memory improvement techniques
-http://www.mindtools.com/memory.html
-The Nizkor Project – List of logical fallacies
-http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/index.html
-Wikipedia’s List of Logical Fallacies
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies
-Wikipedia’s List of Figures of Speech
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure_of_speech
-Tool Kit for Rhetorical Analysis
-http://grammar.about.com/od/rhetorictoolkit/Tool_Kit_for_Rhetorical_Analysis.htm
-KnoWord – Expand your vocabulary
-http://knoword.org/
-Vocabulary.com – Learn new words & explore language
-http://www.vocabulary.com/
-Brain Workshop – A Dual N-Back Game
-http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/
-Argument Mapping Tutorials
-http://austhink.com/reason/tutorials/
-Philosophy Bites – Podcasts of top philsophers
-http://www.philosophybites.com/
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-==X. LANGUAGES==
-Basic Composition – Reading & Writing
-http://www.basiccomposition.com/
-BBC Languages – Beginner courses in multiple languages
-http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
-Foreign Service Institute Language Courses
-http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php
-Language Guide – Foreign language vocabulary, grammar, & readings
-http://www.languageguide.org/
-eLanguage School – Free foreign language lessons online
-http://www.elanguageschool.net/
-Free Online Language Courses via About.com
-http://distancelearn.about.com/od/onlinecourses/a/freelanguage.htm
-DuoLingo – Learn a language for free & simultaneously translate the web
-http://duolingo.com/
-Babel Nation – Learning languages online for free
-http://www.babelnation.com/
-Transparent Language – Language learning software & resources in over 100 languages
-http://www.transparent.com/language-resources/languages.html
-Survival Phrases – Learn essential travel phrases, tips, and insights
-http://survivalphrases.com/
-Talk to Me in Korean
-http://talktomeinkorean.com/
-Chinese Toolbox – Software for learning Chinese through reading
-http://www.chinesetoolbox.com/
-LiveMocha – World’s largest language learning community
-http://www.livemocha.com/
-American Sign Language (ASL) University
-http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/lessons/lesson01.htm
-Handspeak – Sign language
-http://www.handspeak.com/
-Signing Savvy – Your sign language resource
-http://www.signingsavvy.com/index.php
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-==XI. MUSIC==
-Music Theory – Lessons, exercises, & tools
-http://www.musictheory.net/
-Ear Training & Music Theory Software
-http://www.trainear.com/
-Basic Music Theory
-http://www.howmusicworks.org/
-About.com Music Education – Music theory
-http://musiced.about.com/od/musictheory/u/musiced_musictheory.htm
-Teoria – Music Theory Web
-http://teoria.com/
-Ultimate Guitar – Lessons, techniques, & styles
-http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/
-Justin Guitar – The best guitar instruction on the web
-http://www.justinguitar.com/
-Chorder – Chord fingering and guitar resources
-http://www.chorder.com/guitar-chords/
-Funk University – Assembly of Music’s Finest
-http://www.thefunkuniversity.com/
-Play Bass Now – Lessons, licks, and low notes
-http://playbassnow.com/
-How to Play Piano
-http://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 History
-http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
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-==XIII. BUSINESS, FINANCE, & INVESTING==
-Investopedia
-http://www.investopedia.com/
-Google Advisor
-https://www.google.com/advisor/home
-Google Finance
-http://www.google.com/finance
-MarketWatch by WSJ
-http://www.marketwatch.com/
-Main Street – Business & financial headlines & advice
-http://www.mainstreet.com/
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-==XIV. FOOD, NUTRITION, & COOKING==
-Good Eats Fan Page
-http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/GEFP/index.htm
-Jamie’s Home Cooking Skills
-http://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 eat
-http://www.nutritiondata.com/
-Nutrition.gov – Smart nutrition & practical tips
-http://www.nutrition.gov/
-Choose My Plate via USDA
-http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
-The World’s Healthiest Foods
-http://whfoods.org/foodstoc.php
-Calorie King
-http://www.calorieking.com/
-Start Making Choices – Simple ideas for living healthier on a budget
-http://www.startmakingchoices.com/index.jsp
-Eat Right Nutrition Tips
-http://www.eatright.org/Public/content.aspx?id=206
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-==XV. SURVIVAL TIPS==
-Off Grid Survival – Wilderness and urban survival skills
-http://offgridsurvival.com/
-Backwoods Magazine – Self reliance and self sufficiency
-http://www.backwoodshome.com/index.html
-Survival Topics – Your online survival kit
-http://www.survivaltopics.com/
-Wilderness Survival – Free info covering all aspects of survival
-http://www.wilderness-survival.net/
-Discovery’s Worst-Case Scenario Video Clips
-http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/worst-case-scenario/
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-==XVI. OTHER==
-Advanced Yoga Practices – Directory for Main Lessons
-http://www.aypsite.com/MainDirectory.html
-Creative Live – A live, worldwide creative classroom
-http://www.creativelive.com/

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