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1.Top Picks
2.Universities and Higher Education
3.General Collections
4.How-to & DIY
5.Studying with Peers
6.Online Books, eBooks, & Journals
7.Computers, Software, & Programming
8.Science & Mathematics
9.Logic, Words, & Memory
10.Languages
11.Music
12.History
13.Business, Finance, & Investing
14.Food, Nutrition, & Cooking
15.Survival Tips
16.Other
1.Top Picks
- Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/
- Future Learn - Open Online Courses - https://www.futurelearn.com/info/blog/free-online-courses-with-certifications-september-2020
- 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/
2.Universities and 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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3.General Collections
- Free Video Lectures – 800+ Online Courses and 19,000+ Videos from Top 30+ Universities on 35+ Categories http://freevideolectures.com/
- 100 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/
- 101 Online Self-improvement Resources http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/101-self-improvement-resources/ ------------------------------------
4.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/ ------------------------------------
5.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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
6.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/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------
7.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/
8.Science & Mathematics
- 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
9.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/ ------------------------------------
10.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
11.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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12.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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13.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/ ------------------------------------------------------
14.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 ------------------------------------
15.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/ ------------------
16.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/