Higher education is changing. Universities and Colleges used to be the gatekeepers for information and learning but the key has seemed to slip from our fingers.
Table of Contents:
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 (updated to v.1.2 on 1/26/12)
XII. History
XIII. Business, Economics, Finance, & Investing
XIV. Food, Nutrition, & Cooking
XV. Survival Tips
XVI. Documentaries & Film Studies
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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
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/
Faculty Project – The best professors from the world’s leading Universities
http://facultyproject.com/
More Open Courses:
OCW Search – Find free university courses online
http://www.ocwsearch.com/
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
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
Stanford Class Central – YouTube summaries of Stanford’s online courses
http://www.class-central.com/
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
India’s NPTEL
http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd
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III. GENERAL COLLECTIONS
Udemy – Take and build online courses on any subject
http://www.udemy.com/
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/
Alison – 300 free online courses at certificate or diploma level (sign-up required)
http://alison.com/
Teaching Resources:
The Orange Grove Digital Repository – Online library of openly available instructional resources for Florida’s educators
http://www.theorangegrove.org/
Learner.org – Browse teacher resources
http://www.learner.org/resources/browse.html
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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
Wired How-to Wiki – Teach a kid to program
http://howto.wired.com/wiki/Teach_a_Kid_to_Program
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/
Coding Bat – Online code practice in Java & Python
http://codingbat.com/
PySchools – Python programming language tutorial
http://www.pyschools.com/
appendTo – Learn jQuery and Javascript for free
http://learn.appendto.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
Project Euler – A series of challenging mathematical & computer programming problems
http://projecteuler.net/
Professor Messer – CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ certifications
http://www.professormesser.com/
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
Google Scholar – Stand on the shoulder of giants
http://scholar.google.com/
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/
Free Science Lectures – Free Science Videos & Lectures
http://www.freesciencelectures.com/
Physicist TV – Collection of science & documentary videos
http://www.physicisttv.com/
Educated Earth – Videos on astronomy, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, math, physics, and more
http://www.educatedearth.net/
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
Berklee Shares – Free music lessons from Berklee College of Music
http://www.berkleeshares.com/
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, ECONOMICS, 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/
Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner
http://ecorner.stanford.edu/
Value Based Management – Methods, models, and theories
http://www.valuebasedmanagement.net/
Ludwig von Mises Institute – Austrian economics and praxeology
http://mises.org/
Foundation for Economic Education
http://www.fee.org/
Library of Economics and Liberty
http://www.econlib.org/
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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. DOCUMENTARIES & FILM STUDIES
Documentary Wire
http://www.documentarywire.com/
Factual TV – The documentary film video store
http://www.factualtv.com/
Documentary Heaven – Food for your brain
http://documentaryheaven.com/
Surf the Channel
http://www.surfthechannel.com/cat/61482.html
DocuWatch – Free streaming documentaries on Art, History, Science, and more
http://www.docuwat.ch/watch-documentaries/
Documentary Tube – Watch full-length documentaries online for free
http://www.documentarytube.com/
Documentary Log – Watch hundreds of the most interesting, popular, and full-length documentaries
http://www.documentary-log.com/
Documentary Stream
http://www.documentarystream.com/
Documentary Storm – Free streaming documentaries
http://documentarystorm.com/
Top Documentary Films – Watch free documentaries online
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/
Movies Found Online – Free movies & documentaries
http://www.moviesfoundonline.com/documentaries.php
Quick Silver Screen – Movies & documentaries
http://www.quicksilverscreen.ch/videos?g=5&mt=1
MVGroup Forums – An education in P2P (sign-up required)
http://forums.mvgroup.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVGroup
Film Studies:
Film Studies for Free – Web archive of notable film studies resources
http://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/p/open-access-film-e-books-list.html
Online Film and Movie Image Studies, PhD and MPhil Theses
http://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/p/online-film-and-moving-studies-phd.html
Online Film and Media Studies Journals
http://filmstudiesforfree.blogspot.com/p/fsff-online-film-media-studies-journals.html
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