Top Free Online Education and Tools
by Devie O. Patricio
All information is now in our fingertips. This includes entertainment, news and even access to free online education. The said free online education links and tools can greatly help students better prepare study lessons or simply advancing their own learning horizons beyond the classroom. Below is the list of my personal pick of top free online education and tools:
Founded by Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EdX features learning designed specifically for interactive study via the web. There are currently seven courses offered which includes Introduction to Computer Science and Introduction to Computer Science and Programming.
Started by Stanford and Princeton Universities and now growing, this site offers 207 courses. Some of the courses include Computer Science 101, An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python, Software Defined Networking and Web Intelligence and Big Data.
Khan Academy aims to provide a free world-class education for anyone anywhere. Wheather you are a student, teacher, home-schooler, principal, adult returning to the classroom after 20 years, or a friendly alien just trying to get a leg up in earthly biology.
Project Gutenberg offers over 40,000 free ebooks: choose among free epub books, free kindle books, download them or read them online. All their ebooks were previously published by bona fide publishers.
Utubersity presents the best educational videos available on YouTube in an organized, easy to find way to watch and learn.
This site provides the best educational games and toys website on the Internet.
References:
Elite Colleges Transform Online Higher Education by Terence Chea, Associated Press, Published August 10, 2012. http://finance.yahoo.com/news/elite-colleges-transform-online-higher-124855202.html
Free Education (As In Beer) by Jon “maddog” Hall, Published July 2, 2012. http://www.lpi.org/blog/free-education-beer
The Year in Education: Seven Innovations Changing the Way the World Learns by Liz Dwyer, Published December 23, 2011. http://www.good.is/post/the-year-in-education-seven-innovations-changing-the-way-the-world-learns/
About the Author: Devie is the Systems Administrator of the STI College Muñoz-EDSA. She is a Technology Evangelist, Ecopreneur, Rotaractor, Blogger, and Social Media Butterfly. Twitter ID: Devieontolan / dpatricio@munoz.sti.edu
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