E-Learning
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Slightly Creaky does extensive research to find the links you would most likely need and provides them for you in an easy-to-find format. You can access the various categories from any of our web pages using the top or side menus. Each category has generalized headings, followed by more specific ones.
You're never too old to learn. Whether your purpose is to obtain a new or better job, to fix something around the house, or simply to expand your knowledge, there are now tens of thousands of online e-classes offered free.
As you browse these links, be sure to check requirements. Some classes have mandatory (free) registration; others are meaningless without accompanying textbooks.
Updated July 14, 2010
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Degree Classes (not free) |
A listing of links to accredited schools. Many of these are outstanding universities. Some specialize in technical or specific topic learning. Avoid responding to ads for "Degrees by Mail," as many of them are scams. |
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General Education
General Education
"It's nice to pass the time of day listening top 40s, classic rock, and golden oldies. But when you plug into a new course or lecture series, you are no longer just filling time ... you are taking command of your future! " |
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| Free-Ed.net | |
| 7 Success Strategies for Distance Learners | "Distance learning has special challenges. You will probably never see or meet the teacher. You won't have classmates. You don't have a campus full of people studying the same thing. But you can succeed! Plan on it! Follow the simple tips below, and you'll do better in your learning. They may seem pretty basic, but they'll help keep you focused and on track." |
| Learning Strategies For Distance Education Students | (PDF) "The purpose of this article was to identify a potentially useful theoretical framework to classify learning strategies and to determine specific learning tactics that may be useful in a distance education environment." |
| Learn Out Loud | "LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning. Browse over 20,000 educational audio books, MP3 downloads, podcasts, and videos." |
| iTunesU | "As educators all over the world are discovering, mobile learning works. Students devour engaging, customized curricula when it’s delivered on the iPod or iPhone. It’s a familiar and essential part of their lives. Audio and video podcasts let students study at their own pace, wherever and whenever they want." |
| Online Education Database | "A high quality education doesn't have to come at a high cost. In fact, it's possible to take classes from big names like Yale, MIT, and Tufts without ever submitting an application or paying a cent in tuition. We've compiled 200 online classes from these and other respected institutions, and you can take all of them with no strings attached." |
| Brain Honey | "BrainHoney is the only product that truly spans classroom, blended, and online instruction at any level. You need just one system, not three, to manage classroom learning, supplement with online instruction, experiment with online courses, or run a virtual program." |
| VideoJug | "1000s of videos, articles, answers & people, here to help you. You can do anything & Videojug will show you how - it's all free." |
| WikiHow | "wikiHow is a collaboration to build and share the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. Imagine if everyone on Earth had an expert coach who could teach them how to do anything. Eventually, our multilingual how-to manual should contain accurate instructions on almost every imaginable topic. This freely available information will improve millions of lives, in both small and large ways." |
| Qedoc | "Qedoc provides interactive learning resources which center on quiz-making and quiz-taking. Qedoc learning modules are self-contained modifiable pieces of learning software which you can download to play with, learn from, modify and upload again. Under our open content concept, anyone can use or contribute learning resources for free. We provide: " |
| Connexions | "A place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute." |
| Open2 Net | "The home of BBC/Open University TV and Radio programmes on the web." |
| The Open University | "A pioneer in making learning materials freely available through its successful partnership with the BBC. Many of our television and radio programmes are already supported by free internet activities and print materials. We wanted to use our knowledge of the latest technologies in education to extend our mission to be open to people, places, methods and ideas. The vision was free online education." |
| Open Learning Initiative | "Use these self-guiding materials and activities to learn at your own pace! Find a course you are interested in and click on "Get Started". If you want to keep track of your progress, sign in or create a new account." |
| About.com University | "A collection of free online courses from About.com. Each online course is sent to you via email on a daily or weekly basis and is designed to help you learn a specific skill or solve a particular problem. There are no grades or degrees, only a whole lot of free online learning." |
| Distance & Online General Education Courses | "Free or affordable online General Education courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
"Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT. No registration required.MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity. MIT OpenCourseWare is a free publication of MIT course materials that reflects almost all the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught at MIT." |
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| Universities with the Best Free Online Courses | "No tuition money? No problem! There are many top universities that offer free courses online. This list ranks several of the best free university courses available for people who want to enhance their personal knowledge or advance in their current field." |
| University of the People | "The world’s first tuition free online university dedicated to the global advancement and democratization of higher education." |
| Burkley University Webcasts | "Podcasts and Webcasts of UC Berkeley current and archived courses" |
| Annenberg Media | "Select a program below and go to the individual program description listing and click on the icon." |
| Open Learning | From Carnegie Mellon University. "No instructors, no credits, no charge.Use these self-guiding materials and activities to learn at your own pace! Find a course you are interested in and click on "Get Started". If you want to keep track of your progress, sign in or create a new account. Otherwise click on "Look inside"." |
| Open Yale Courses | "Open Yale Courses provides free and open access to a selection of introductory courses taught by distinguished teachers and scholars at Yale University. The aim of the project is to expand access to educational materials for all who wish to learn." |
| Tufts University | "Tufts OpenCourseWare is part of a new educational movement initiated by MIT that provides free access to course content for everyone online. Tufts' course offerings demonstrate the University's strength in the life sciences in addition to its multidisciplinary approach, international perspective and underlying ethic of service to its local, national and international communities. " |
| HippoCampus | "HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge." |
| University of San Diego | Podcasts. "PodcastsUCSD's podcasting service was established for instructional use to benefit our students. Podcasts are taken down at the end of every quarter (10 weeks Fall-Spring and 5 weeks in the summer). If you're enjoying a podcast, be sure to subscribe and download the lectures. " |
| 250 Free Online Courses from Top Universities | "Get free online courses from the world’s leading universities. This collection includes over 250 free courses in the liberal arts and sciences. Download these audio & video courses straight to your computer or mp3 player." |
| National Repository of Online Courses | "NROC course content is an Open Educational Resource (OER) and is available at no cost for individual use here at our website." |
| Notre Dame | List of free online classes |
| Online Educational Database | "Whether you're taking a break from tuition courses, need supplementary materials for college courses, require materials to help out on the job, or want to gain life experience, online open courseware can help you reach your goals. The 100 open courseware sources listed below are freely available for anyone to use, whether you're a student, an instructor, or a self-learner. The courses are categorized by subject and listed alphabetically within that subject. " |
| Utah State University | "eduCommons's goals are to: Provide free, searchable, access to course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world, Catalyze the growth of communities of learners; Extend the reach and impact of the "opencourseware" concept." |
| United Nations Courses | "The UNU OpenCourseWare portal does not grant credits or degrees, and does not provide access to faculty. Rather, UNU OCW gives you open access to the materials used in a variety of courses." |
| "Our goal is to provide an online community for sharing instructional videos. We seek to fill a need for a more educationally focused, safe venue for teachers, schools, and home learners. It is a site to provide anytime, anywhere professional development with teachers teaching teachers. As well, it is a site where teachers can post videos designed for students to view in order to learn a concept or skill. " | |
| Teacher Tube | |
| Qedoc | "Qedoc provides interactive learning resources which centre on quiz-making and quiz-taking. Qedoc learning modules are self-contained modifiable pieces of learning software which you can download to play with, learn from, modify and upload again. Under our open content concept, anyone can use or contribute learning resources for free. We provide: " |
| Connexions | "A place to view and share educational material made of small knowledge chunks called modules that can be organized as courses, books, reports, etc. Anyone may view or contribute." |
| HippoCampus | "HippoCampus is a project of the Monterey Institute for Technology and Education (MITE). The goal of HippoCampus is to provide high-quality, multimedia content on general education subjects to high school and college students free of charge." |
| Open Educational Resources | "In a brave new world of learning, OER content is made free to use or share, and in some cases, to change and share again, made possible through licensing, so that both teachers and learners can share what they know." |
| ERIC | The First Internet Education Collection. "ERIC provides unlimited access to more than 1.3 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, with hundreds of new records added multiple times per week. If available, links to full text are included." |
| Learn to Keyboard | "Keybr.com is very straightforward. You can choose from three basic lessons that start with a certain number of keys on the keyboard, and then, as you progress through the lessons, more keys are introduced to the mix to make things a little tougher. As an added bonus, our software keeps track of all your mistakes and your words–per–minute (wpm) — and even creates graphs of your day–by–day performance." |
| Homeschool Spelling Course | "Spelling, like grammar and punctuation, is a technique of English. Spelling is an important communication skill. In my opinion, since the advent of the Internet, it is even more important because words on a web page may determine what people think of you and your abilities. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors will make you appear less credible to your audience." |
| How to Study | "The articles listed below are written by Dr. Mangrum & Dr. Strichart. Click on an article to view and print it. Check back often to see new articles." |
| The Loughborough Study Guide on-line | "The Loughborough University Study Guide is a useful source of detailed advice on a variety of study techniques from exam revision to making oral presentations. The very broad range of skill areas explored within the Study Guide will be of use to students throughout their studies and further into employment. The Guide encourages students to develop their own strategies for responding to a wide and diverse workload. " |
| Cliff Notes | "Students from junior high to grad school have been turning to CliffsNotes to save study time since 1958. Now more than ever, you need to get the most out of your busy schedule, and we're still here bringing you trustworthy study guides written by real teachers and professors. And if you think the CliffsNotes universe is limited to literature, think again! We've developed an entire family of book series to see you through all sorts of tricky classes and intimidating exams." |
| Spark Notes | "SparkNotes is a resource you can turn to when you're confuzzled. We help you understand books, write papers, and study for tests. We're clear and concise, but we never leave out important info." |
| Grade Saver | "GradeSaver offers the highest quality study guides. Written and edited by Harvard students, ClassicNotes are the best book notes available online, in PDF or in print from Amazon." |
| Book Wolf | "Welcome to Bookwolf home of our popular brand of FREE literature booknotes. Here you will find a wealth of helpful information to guide you to a year full of good grades. Our goal is to provide students with a central website to begin their homework studies." |
| SCORE Cyber Guides | "CyberGuides are supplementary, standards-based, web-delivered units of instruction centered on core works of literature. Each CyberGuide contains a student and teacher edition, standards, a task and a process by which it may be completed, teacher-selected web sites and a rubric." |
| NASA Science | "Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many non-aerospace uses by the private sector. NASA remains a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general." |
| NOVA Science | "NOVA is the highest rated science series on television and the most watched documentary series on public television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over." |
(PDF) "In most essay and exam questions there will be a key word which guides you towards the required treatment of the given subject matter. In order to successfully answer the question you will need to highlight and interpret these key words, targeting your writing accordingly." |
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| Learning Styles | "Knowing a little bit about learning styles can help you determine if online learning is for you. The interaction and delivery methods used in online classes are dramatically different from traditional classes, so understanding how you learn is a good part of the decision-making process. The knowledge can help you improve your study habits and be successful in any educational setting, regardless of what type of learner you are." |
| An In-Depth List of Online Study Help Resources | "Need help getting the grades you want on tests and quizzes? We've scoured the web and compiled the most comprehensive list of online resources on study help available on the Web. These guides, all published from reputable sources, will help you achieve your personal best, both in and out of the classroom. From note-taking to overcoming test anxiety, the following resources will improve your academic record and your study technique." |
| Tricks for Good Grades | "Doing well in school not only requires that you understand the subject matter, but also that you are able to perform in tests and have a good relationship with your teachers." |
| Online Study Skills Workshops | Originally prepared by Virginia Teck as an " Attention Deficit Disorder Student Handbook," it is a valuable resource for all people, all levels of education. |
| Number 2 | "Number2.com's online test preparation courses are totally free! By creating an account you can access a customized course that includes user-friendly tutorials, practice sessions that dynamically adapt to each student's ability level, a vocabulary builder,,,," |
| Test Prep Review | From Boston University. "Your Source for Free Online Practice Tests" |
| GED for Free | "Welcome to GEDforFree.com. Here you will find a completely free GED online preparation course, as well as practice tests, which can help you pass your GED exams and take the next step toward college or a new career." |
| SAT Exam Prep | "We offer a completely free online SAT study guide, with practice tests, all designed to help you gain the confidence you need to score high on your official SAT test. Our team has developed an SAT prep course that is not only entirely at no cost to you, but is easy to use." |
| SAT Test Taking Tips | "The SAT is the most popular standardized test used for admission into colleges and universities in the United States. It includes three sections: math, critical reading, and writing." |
| ACT Test Taking Tips | "The ACT is a widely used college admission standardized test. It has four mandatory subject tests: English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science. There is also an optional Writing test which some colleges require." |
| Free TOEFL Test Preparation Exercises | "The objective of this online TOEFL guide is to give you free interactive examples of TOEFL test questions, and to explain the purpose and layout of the test." |
| Cliff Notes | "Students from junior high to grad school have been turning to CliffsNotes to save study time since 1958. Now more than ever, you need to get the most out of your busy schedule, and we're still here bringing you trustworthy study guides written by real teachers and professors. And if you think the CliffsNotes universe is limited to literature, think again! We've developed an entire family of book series to see you through all sorts of tricky classes and intimidating exams." |
| Spark Notes | "SparkNotes is a resource you can turn to when you're confuzzled. We help you understand books, write papers, and study for tests. We're clear and concise, but we never leave out important info." |
From the University of Virginia. A collection of articles devoted to improving teaching techniques. |
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| Teaching Resource Center | |
| Teaching Tip Index | Over 200 topics from "Feeling Good About Teaching" to "Preparing a Lesson Plan." |
| Teacher's Corner | Example: "Be nice to the secretaries, avoid the bus drivers, don't let your room get too messy. Those staff members are often the informal CIA and FBI. Your reputation may largely depend on what these people report informally to their supervisors and the public." |
| Resources, Tools and Tips for New Teachers | From Scholastic Magazine |
| A to Z Teacher Stuff | "A to Z Teacher Stuff is a teacher-created site designed to help teachers find online resources more quickly and easily. Find lesson plans, thematic units, teacher tips, discussion forums for teachers, downloadable teaching materials & eBooks, printable worksheets and blacklines, emergent reader books, themes, and more." |
| The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching | "An independent policy and research center. Its current mission is to support needed transformations in American education through tighter connections between teaching practice, evidence of student learning, the communication and use of this evidence, and structured opportunities to build knowledge." |
| Foundations of Education Web | From a Southern Illinois University |
| The History of American Education | "This History of American Education Web Project was originally undertaken as a class assignment by members of an undergraduate Foundations of Education class. Most members of this class took it as juniors or seniors to fulfill a requirement for teacher certification. History of American Education was only one component of the course and most class members had no previous exposure to it." |
| "Everyone thinks; it is our nature to do so. But much of our thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed or down-right prejudiced. Yet the quality of our life and that of what we produce, make, or build depends precisely on the quality of our thought. Shoddy thinking is costly, both in money and in quality of life. Excellence in thought, however, must be systematically cultivated." | |
| The Critical Thinking Community | |
| Mission Critical | "For the purposes of critical thinking, all sentences can be divided into those that can be true or false, and those that cannot. Only a few sentences cannot be true or false: commands ("Just do it."), exclamations ("Far out!"), and questions ("Why not?"). " |
| The Fallacy Files | "A "fallacy" is a mistake, and a "logical" fallacy is a mistake in reasoning. There are, of course, other types of mistake than mistakes in reasoning. For instance, factual mistakes are sometimes referred to as "fallacies". However, the Fallacy Files is specifically concerned, not with factual errors, but with logical ones. " |
| Fallacies: The Nizkor Project | "In order to understand what a fallacy is, one must understand what an argument is. Very briefly, an argument consists of one or more premises and one conclusion. A premise is a statement (a sentence that is either true or false) that is offered in support of the claim being made, which is the conclusion (which is also a sentence that is either true or false). " |
| "Although modern logic has modified this traditional logic and indeed gone beyond it, the categorical syllogistic is worthy of study for two reasons. One, traditional logic has played a major role in the history of western thought. Indeed, it is the logic most people recognize as logic. Two, the categorical syllogism is a relatively accessible deductive system. It employs a limited number of propositional forms and its syllogisms can be tested for validity without too much technical difficulty. Moreover, one encounters categorical syllogisms in ordinary language." | |
| Elementary Lessons in Logic | ©1918. Full text available in many formats, including for e-reader. |
Lectures
Lectures
| Video Lectures | "The main purpose of the project VideoLectures.Net is to provide free and open access of a high quality video lectures presented by distinguished scholars and scientists at the most important and prominent events like conferences, summer schools, workshops and science promotional events from many fields of Science. The portal is aimed at promoting science, exchanging ideas and fostering knowledge sharing by providing high quality didactic contents not only to a scientific community but also to a general public. All lectures, accompanying documents, information and links are systematically selected and classified through the editorial process taking into account also users' comments. " |
| Burkley University Events | "Prominent speakers and on-campus events, live and on-demand." |
| Princeton University Archived Lectures | A Streaming Media collection |
| Free University Lectures | Many lectures, but you have to search carefully for what you want. |
| Academic Earth | "We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars. Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment in which that content is remarkably easy to use and where user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable." |
| "Your entry point to free online course materials from around the world. Please browse, search, learn and enjoy." | |
| Forum Network | "The Forum Network collaborates with hundreds of community partners in cities across the US, including libraries, museums, academic institutes, public lecture forums, public policy think tanks, cultural councils, and various other community organizations." |
| Free Video Lectures | "All the video lectures are from top universities. These video lectures are class room recorded and delivered by great scholars, professors, scientists and researchers from the worlds top universities, includes MIT, Stanford, Yale and IIT’s from India." |
| Online Forum Listings | Private site that has culled information from all over the Internet |
| Learners TV | "This is a comprehensive site providing thousands of downloadable Video lectures, Live Online Tests,etc in the fields of Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, Medicine, Management and Accounting, Dentistry, Nursing, Psychology, History, Language Training, Literature etc FREE to its visitors.." |
| Cosmo Learning | "Created with the goal to provide a free online school, CosmoLearning (CL) is an educational website committed to improve the quality of homeschooling, teaching and student excellence, helping educators and self-learners alike anywhere in the world. Designed to work as a free homeschool and organized according to traditional curriculum standards, CosmoLearning provides video lectures, courses, documentaries, books, quizzes, lecture notes and much more." |
| Free Science and Video Lectures Online | "Free education online is possible." |
| Free Video Lectures From Top Colleges and Universities | "Free video lectures are a great way to get a high-quality education from the comfort of your own home. There are a number of top colleges and universities, such as Yale, MIT and UC Berkeley, currently offering free video lectures to self-learners around the world. " |
Science & Math
Science & Math
"Remarkable speakers, researchers and scholars present revolutionary thoughts and discoveries on ResearchChannel. Viewers access programs online via a live webstream and an extensive video-on-demand library. The library houses more than 3,500 full-length programs that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week." |
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| 10 Universities Offering Free Science Courses Online | "Some of the world's most prestigious universities now offer free science courses online. Read on to find out where you can find these courses and to learn what you can get out of each." |
| Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) | "Stanford is offering some of its most popular engineering classes free of charge to students and educators around the world. Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEE) expands the Stanford experience to students and educators online. A computer and an Internet connection are all you need. View lecture videos, access reading lists and other course handouts, take quizzes and tests, and communicate with other SEE students, all at your convenience." |
| Online Course in Science Journalism | In several languages. Free. "The authors and translators of this course are experienced journalists and trainers from all continents. They cover major practical and conceptual issues in science journalism, for example: how to find and research stories, exposing false claims, how to pitch to an editor, turning crisis reporting to advantage and so forth - topics that are relevant to beginners in journalism as well as more experienced reporters and editors in all regions of the world." |
| NOVA (PBS) | "NOVA is the highest rated science series on television and the most watched documentary series on public television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over." |
| Introduction to the Sciences | "Science means knowledge. It comes from the Latin word scientia. Science answers the question how and why things work." |
"The focus is not on course syllabi or notes but rather on materials from which individuals can learn themselves, and particularly on those with an interactive component." |
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| Interactive Biology | |
| Kimball's Biology Pages | "It has always seemed to me that the many parts that make up the subject of biology are related to each other more like the nodes of a web than as a linear collection of independent topics. So I believe that the power of hypertext will be better suited to learning about biology than is the linear structure of a printed textbook. " |
| Free Biology Video Lessons | "I have started this website with an aim to bring free educational video lectures to everyone. All the video lectures are from top universities. These video lectures are class room recorded and delivered by great scholars, professors, scientists and researchers from the worlds top universities, includes MIT, Stanford, Yale and IIT’s from India." |
| A-Level Biology | "Check you know the main principles by reviewing the list of different topic areas, either click on the topic heading to quick learn the whole topic or pick individual principles to brush up." |
| 7 Universities with Free Online Biology Courses | "Whether you study biology for fun or as part of your major, getting a free biology education online can bolster your knowledge and save you money. Here is a list of top universities that offer free biology courses online." |
| Online Biology Book | "Biology literally means "the study of life". Biology is such a broad field, covering the minute workings of chemical machines inside our cells, to broad scale concepts of ecosystems and global climate change. Biologists study intimate details of the human brain, the composition of our genes, and even the functioning of our reproductive system." |
| Biology 101 | "Biology 101 On-line is designed for self-motivated students with average or above average computer skills." |
| A to Z Home's Cool Life Sciences | "A to Z Home's Cool community website will help you homeschool your kids from preschool, kindergarten, through homeschooling high school with free online education, home-friendly lesson ideas, educational websites, helpful articles, top homeschool programs, books, materials, and curriculum." |
| Life Science Portal | "This page connects Wikiversity visitors to the learning resources that have been developed by the various Wikiversity Life Sciences content development projects." |
| Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior | "This course presents the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior for students beginning their study of biology and of the environment." |
| Insect Biology and Ecology | "Insects are the dominant life-form on earth. Millions may exist in a single acre of land. About one million species have been described, and there may be as many as ten times that many yet to be identified. Of all creatures on earth, insects are the main consumers of plants. They also play a major role in the breakdown of plant and animal material and constitute a major food source for many other animals." |
| Classification of Living Things | "In this tutorial you will be learning about the Linnaeansystem of classification used in the biological sciences to describe and categorize all living things. The focus is on finding out how humans fit within this system. In addition, you will discover part of the great diversity of life forms and come to understand why some animals are considered to be close to us in their evolutionary history." |
| Botany Online | "Covering all plant anatomy, classic genetics, organic chemistry and plant biochemistry, intercellular communication, interactions between plants, fungi, bacteria, and viruses, evolution, and a part of ecology." |
| Step Under the Tape: Forensic Science | "Forensics Illustrated is comprehensive collection of all the resources collected, manufactured, and utilized by Brennon Sapp during his nine years of teaching Forensic Science to high school students. This information was published in its entirety in the fall of 2004 by EOA Scientific. Now this information is available to anyone for free. " |
From Chapter 1: "It is unlikely that early forms of man were fully aware of the impact on our world that their simple use of tools from bones, rocks and branches would eventually have. Even so, rock was rock and wood was still wood, no matter what shape they formed it to or what they attached it to to make weapons and early knives or cleavers." |
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| A History of Chemistry | |
| Chemistry Music Videos | "These are the chemistry music videos I put together since 2005. I and countless other teachers around the world have used them to enhance their chemistry classes, and students have also made use of them. For free chemistry teaching and learning." |
| Succeed in Understanding Chemistry | "The purpose of these free online lessons is to give you a start at improving your chemistry knowledge to help you become a champion in the field." |
| A-Level Chemistry | "These guides cover the main principles for most of the common specifications." |
| General Chemistry Online | Prepared by Dr. Fred Senese, Dept. of Chemistry Frostburg State University |
| Accelerated and Enriched Chemistry | "I am the host of New York's Regents Review Live Chemistry, a call-in show shown every year live in May and year-round in reruns. I am dedicated to the improvement of chemistry education globally, and have developed a wide array of materials to aid others in teaching their students chemistry." |
| Tutorials for Astronomy | "Astronomy is the oldest of the natural sciences: nearly the earliest records that we find in the annals of China and upon the inscribed "library bricks" of Assyria and Babylon relate to astronomical subjects, such as eclipses and the positions of the planets. Obviously in the infancy of the race the rising and setting of the sun, the progress of the seasons, and the phases of the moon must have compelled the attention of even the most unobservant. " |
| Astronomy Education and Outreach | "These pages were developed for my Courses for Liberal Arts Majors. These pages will evolve to feature topical material and new research. " |
| NASA Science | "Since its inception in 1958, NASA has accomplished many great scientific and technological feats in air and space. NASA technology also has been adapted for many non-aerospace uses by the private sector. NASA remains a leading force in scientific research and in stimulating public interest in aerospace exploration, as well as science and technology in general." |
| The Astronomy Answer Book | Huge collection of commonly asked questions about astronomy. |
| Succeed in Understanding Physics | "Physics is a branch of Physical Science concerned with the study of the physical properties of matter. The knowledge of Physics is important for the development of the products we use. It is also an interesting and exciting subject of value in many walks of life." |
| Physics 2000 | "An interactive journey through modern physics! Have fun learning visually and conceptually about 20th Century science and high-tech devices." |
| A-Level Physics | Covers mechanics, motion, force, energy, electricity, particles, matter, temperature, and other topics. |
| Classical Mechanics | From MIT. Video classes. |
| Engineering | "Free or affordable online Engineering courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
"The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's OPENCOURSEWARE (OCW) project provides access to content of the School's most popular courses. As challenges to the world's health escalate daily, the School feels a moral imperative to provide equal and open access to information and knowledge about the obstacles to the public's health and their potential solutions. " |
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| John Hopkins School of Public Health | |
| Anatomy of the Human Body | Also known as Gray's Anatomy. "The Bartleby.com edition of Gray’s Anatomy of the Human Body features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication, as well as a subject index with 13,000 entries ranging from the Antrum of Highmore to the Zonule of Zinn." |
| Top 10 Free Health & Medical Open Courseware Collections | "Health and medical open courseware collections are available free of charge and are accessible any time and any place, as long as you have a connection to the Internet." |
| Research Channel: Health & Medicine | "Remarkable speakers, researchers and scholars present revolutionary thoughts and discoveries on ResearchChannel. Viewers access programs online via a live webstream and an extensive video-on-demand library. The library houses more than 3,500 full-length programs that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week." |
| "AHC Media LLC is the largest publisher of health care newsletters in the world. We began in 1974 with a single title, Hospital Infection Control. We have grown in the quarter century since to more than 50 titles serving a broad spectrum of professionals in health care." | |
| Free CE | "The Number One web site for free continuing education credits and live webinars for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, nurses and other health care providers. All programs are approved by an accredited continuing education provider. All live webinars, web casts, home study articles and online live CE events include online testing, grading and certificate completion if passing grade is achieved. If a free program is not available, you will be linked to a similar program offered for a nominal fee." |
| Power Pak | "Postgraduate Healthcare Education, LLC ("PHE") is the source of Power-Pak C.E.® continuing education for healthcare professionals. Our accredited programs assist in meeting the requirements of licensure. PHE online provides continuing education for the broad spectrum of health professions. This site features a searchable database of accredited Power-Pak C.E. courses on the latest therapeutics for today's healthcare professions." |
| Rx School | "Welcome to RxSchool, the best source for ACPE and CME accredited continuing education and review courses for pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, physicians, nurses and other health care professionals." |
| Learn CPR | "Learn CPR is a free public service supported by the University of Washington School of Medicine. Learn the basics of CPR - cardiopulmonary resuscitation." |
| Learn to Save a Life | "A list of 10 of the best free online first aid resources." |
| Drug Withdrawal and Drug Recovery | "It is possible become physically and/or psychologically dependent on medication. Do not take more than the prescribed amount of medication or take it for longer than is directed by your doctor." |
| Coping With Stress | "Although we all talk about stress, it often isn't clear what stress is really about. Many people consider stress to be something that happens to them, an event such as an injury or a promotion. Others think that stress is what happens to our bodies, minds and behaviours in response to an event (e.g. heart pounding, anxiety, or nail biting). While stress does involve events and our response to them, these are not the most important factors. Our thoughts about the situations in which we find ourselves a re the critical factor. " |
| Principles of Stress | "If you ask folks where their stress comes from, most will identify external sources such as deadlines, noisy neighbours, sitting in traffic and other stressors. However, it may surprise you that the most common source of stress is actually inside ourselves." |
| Internet Mental Health | "By using the internet, our hope was that we could freely share whatever information we have on mental health with the world. " |
| Mental Health Matters | "Get Mental Help's main purpose is to provide a structured source of information about mental health issues. To this end, Mental Health Matters offers detailed technical briefs on a variety of disorders, issues, symptoms, treatment modes, and medications. With this information, we hope to educate consumers and guide them towards intelligent decisions in their pursuit of Mental Health." |
| Genetics | From Tufts University. " The material in this course encompasses diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases (such as cancer genetics), study of inheritance of diseases in families, mapping of disease genes to their chromosome locations, study of the molecular genetics and pathogenesis of inherited disorders, provision of genetic counseling for families, and investigations of methods for gene therapy." |
| Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness | University of Michigan |
| Online Medical Textbooks | Broken into categories. |
| "The U.S. Geological Survey provides scientific information intended to help educate the public about natural resources, natural hazards, geospatial data, and issues that affect our quality of life. Discover selected online resources, including lessons, data, maps, and more, to support teaching, learning, education (K-12), and university-level inquiry and research." | |
| USGS and Science Education | |
| Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior | "This course presents the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior for students beginning their study of biology and of the environment." |
| Digital Library for Earth System Education | "DLESE is a geoscience community resource that supports teaching and learning about the Earth system. It is funded by the National Science Foundation and is being built by a community of educators, students, and scientists to support Earth system education at all levels and in both formal and informal settings." |
| Lessons and Activities for Exploring The Earth With Maps | Provided by The U.S. Geological Survey. |
| The Environment in American History | "TeacherServe consists of a series of instructional guides on important topics in the humanities on the secondary level. Each guide provides commentary along with instructional tools. " |
| Exploring the Environment | "Just as the planet we live on changes, so too the quantity and nature of information available to us will change as people like you become the data gatherers and develop new and more efficient ways of studying the Earth. Consider the impact that you will have on our future. Let's explore!" |
| Exploring the Deep Ocean | "Learn more about underwater exploration--from animal communications to deep-sea discoveries--in this collection of educational materials from Fathom." |
| Seismic Education | "UPSeis (pronounced "up size") is a program created to teach young people (and not-so-young people) more about the planet we live on and how it works.The UPSeis program is divided into two parts: this web site and a school program. In the UPSeis web site, we'll be talking mostly about the science of seismology and earthquakes: where they happen, why they happen, and what kinds of problems they cause. We'll tell you things you may already know and some stuff you may have never thought about." |
| "Visual Math Learning is a free interactive multimedia on-line tutorial for math students. Its first level, Numbers and Arithmetic, is a pre-Algebra course for middle-school age. Unlike traditional textbooks, Visual Math Learning is designed to run on any personal computer with a modern browser. Its user interface is designed to be simple, consisting mostly of push-buttons and objects familiar to casual computer users." | |
| Virtual Math Learning | |
| Math Tips | "Here are some "how-to's" that will come in handy." |
| Cool Math | "Bored with math? Confused by math? Hate math? Yeah, Coolmath can fix that." |
| Math in Daily Life | "When you buy a car, follow a recipe, or decorate your home, you're using math principles. People have been using these same principles for thousands of years, across countries and continents. Whether you're sailing a boat off the coast of Japan or building a house in Peru, you're using math to get things done." |
| Math Power | "This site provides information about basic math, algebra, study skills, math anxiety and learning styles and specifically addresses the needs of the community college adult learner. A student who is frustrated by college math can be helped by identifying his individual learning style and recognizing the instructor's teaching style." |
| SOS Math | "S.O.S. MATHematics is your free resource for math review material from Algebra to Differential Equations! The perfect study site for high school, college students and adult learners. Get help to do your homework, refresh your memory, prepare for a test." |
| Success in Mathematics | "Tips on how to study mathematics, how to approach problem-solving, how to study for and take tests, and when and how to get help." |
| Math.com | Select topics from menu on left side of page. "Math.com is dedicated to providing revolutionary ways for students, parents, teachers, and everyone to learn math. Combining educationally sound principles with proprietary technology, Math.com offers a unique experience that quickly guides the user to the solutions they need and the products they want. These solutions include assessment, on-demand modular courses that target key math concepts, 24/7 live online tutoring, and expert answers to math questions" |
| Free Online Textbooks, Lecture Notes, Tutorials, and Videos on Mathematics | From NYU. A lengthy listing. |
| Geometry | "The course material progresses from more visual, intuitive ways of solving problems to more formal explorations of geometric ideas, properties, and, finally, proofs." |
| Understanding Algebra | "The complete contents of this algebra textbook are available here online. This text is suitable for high-school Algebra I, preparing for the GED, a refresher for college students who need help preparing for college-level mathematics, or for anyone who wants to learn introductory algebra" |
| Elementary Statistic: Resources | "Each of these videos is approximately thirty minutes long. You will need to have iTunes installed on your computer in order to use this site.: |
| Pre-Calculus and Intro to Probability | Online Tutorials |
| Calculus on the Web | "The principal purpose of COW is to provide you, the student or interested user, with the opportunity to learn and practice problems in calculus (and in the future other topics in mathematics) in a friendly environment via the internet." |
| Whatcom Online Math | Many good free math resources. "A number of Universities and Community Colleges around Washington are partnering with The Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium to provide online tutoring assistance to students through eTutoring. Now, all students enrolled in Whatcom Community College credit-earning courses have access to eTutoring’s free online tutoring services. " |
| Introduction to Mathematics and Algebra | Detailed online tutorial. |
| Free Online Textbooks, Lecture Notes, Tutorials, and Videos on Mathematics | Open source and free software - annotated |
| A-Level Math | Algebra, geometry, trig, probability. |
| How you use Math at Work | "Math Resources for Career and Technical Education focusing on how math is used by specific technical careers. " |
Languages
Languages
| "Remarkable speakers, researchers and scholars present revolutionary thoughts and discoveries on ResearchChannel. Viewers access programs online via a live webstream and an extensive video-on-demand library. The library houses more than 3,500 full-length programs that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week." | |
| Research Channel: Arts & Humanities | |
| Lines and Rhymes | A Poetry guide. "People often use a combination of two words to describe regular rhythm or meter. For example, you might refer to the meter of a sonnet as iambic pentameter The first word, such as iambic, refers to the beat pattern, in this case an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable" |
| Poetry Magic | "With over 70,000 words, Poetry Magic is a first port of call for many poets, aspiring poets and students of poetry. If the writing of poetry is the natural creative expression of the human psyche, it is also a craft, and nowadays something of an industry. " |
| The Craft of Poetry | "Craft of Poetry" is a Fall 2001 course at the University of Northern Iowa focusing on the study of writing poems in rhyme, meter, and inherited forms. |
| Study the World's Greatest Speeches | "There is need for people who can effectively write such speeches, either for themselves or for others. There is also a need for those who can make presentations and speak to others. Your knowledge and skills in this area can help advance your career or improve your business." |
| Great Speeches Collection | From "The History Place" |
| Reading Comprehension | "This web site provides interactive online lessons that improve students' reading comprehension and build vocabulary skills." |
| Cliff Notes | "Students from junior high to grad school have been turning to CliffsNotes to save study time since 1958. Now more than ever, you need to get the most out of your busy schedule, and we're still here bringing you trustworthy study guides written by real teachers and professors. And if you think the CliffsNotes universe is limited to literature, think again! We've developed an entire family of book series to see you through all sorts of tricky classes and intimidating exams." |
| Book Wolf | "Welcome to Bookwolf home of our popular brand of FREE literature booknotes. Here you will find a wealth of helpful information to guide you to a year full of good grades. Our goal is to provide students with a central website to begin their homework studies." |
| English Literature | "S-cool is a site dedicated to providing revision information on a selection of subjects, teenager life style issues, learning and career opportunities for students between the ages of 14 to 19 studying for the UK examinations system." |
| Speed Reading Self-Pacing Methods | "Speed reading is not magic nor is it a big expensive mystery. Professional speed reading classes simply teach a handful of easy techniques that help a person focus his or her attention better. The eye is drawn to motion. Speed reading techniques put that motion on the page." |
| The SQ3R Reading Method | "Survey! Question! Read! Recite! Review!" |
| A Strategy for Reading Novels | "A story is a fictitious tale that is written to entertain, amuse, or instruct the reader. A novel is the same as a story but it is longer and more complex. To understand a story or novel, you need to understand the six elements used by authors when they write a story or novel." |
Includes ESL, basics, and games. |
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| English for Everybody | |
| Academic Literacy | Topical lessons with a great FAQ about English language usage and terms. |
| Building Vocabulary | "When authors write, they often include context clues to the meaning of words they use but think that some of their readers may not know. The context clue is usually presented in the sentence or paragraph in which the word occurs. Sometimes a visual such as a picture is provided." |
| Learn English Online | "EnglishLearner.com offers online English lessons and tests at all levels. Learn English online with interactive tests and exercises." |
| Homeschool Spelling Course | "Spelling, like grammar and punctuation, is a technique of English. Spelling is an important communication skill. In my opinion, since the advent of the Internet, it is even more important because words on a web page may determine what people think of you and your abilities. Spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors will make you appear less credible to your audience." |
| Learn English Free | "These English lessons are aimed at the beginner although people with a little experience of English may find some parts useful." |
| Learn English | "For over 10 years Learn English has been the free and independent web site for EFL/ESL learners and teachers." |
| Fun Easy English | For students and teachers. |
| English Lessons | "Learn English using our in-depth English tutorials featuring dozens of interactive exercises." |
| ESL Online Textbooks | "Links of Interest to Teachers and Students of English as a Second Language." |
"You are more than welcome to come here and study for free. Sign up for a free membership and you can take tests and record your grades. Membership will also allow you to opt in to our mailing list (if you want) so that you can receive our newsletters." |
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| Learn Spanish Free | |
| WannaLearn.com Language Directory | Links to more than two dozen languages and over 100 sites for learning them. |
| The French Assistant | "This site helps you learn French online. You can learn and practice FREE using our online French language lessons and unique question generator. It's free and cool!" |
| A-Level French | "S-cool is a site dedicated to providing revision information on a selection of subjects, teenager life style issues, learning and career opportunities for students between the ages of 14 to 19 studying for the UK examinations system." |
| Français Interactif! | "We will explore the French language and culture by following the lives of real students from the University of Texas who have participated in the UT Summer Program in Lyon, France. In addition to following the exploits of these UT students, we will also watch interviews of native French speakers, as well as scenes of day-to-day interactions in France." |
| Beginners' German | "Contains twelve chapters of dialogue and exercises which have been designed to give the absolute beginner a grounding in the rudiments of the German language, as well as providing background information about life and culture in the German-speaking countries." |
| Oggi E Domani | "The Interactive Course that Makes Italian Easy to Learn" |
| Distance & Online Language Courses | "Free or affordable online Language courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
| The Master List of Free Language Learning Resources | Lists more than 50 languages. |
| BBC Languages | Complete classes, quick phrases, and situational topics. |
| Open-of-Course Languages | "We from Open-Of-Course bring you your education when you need it and how you need it. Free for you to use, edit and redistribute." |
| iTalki | "An online destination for learning foreign languages. italki connects people from around the world in a friendly community to learn from each other. italki helps people meet online to do free language exchanges. italki also helps students connect with teachers for paid online lessons. In addition, italki has many free language learning features, such as questions and answers, group discussions, and multimedia materials for self-study." |
| Conversational Chinese | "Developed byDr.Tianwei Xie Dept.of AAAS California State University,Long Beach" |
| Hungarian Language Course | "This course was designed for beginners and no previous knowledge of Hungarian is assumed. However, the lessons may also be helpful for those people who have had previous experience and would like to improve their grammar or just simply brush up. " |
| Swedish Language Course | "Many Swedish words are easily recognizable by English speakers, and even more so by German speakers. So naturally, Swedish is a relatively easy language for English speakers to learn. Pronunciation is a little difficult at first, especially due to the vowels, and a beginner should listen to a native in order to get a good idea of the Swedish sounds. " |
| Learn Polish | "The purpose of this site is to give you a clear, uncluttered free site to learn Polish online with a focus on Polish grammar." |
| Learn Greek and Latin | "Textkit is the Internet's largest provider of free and fully downloadable Greek and Latin grammars and readers. With currently 146 free books to choose from, Greek and Latin learners have downloaded 687,131 grammars, readers and classical e-books." |
| "The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects." | |
| Perdue Online Writing Lab | |
| Steven Barnes' Free Writing Class! | "What follows is, in slightly modified form, the complete text of the 9-week writing class I've taught for years at UCLA. To my knowledge it is the only completely free program of its depth and scope available on the WWW. " |
| Free Writing Classes | "Since 1997 Storymind.com has been a premiere web site of information and tools for writers. We receive over 30,000 visitors every month. Here you will find articles on writing techniques, free online video presentations of writing classes, free downloads and more!" |
| Online Writing Courses & Workshops | (Some have fees) "Online writing courses, tutorials and workshops. You'll find courses on journal writing, creative writing, technical writing, romance writing, fiction writing, travel writing, magazine writing, business writing and more." |
| The Writer's Digest | Online Magazine. "WritersDigest.com is your one-stop shop for information, resources and writing community. Connect with other writers on our forum, visit our blogs and sign up for our free weekly e-newsletter. Here you’ll also find weekly writing prompts, contests and competitions, conference listings and online exclusive articles." |
| Online Course in Science Journalism | In several languages. Free. "The authors and translators of this course are experienced journalists and trainers from all continents. They cover major practical and conceptual issues in science journalism, for example: how to find and research stories, exposing false claims, how to pitch to an editor, turning crisis reporting to advantage and so forth - topics that are relevant to beginners in journalism as well as more experienced reporters and editors in all regions of the world." |
| The Basics of Screen Writing | "Whether you're creating the script for the next mega-budget Hollywood movie or even a short digital film to stream on the Web, an understanding of the basics of screen writing can help you develop a script that will effectively translate your ideas to the screen. " |
| Paradigm Online Writing Assistant | "Paradigm is a distillation and collage of numerous writings, talks, and activities" |
| Grammar and Writing | "The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, an organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation." |
| Information Ethics Tutorial | The ethical use of copy written material |
| "Here we’re concerned only with deviations from the standard use of English as judged by sophisticated users such as professional writers, editors, teachers, and literate executives and personnel officers. The aim of this site is to help you avoid low grades, lost employment opportunities, lost business, and titters of amusement at the way you write or speak." | |
| Common Errors in English Usage | |
| English Grammar and Punctuation | "Join me for an award-winning series of relaxed English grammar, punctuation, or essay tutorials prepared as "living textbooks". These educational DVD/Video courses can be used alone or as an excellent supplement to other English Language Arts courses." |
| English Grammar 4U | "We put our first exercises online in April 2000. Our target group: just a handful of students to whom we were giving private tuition then. A year later, we were very surprised to find that our exercises were used by approximately 20 visitors per day. They found our sites via search engines. This encouraged us to offer more exercises on the internet and in August 2001 we started ego4u. Now we have approximately 45,000 users per day, lots of them are regular visitors." |
| Guide to Grammar and Style | "These notes are a miscellany of grammatical rules and explanations, comments on style, and suggestions on usage I put together for my classes." |
| The Basic Elements of English | "We have divided the tutorials into four major sections: Parts of Speech, Sentence Elements, Punctuation and Word Use. You can reach each section by clicking on its button on the navigation bar." |
| Grammar and Writing | "The Guide to Grammar and Writing is sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation, an organization that supports scholarships, faculty development, and curriculum innovation." |
| The Internet Grammar of English | "The Internet Grammar of English is an online course in English grammar written primarily for university undergraduates. However, we hope that it will be useful to everyone who is interested in the English language" |
"Choose from 20 Categories Below and Over 100 Articles to help make it happen" |
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| Public Speaking -- Be the Best You Can Be | |
| Presentation Magazine | "Our ideas are simple. We want to deliver the best presentation advice that we can. The best presentation advice - free of charge." |
| Speech Club | "We recognize the power of the spoken word and the significant role that non-verbal activities play in... well everything we do on this planet. To all who share a curiosity about how to become the best public speaker and communicator that you can-- welcome! Our goal is to build a virtual "Speech Club"-- both by sharing key information on public speaking and communication, and by allow for you to contribute to the site by adding your own content. " |
| The Public Speaking Website | "This website contains six modules that you can use along with your textbook to learn about the process of public speaking and to help you prepare your talks. " |
| Motivation Articles, Essays, Tips and Advice | Blog. Articles contributed by many authors. |
| Motivation 1-2-3 | "With our articles, quick tips, clinics, courses, and more, you'll learn how to get motivated, improve your attitude, boost your confidence, and achieve your goals, all while having a lot more fun." |
| Learn About Debating | Collection of links to training sites. |
Social Sciences & Business
Social Sciences & Business
Anthropology, Economics, Geology, Geography, History,
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Political Science, Philosophy, Sociology
| "This site started modestly in 1994 as a project in support of a graduate methods seminar at Carleton University in Ottawa. It has grown far past its origins and taken on a life of its own. Hopefully, it will be of continued use for some time and will be updated as new material becomes available and corrected whenever broken links are pointed out. " | |
| Research Resources for the Social Sciences | |
| The Online Dictionary of the Social Sciences | "This social science dictionary has 1000 entries covering the disciplines of sociology, criminology, political science and women's study with a commitment to Canadian examples and events and names." |
| Anthropology Links | "Anthropology is the broad study of humankind around the world and throughout time. It is concerned with both the biological and the cultural aspects of humans." |
| Anthropology Documents | "More than 400 of the best, most interesting, popular and full-length documentaries of the web. No registration or anything else is needed!" |
| Anthropology | "Created and Maintained by Dr. Dennis O'Neil Behavioral Sciences Department, Palomar College, San Marcos, California" |
| Archaeology Open CourseWare | "Discover the role of archaeology in uncovering the age of the earth, how early humans lived and the way humans changed over time in 'The Human Past: Introduction to Archaeology.' This free OpenCourseWare is offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and covers the rise and fall of early humanity." |
| Managing Archeological Collections | National Park Service. "This distance learning effort covers all aspects of caring for archeological collections -- the activities dealing with all kinds of archeological collections (i.e., objects, records, reports, and digital data) in all kinds of places (i.e., the field, the archeologist's office, the lab, and the repository.) Another word for this range of activities is "curating" or "curation", which you will find a lot more about in the following sections. " |
| Fundamentals of Geology | "This course of study is built around Physical Geology: Earth Revealed, published by McGraw-Hill Higher Education. Having this textbook at hand can be very helpful, but it is not required for a rewarding learning experience.This is an academic course that is intended for advanced secondary and postsecondary studies." |
| Gemology | "If you're interested in learning about gemology from a scientific rather than from a commercial or artistic viewpoint, then you are in the right place." |
| Philosophy | "Welcome to the world of philosophy. Perhaps you will find something here that will answer your questions and stimulate new questions. Please remember the first rule of philosophy: Think!" |
| The Tree of Philosophy | "A course of introductory lectures for beginning students of philosophy." |
| The Fundamentals of Physical Geography | "The main objective of this online textbook is to introduce students to the exciting field of knowledge known as physical geography. Physical geography is a discipline that is part of a much larger area of understanding called geography. Most individuals define geography as a field of study that deals with maps. This definition is only partially correct. A better definition of geography may be the study of natural and human constructed phenomena relative to a spatial dimension." |
| Geographia | A geographical tour of the countries of the world. |
| Geography 101 World Regional Geography |
"Geographers can study anything that has a significant spatial component. Geographers concentrate on the "where" and by doing this they may be able to gain a better understanding of what is being studied than if the "where" were ignored." |
| A-Level Geography | "S-cool is a site dedicated to providing revision information on a selection of subjects, teenager life style issues, learning and career opportunities for students between the ages of 14 to 19 studying for the UK examinations system." |
| A Study of Sociology | "The purpose of the Sociology Overview is to provide an introduction to the discipline of sociology. This is based upon the work of Dressler (1973). The materials in this section serve as an online course." |
| Sociology Essays | Over 600 essays for "sociology". |
| Sociology Guide | "We start with the Definition of Sociology and continue with Sociology Theory. Our notes on Sociology are not only an introduction to Sociology, but also an in depth study of Sociology and Sociological Concepts." |
| Sociology | "S-cool is a site dedicated to providing revision information on a selection of subjects, teenager life style issues, learning and career opportunities for students between the ages of 14 to 19 studying for the UK examinations system." |
| Psychology | Includes, behavior, stress, abnormality, memory, and social image. |
| "I have written this guide as an aid to high school and college students who are either taking history classes or who intend to major in history as undergraduates. The aim of the Guide is quite simple. First, all too often History instructors tend to jump right into the subject matter without first setting the groundwork. Large questions such as: what is history? why study history? or how to write a research essay are often left up to the student to figure out." | |
| A Student's Guide to the Study of History | |
| Why Do Civilizations Fall? | "The history of humankind has been marked by patterns of growth and decline. Some declines have been gradual, occurring over centuries. Others have been rapid, occurring over the course of a few years. War, drought, natural disaster, disease, overpopulation, economic disruption: any of these or a combination of these events can bring about the collapse of a civilization." |
| HyperHistory | "Over 2,000 files covering over 3,000 years of world history." |
| The Ancient World | "Conquest, migrations, empire, slavery, authoritarian kings and priesthoods, prostrations, caste, rich and poor, sense and nonsense" |
| The Medieval Page | "Here you will find information about one of the most interesting periods in the history of the world. Come inside to discover more about the Middle Ages." |
| The Renaissance | "Join us as we explore the Renaissance and discover the forces that drove this rebirth in Europe, and in Italy in particular. " |
| PBS History | From the Public Broadcasting System |
| History Central | "Explore our complete time lines of major events in American history as well as World History. Research our special sections on diverse subjects ranging from presidential elections to naval history. Whatever aspect of history you wish learn about, you will find it at Historycentral.com. " |
| The History Channel | Easy to access information from the "Topics" selection on the top menu. |
| Advanced Placement United States Government | "This course explores the principals, philosophies, practices, and institutions that comprise the United States system of government. Lessons explore the founding of the United States, the motivation and goals of political documents such as the BIll of Rights and Constitution, as well as historical debates and issues that have had substantial US politics. This course makes extensive use of historical examples to explore these topics." |
| Digital History | "An interactive, multimedia history of the United States from the Revolution to the present." |
| English History | "S-cool is a site dedicated to providing revision information on a selection of subjects, teenager life style issues, learning and career opportunities for students between the ages of 14 to 19 studying for the UK examinations system." |
| "FETP OpenCourseWare is not a long distance learning project, rather it is a resource for people working or studying in policy-related fields to increase their knowledge and explore new approaches to learning and curriculum development. Instructors are encouraged to adopt FETP’s curricular materials for use in their own courses. Students may use FETP’s materials to guide independent study." | |
| The Fulbright Economics Teaching Program | |
| ERI Distance Learning | "Enroll, then click the Start Course button to begin a course. You may exit and reenter a course at your convenience. Just click the Access Any Page link in the course left-hand navigation. For credit, the $24.95 fee is collected at the end of the course when you take an exam the first time." |
| Research Channel: Business & Economics | "Remarkable speakers, researchers and scholars present revolutionary thoughts and discoveries on ResearchChannel. Viewers access programs online via a live webstream and an extensive video-on-demand library. The library houses more than 3,500 full-length programs that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week." |
| A-Level Economics | "These guides cover the main principles for most of the common specifications." |
| 35+ Free Online Business Education Sites | "Free self-learning options for business education." |
| American Express OPEN Forum | "OPEN Forum is where small business owners meet, share and connect." |
| Value-Based Management | A collection of links to online business instruction. |
| 5 Minute Management Course | With a touch of humor, this quick course provides some business management perspectives. |
| Free Marketing Courses | "We have a five part email course custom made for YOU, in YOUR industry. Whatever your crazy thing is, we have a crazy marketing course for you." |
| Small Business Resources | From the U.S. Small Business Administration. Includes training classes, each around 30-minutes in length. |
| Management and Accounting Tutorials | "These accounting lectures and tutorials cover financial and managerial accounting.We also provide additional tools to help you be smart in your learning." |
| Management and Personal Development | "TrainingDepartment.com offers complete libraries of business management and personal development courses that are available to your Registered Users, FREE." |
| Learn That | "Learnthat.com offers a wide range of courses, from computer to business to just plain fun topics. We offer private course solutions with no advertising for companies who want a secure learning environment with the courses they choose to offer their employees." |
| Time Management | Collection of links to classes and instruction. |
| Time Tips | Instruction and tips for improving time management. |
| A PEDestrian's Guide to the Economy | "You'll find hours of reading pleasure contained within this site, with more entertainment value per calorie than most office memos. A PEDestrian's GUIDE to the ECONOMY, however, is more than a recreational web site. As a handy reference source, it provides answers to many of the most asked, a few of the least asked, and some of the never asked questions about the economy. " |
| Cyber Economics | " CyberEconomics is an easy-to-read approach to economics with a variety of interactive problems and questions. It not only can be used as the primary textbook for college or advanced high-school principles-of-economics courses, but it provides excellent supplemental material for economics courses using traditional, printed textbooks, Finally, many people who are trying to understand one or two economic concepts find CyberEconomics a useful reference." |
| A History of Economic Thought | "This web site serves as a repository of collected links and information on the history of economic thought, from the ancient times until the modern day. It is designed for students and the general public, who are interested in learning about economics from a historical perspective." |
| Succeed in Running a Business | "Whether you are an entrepreneur, business owner or manager, you need to know how to run your organization effectively to expand or grow the business. The purpose of these lessons is to give you a start at improving your business skills." |
| Running an Online or Internet Business | "An online business is one where people can come to your website to perform some action that will result in profits or revenue for you. It is a form of eCommerce (or e-commerce), which consists of buying and selling products and services over the Internet, as opposed to the standard commerce practices." |
| Accounting & Bookkeeping | "Accounting explained in a clear and easy to understand way. Includes explanations for 31 accounting topics, 16 Accounting Exams (40 questions each), 52 Printable Crossword Puzzles, 175 Question Bookkeeping Test, Quick View Basic Accounting "Cheat Sheet", Accounting Dictionary and more." |
One of the largest collection of introductory biographies on the Internet. Contains cross-references and additional links. |
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| Info Please Biography | |
| Biography of Philosophers | Brief life and descriptions of their ideas. |
| Biography Resources | "Listing of biography resources. Also refer to life stories, famous people, lives, information" |
| Public Bookshelf: Biographies | Select the link in the third column for the free books. All titles have free links. The last column gives you the opportunity to purchase the book as well. "Biographies and memoirs are good for more than drawing inspiration. The lives of the successful can teach you how to go about enriching your life and creating your own fortune. You can learn from their mistakes and victories." |
| PhoneCasting Biographies | "An online social network that brings you the best in podcasting, phonecasting, mobile and video content, plus simple tools for you to publish your own content to the nets podcasting community." |
| Biography Free Audio & Video | "LearnOutLoud.com is your one-stop destination for audio and video learning." |
| Biography.com | From The Biography Channel |
| Genealogy Biography Database | "A free genealogy biography database with biographies for your genealogy research. Links to other online biography sites, to help find your ancestors and surnames." |
| State Biography Collections | "Biography links for states to help find your ancestors in your genealogy research." |
| Bookyards Biographies | "Our goal/dream is to be "The Library To The World", in which books, education materials, information, reference materials, documents, and content will be provided freely to anyone who has an internet connection. By providing it in a format that will be both easy to use, useful and interesting, we strongly believe that we can then help in some small measure to reverse the trend that the Smithsonian Institute has discovered. " |
| EBook Lobby Biographies | "These free ebooks are divided into different categories. Categories range from business, art, computing and education. Select the category appropriate to the e-book you're looking for. " |
| Google Biography List | "Sign in with your Google Account to create and manage personal bookshelves, share books with friends, and see what they are reading." |
| Project Guttenburg Biographies | "From Project Gutenberg, the first producer of free electronic books. Biography is a genre of literature and other forms of media like film, based on the written accounts of individual lives. While a biography may focus on a subject of fiction or non-fiction, the term is usually in reference to non-fiction. As opposed to a profile or curriculum vitae, a biography develops a complex analysis of personality, highlighting different aspects of it and including intimate details of experiences. A biography is more than a list of impersonal facts like birth, education, work, relationships and death. It also delves into the emotions of experiencing such events. " |
| Literature Master Biographies | "LiteratureMaster.com is the largest providers of free electronic books (eBooks) on the Internet. We have tens of thousands of titles available, including classic British and American fiction, major authors, children's literature, American history, Shakespeare, the Bible, and much more. Our team is dedicated to world class service and superlative engineering and design; not to mention a passion for books and literature." |
| ManyBooks: Biographies | "All of the eBooks from manybooks.net are free," |
| MemoWare: Biographies | "MemoWare, a division of Handmark, is a unique collection of thousands of documents (databases, literature, maps, technical references, lists, etc.) specially formatted to be easily added to your PalmOS device, Pocket PC, Windows CE, EPOC, Symbian or other handheld device. The documents available here come in a variety of formats and cover a wide range of topics. " |
| Munseys Biographies | E-Book collections |
| Qvadis Biographies | "6,000+ free titles in our Library" |
| LibriVox Biographies | "LibriVox volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain and release the audio files back onto the net. Our goal is to make all public domain books available as free audio books. We are a totally volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project. " |
| "We offer all opinions of the United States Supreme Court handed down since 1992, together with over 600 earlier decisions selected for their historic importance, over a decade of opinions of the New York Court of Appeals, and the full United States Code. We also publish important secondary sources: libraries in two important areas (legal ethics and social security) and a series of “topical” pages that serve as concise explanatory guides and Internet resource listings for roughly 100 areas of law." |
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| Cornell University School of Law | |
| The US Supreme Court Collection | From the Yale University School of Law |
| The Supreme Court of the United States | The official home page. |
| The Oyez Project | "The Oyez Project is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality 'tour' of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices." |
| Law & Legal Procedure | "Free or affordable online Legal & Law courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
| THOMAS | "The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings." |
| The Public Library of Law | "PLoL is the largest free law library in the world, because we assemble law available for free scattered across many different sites -- all in one place. PLoL is the best starting place to find law on the Web." |
| Links to Online Law Courses | From the University of Michigan. "Here is a list of links to other courses and seminars covering similar topics." |
Political Science |
"This course explores the principals, philosophies, practices, and institutions that comprise the United States system of government. Lessons explore the founding of the United States, the motivation and goals of political documents such as the BIll of Rights and Constitution, as well as historical debates and issues that have had substantial US politics. This course makes extensive use of historical examples to explore these topics." |
| Advanced Placement United States Government | |
| SchoolX Political Science | "Political science is a social science concerned with the theory and practice of politics and the description and analysis of political systems and political behavior. It is often described as the study of politics defined as "who gets what, when and how". Political science has several subfields, including: political theory, public policy, national politics, international relations, and comparative politics." |
| JHU Podcast - International Politics | From John Hopkins University |
| Free Online World Politics Courses From Top Universities | "There are 27 Online World Politics Courses offered free by top universities including MIT and UMass." Be sure to see their second page. Link is hard to find at the bottom of the page. |
| Free Online Introductory and General Political Science Courses | "There are 37 online Introductory and General Political courses offered free by top universities including Yale University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley." Be sure to see their second page. Link is hard to find at the bottom of the page. |
| UC Burkeley Political Science | From their law department (also see Burkeley Webcasts) |
| Introduction to Political Philosophy | Yale. "This course is intended as an introduction to political philosophy as seen through an examination of some of the major texts and thinkers of the Western political tradition." |
| American Politics Courses | "There are 15 Online American Politics Courses offered free by top universities including UC Irvine, MIT and Brigham Young University." |
| "Most of finance is built from a few standard formulas and strategies. For example, investments tend to grow like compound interest and pay out like annuities; and you judge them by estimating future profits and then calculating present values or equivalent rates of return." Article list on right side of page. | |
| How Finance Works | |
| Practical Money Skills for Consumers | Many topics. Also see index to additional subjects in the left column. |
| Teach Me Finance | In English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. |
| All You Need to Know for Financial Success | "While the principles might sound like common sense, the real trick is to truly understand them, and more importantly, to apply them." |
| Money 101 | From CNN. "A step by step guide to gaining control of your financial life." |
| Information on Buying and Selling A Home | Series of informational links on many topics. |
| Early Retirement | "This article addresses the joys, challenges, and some practical aspects of retiring young." |
| Pension Plan and Retirement Plan Library | "The material in the Pension Plan Library, excluding Other Sources of Information, is divided into three groups: Retirement Plan Installation, Retirement Plan Maintenance and Retirement Plan Termination. " |
The Arts
The Arts
"The iMovie tutorials are organized in three categories. We will have basic, intermediate, and advanced tutorials. Most tutorials, especially 0001-0007 build upon each other, and will take you through the steps from capturing video, editing your project, and exporting to tape, iDVD, or QuickTime™ format." |
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| Photography | Online tutorial - basic and advanced. |
| Free Photography Course | "This Free Film and Digital Photography Course offers free photography lessons ranging from the basics of film, optics, cameras and light to web page layout and digital photography. Our courses are built for the novice and professional alike. Perfect for those wanting to know more about film and digital photography." |
| Photo Seminars | "You've found the place where image makers and those who teach image making hang out. Here, the information on the art and craft of photography is pure, cool and useful. Around the campus you can learn new skills, improve your old skills or just interact with other people with the same interest. " |
| Photography Course | "Whatever your reasons for taking photos are, I hope that this resource is useful and that it not only makes you a better photographer, but that you get even more joy from your travels." |
| The On-line Library of Digital Photography | "This site started in 1997 as an experiment and remains one to this day. What's made it enjoyable is people like you finding the site in the endless, uncharted wilderness of the Web, learning from it, and then sharing your experiences and suggestions with me." |
| Videomaker | "We picture a world where people use video cameras as regularly as they use ink pens, keyboards, cameras, email, texts, printers and blogs to communicate thoughts, ideas and concepts." |
| Animation | "The project is based on no-cost Microsoft software. All you need is the Microsoft Windows XP operating system and an inexpensive Web camera" |
| "Some people think trying to read music is hard and difficult. The following set of pages will try to introduce the most important topics in reading music in a very easy to understand way. Don't expect to fly through all the lessons and understand. As with anything new, it'll appear complicated and complex but as you look at the examples and read the explanations it will make sense." | |
| Reading Music | |
| Introduction to Music Theory | "This course introduces the basic concepts and terms needed to discuss melody and harmony. It is intended for teens or adults with no background in music theory but some familiarity with reading common notation and playing an instrument (or singing). Concepts covered include interval, major and minor keys and scales, triads and chords." |
| Sound Reasoning | "The goal of “Sound Reasoning” is to equip you with questions that you may ask of any piece of music, thereby creating a richer and more comprehensive understanding of music both familiar and unfamiliar. Here are some additional features of the course. 1) ”Sound Reasoning” is completely listening based. No ability to read music is required. 2) The course assumes little or no musical background. A minimum of terminology is invoked. 3) Musical examples are interpolated directly into the text. 4) The course is interactive." |
| Harmony for Musicians | "The study of Harmony examines the structure and relationship between vertical combinations of musical tones and their succession, Counterpoint examines the structure and relationship between horizontal combinations of musical tones and their succession. When these successions center on a key they become progressions that establish a tonality. " |
| Free Online Piano Lessons | "Piano Lessons - for the beginner's level are hands-on, self-paced, interactive, and totally Free! Piano lessons are for both the beginning piano student and the student who wants to review their skills. Learning to play the piano is great for all ages. In the beginning, you will move rather quickly through our piano lessons. Among the items you will learn while learning to the play are: note identification, rhythm, and playing your very first songs." |
| Tammy's Piano Lessons | "This Piano lessons site is for everyone who would like to play and learn the piano. It is for the absolute beginner, and also for those (young and adult) who once started to play and would like to take up the piano again." |
| Free Guitar Videos | "Freeguitarvideos.com is the world's biggest producer of free online guitar lesson videos. Browse our collection of over 150 free guitar lesson videos in a variety of difficulty levels and genres." |
| Absolutely Free Music Lessons | "You can learn to play guitar , piano, or drums and all it will cost you is your time, effort, and dedication. " |
| Folk of the Wood | "Since, I've always enjoyed sharing music with others, I decided to become more involved in supporting everyone's efforts in improving their acoustic musicianship. Learning is a lifelong process that we all, as acoustic artists, should consider in our daily efforts to improve ... we should never feel, within one lifetime, that we've reached the pinnacle (of what's possible to learn)." |
| 10 Sources for Free Online Music Courses | "Interested in taking free music courses online? Here is a list of colleges, universities and other education websites that offer a great selection of free music courses." |
| "Welcome to learntodance.com. Our goal is to make learning to dance as easy as possible. In addition to our Free online dance lessons, we have a dance studio locator that will help you find a dance studio in your area. You will also find the best instructional materials on DVD and VHS to help you learn to dance at home no matter what the dance style." | |
| Learn to Dance | |
| Dance Steps | "Ready to learn a few dance steps? Try your hand, or feet, at the many beautiful ballet steps and poses. Maybe you'd like to move a little faster, with a little more spunk...check out the jazz steps. Perhaps you and your partner are in the mood for some ballroom dancing...try out a few of the basic poses" |
| Dance Videos | "Enrich your life through dance by calling on eHow’s variety of dance experts. Want to inject a little romance and fun into a relationship? Learning to salsa or rumba can certainly spice things up. Is your little girl taking up ballet? eHow can teach you how to fit her pointe shoes. From tap dance to swing dance, the waltz to the mambo, eHow’s experienced dance instructors can provide the moves to make you lord of the dance floor." |
| Free Dance Lessons Online | Articles. "If for some reason you can't find a dance lesson that fits your needs in person, there is almost certainly some dance web site online that will help get you started in the form you are looking for. The trick is first to identify what you need, and second to make sure that the site is reputable and actually offers valuable information." |
| Dance Steps, Instruction, Lessons, Tips | Over 100 lessons in dozens of categories. |
| Dance Videos | "Enrich your life through dance by calling on eHow’s variety of dance experts. Want to inject a little romance and fun into a relationship? Learning to salsa or rumba can certainly spice things up. Is your little girl taking up ballet? eHow can teach you how to fit her pointe shoes. From tap dance to swing dance, the waltz to the mambo, eHow’s experienced dance instructors can provide the moves to make you lord of the dance floor." |
| Learn to Belly Dance | "Belly dancing introduces the individual to a multitude of creative, social, cultural, and fantasy avenues. Belly dancing combines dance movement with the crafts of drama, costuming, exercise, and self expression." |
| Salsa & Merengue | "How easily you learn to dance depends a lot on how simple your teacher makes it. We've made it as easy as possible by providing free video downloads of some of our lesson content: dance steps plus supporting explanations, verbal cues, and a few hints and tricks." |
| Line Dance Lessons | We have 254 instructional line dance videos available on line |
| Ballroom Dancers | More than two dozen difference dance steps in five categories. |
| Dance TV Ballroom | "If you have always wanted to learn how to ballroom dance but never knew where to start, this is the right place for you. " |
| Learn to Dance Ballet | "Ballet Dancing can be very easy to get into and very rewarding. Apart from being a very good exercise, Ballet is fun to do and creates flexibility and great posture." |
| "The principles of good design are the tools used by an artist or designer to create an effective composition or design. The principles are: balance, movement, repetition, emphasis, simplicity, contrast, proportion, space, and unity. The difference between a weak design and a strong one is completely dependant upon the artist's knowledge of the design principles and how well he/she applies them. We will take a look at each of these principles in a series of art lessons." | |
| Introduction To The Principles of Good Design | |
| Draw Space Drawing Lessons | Over 200 free art lessons. |
| Learn to Draw | "Do you want to learn how to draw? Now you can online! Learn how to draw like an artist, from a professional artist. Begin by learning the fundamentals of drawing with easy to follow interactive instruction." |
| Draw 101 - The Basics | "Learn to draw by working through these quick, simple lessons. This free, online Learn to Draw course will help you learn to draw what you see and develop your skills." |
| Artyfactory | "Learn how to draw, paint and design by following our free illustrated art lessons. You can also brush up on your art history in our art appreciation section." |
| Art School Online | " Learn how to draw cars, aliens, cartoon faces, cartoon people, horses, zebras, dolphins, sharks and lots of other pretty cool stuff... " |
| ArtGraphica | "Art is about learning to see and possessing the discipline for regular practice - no innate talent or art school is required even if all you can muster is sickly looking stickmen! This website features free art lessons (including guest art tutorials) and commercial art instruction video tutorial guides to develop art skills in a variety of mediums from graphite, oils, and watercolour through to charcoal, acrylics and ink, and from sketches to finished works of art." |
| Toad Hollow Studio | "Learn How to Draw With Free Online Drawing Lessons" |
| DragoArt | Learn how to draw with free tutorials. |
| Crafttown Paint Lessons | "Free basic brush stroke techniques for Tole, canvas, rosemale painting. Easy step by step tutorial." |
| Discover How to Draw & Paint | "Anyone can learn how to draw and paint if they're shown the basics and given encouragement!" |
| Painting | From About.com |
| Learn to Draw and Paint! | "These drawing and painting articles are intended to complement your learning at art schools, drawing courses, or how-to-draw books. " |
| Learn to Paint | "Whether you are an individual with a passion for painting, or a member of a chapter wishing to increase your membership, consider hosting a group of never-before painters and helping them Learn to Paint. It’s a great way to inspire interest in our art form." |
| Learn How to Paint | "Even artists can feel that fear of making a mark on a clean surface. This is the fear that the first mark will ruin the possiblies the blank surface offers. Its not a reasonable fear because no one mark, line or brushstroke can irretrivably ruin a painting. But it is a real fear nonetheless." |
| Watercolor Tutorials | "Your Watercolor Painting Information Source." |
| Watercolor Painting | "This book doesn't teach you how to paint, ultimately, you will paint things your own way if you are to be true to the creative urge. But, if you tend to forget which paints come in which size tubes, or wonder why Thalo Blue and Winsor Blue or Blockx Blue all look so much alike, or even what is the best way to arrange a studio area or put together an outdoor painting setup, you should find this Watercolor Reference Guide a useful addition to your own reference library. " |
| Free Art Lessons – Oil Painting Techniques | "As you will see from each of the free art lessons, you will be learning to paint in “classical realism.” When you learn to draw using this style, you’ll incorporate each of the free oil painting techniques and principles shown in the art lesson menu below. " |
| How to Paint with Acrylic Paint: Video Series | "Free online lessons for painting with acrylics. In this free acrylic painting tutorial, learn how and why to paint with acrylics." |
"You don't need a degree to become a graphic designer, but a little bit of training won't hurt. Read on to find out where you can get graphic design lessons and tutorials free of charge." |
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| 10 Sites to Find Free Graphic Design Courses Online | |
| Elements of Graphic Design Basics Classes | "Although individual lessons can be taken out of order, I recommend following the Graphic Design Basics course and these lessons on the elements of design sequentially to get the full benefit. " |
| 50 Totally Free Lessons in Graphic Design Theory | "While many of us can create something that looks good in Photoshop or attractive when spliced into CSS, but do we actually understand the design theory behind what we create? Theory is the missing link for many un-trained but otherwise talented designers. Here are 50 excellent graphic design theory lessons to help you understand the 'Whys', not just the 'Hows'." |
| DesignMentor Training | Learn to use the software programs you have. |
| Web and Graphic Design Resources | From DesignMentor Training |
| The Best Graphic Art and Design OpenCourseWare Rankings | "Looking for free art courses online? This list ranks the best free online graphic art and design courses." |
| HP Learning Center: Graphic Arts | "Free, online classes, available 24/7." |
| Drafting | US Navy online classes |
| Drafting Courses & Training | From eLearners.com |
| Online Autocad Training Courses | "Learn Computer-Assisted Design and AutoCAD with these online training courses, certificates and programs. Courses include: Drafting with AutoCAD; AutoCAD 2002; AutoCAD 2000; technical drafting; CAD; 2D drafting; and more." |
| Logo Tips for Websites | "Logos are graphical shorthand that can represent a company or product, and communicate certain characteristics." |
| Learn to Paint Signs | This web site is a complete online art course in hand painted lettering applied to sign painting, vehicle lettering and gym floor graphics. We will teach you beginner to advanced techniques which encompasses basic brush control, the three original letter styles such as Gothic, Roman and Old English. |
| The Art of Hand-Lettering and Beautiful Writing | "Learn calligraphy and letterform techniques from some of these Websources with free calligraphy lessons, courses, and projects." |
| The Arts : Calligraphy | "Calligraphy is often described as using one’s creative skills and expressing thoughts by translating them into beautiful writing styles. Calligraphy is an art form, which ranges from Chinese scripts to the more modernized western calligraphy." |
| Calligraphy Lessons | "Calligraphy is generally recognized as the Art of Beautiful Writing, but there are many styles of Calligraphy and writing." |
| Calligraphy for Everyone | "Calligraphy can be both a delight to the eye and an inspiration to the spirit. In our technological age, the appreciation for the art of calligraphy has grown incredibly. Calligraphy is a fun hobby, a great business, and a creative art." |
| Links to Calligraphy Sites | "There is more to learning than just finding information. For meaningful learning to take place that information must be structured and sequenced in such a way that a learner can move systematically from basic ideas and skills to more sophisticated ones." |
Originally meant as a training manual for the US Navy. Includes techniques and thousands of recipes. |
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| Food: Cooking and Recipes | |
| Food Technology | Includes nutrition, ingredients, packaging, preserving, and food poisoning. |
| Learn How to Cook | "LearningHowToCook.com will give you the confidence to conquer the kitchen and unleash your inner chef. Find the tools and tips you need to get started. Gain satisfaction from cooking a meal your friends and family will love." |
| Learn to Cook | Cooking basics and much more |
| Welcome to Learn to Cook 101 | "This site is dedicated to helping you learn and get more out of cooking. As an authority site we try to teach and inform and not sell." |
| Chef 2 Chef | "Whether you're a serious home cook or a culinary school hopeful looking to sharpen your cooking skills at home, our online cooking classes will put you on the right path. Written by professional chefs, each lesson features up-to-date culinary tips and advice, not to mention tasty recipes. Topics include basic cooking techniques, seafood, meat and vegetable preparation, wine, and more." |
| Basics of Cooking | With 17 lessons and related articles. |
| Vegan Coach | "You need a vegan diet plan that works on a daily basis so you can get in and out of the kitchen and get on with life!" |
| Vegetarian and Vegan Cooking Tips and Techniques | "Savvy Vegetarian Cooking is meant to help you eat healthy, delicious vegetarian or vegan food, without spending all your time chained to the stove, busting your budget trying to feed yourself, or hassling with the non-vegetarians in your life." |
Continuing Ed & Hobbies
Continuing Ed & Hobbies
Collection of video clops on hundreds of topics |
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| About.com | |
| 5-Minute Life Videopedia | "5min is the leading syndication platform for broadband instructional, knowledge and lifestyle videos. Our library includes tens of thousands of videos across 20 categories and 140 subcategories, which are professionally produced and brand-safe. 5min features content from some of the world’s largest media companies as well as the most innovative independent producers. " |
| e-How Guides | "eHow is the world's most popular place to find step-by-step instructions on how to do just about everything." |
| Public Safety and Human Services | "Free or affordable online Local, State, and National Public Policy & Public Safety courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
| How To Videos | "From How to Write a Resume to How to Jump-Start Your Car, Howcast provides the answer to any how-to question. Howcast engages consumers to watch and share free, useful how-to videos and guides produced in-house at Howcast Studios, as well as by innovative media partners, trusted brands, and individual contributors." |
| Helpful Videos | "helpfulvideo.com is a website to share videos about everyday knowledge and skills among everyday people. " |
| WikiHow | "wikiHow is a collaboration to build and share the world's largest, highest quality how-to manual. Imagine if everyone on Earth had an expert coach who could teach them how to do anything. Eventually, our multilingual how-to manual should contain accurate instructions on almost every imaginable topic. This freely available information will improve millions of lives, in both small and large ways." |
| Cooperative Extension | "EXtension is unlike any other search engine or information-based website. It's a space where university content providers can gather and produce new educational and information resources on wide-ranging topics. Because it's available to students, researchers, clinicians, professors, as well as the general public, at any time from any Internet connection, eXtension helps solve real-life problems in real time. " |
| Distance & Online Construction Courses | "Free or affordable online Construction, Building, Carpentry & Remodeling courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
"Instructables is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others." |
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| MAKE | "MAKE Magazine brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. We celebrate your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will. " |
| VideoJug | "1000s of videos, articles, answers & people, here to help you. You can do anything & Videojug will show you how - it's all free." |
| Learn to Juggle | "Find 3 balls that are heavy for their size. Something about the size and weight of a small apple is about right." Also four-ball instruction |
| Learn to Crochet | "Learning to crochet will give you a lifetime of pleasure and relaxation. You can learn to create handmade items for yourself and people you love. When you give a lovingly crocheted gift, part of you goes into it. Your time, talent, the yarn and color you select -- even the thoughts and feelings you have as you work -- are part of your gift. " |
| Crafting, Collecting and Stitching | "Free or affordable online Crafting, Collecting and Stitching courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
| How to Play Bridge | From the American Contract Bridge League |
| All Free Crafts | "We now have over 1200 free craft projects. The sitemaps provide text links to all the craft projects, easy homemade gifts and craft patterns found at AllFreeCrafts." |
| Bookbinding Tutorial | "This tutorial on bookbinding is oriented towards the preservation of the contents of decaying pulp paperbacks; the first step in this process involves photocopying the decaying book, but most of this applies equally well to making up limited editions based on photocopies of manuscript pages or typewritten material " |
| Get Creative | "Get CreativeShow Seminars are presented by internationally-acclaimed experts in the fields of crafts, sewing, quilting, needlework and home decorating. Focusing on skills and techniques that can be learned and applied to many different projects. " |
| Gardening | "Free or affordable online Gardening courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
| The Garden Helper | "This directory of links is provided to you to help you better understand a variety of more advanced cultural requirements that many plants have." |
| The Complete Online Guide to Gardening | "Let’s face it, gardening can be pretty daunting. All those Latin names, the bugs and blights that can attack your plants just when they are looking their prettiest. How does anyone manage to grow anything?" |
| Audubon's Birds of America | Prepared by the University of Pittsburgh. |
"Free or affordable online Family & Parenting courses, how-to articles, tutorials, tips, tools, books, degree information and resources." |
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| Tools to Develop Self-esteem | "Here are 25 steps for developing self-esteem." |
| 100 Totally Fun and Weird College Courses You Can Now Take for Free | "Part of the fun of being a college student is taking all kinds of weird and fun classes that you’d never dream of. But if you don’t have time to fit in all the crazy courses because you’re going to school part-time while juggling a job, or the most popular courses always seem to fill up before you can get a spot, you don’t have to feel like you’re missing out. These 100 fun and weird college courses are now available for free online." |
| Relationship Information | "We all struggle at times when it comes to relationships. If we have a partner already we may wonder how to keep the relationship fresh and alive. Or we may come across issues that are causing tension and trouble in the relationship and we are not sure how to get beyond the problems that are showing up within the relationship itself." |
| Communications | "We have many great articles on the subject of communication and information that can help you become a better communicator. If your needs are not being met in a relationship you can learn how to get those needs met by expressing and owning your feelings in a positive way." |
| Communication & Relationships Course | "In practice people have different objectives and viewpoints in life and these can conflict. "Reach toward" becomes "fight against". Conflict may be between one's self (or any part of one's self or environment that is being identified with, such as parental "shoulds", child insecurities, family, friend, boss, lover, teacher, footballer, politician, pop star, possession, or fixed attitude, belief, idea or feeling) opposing any element of the outside world that is felt to counter the intention of self." |
| Communication Skills and Training Websites | From SelfGrowth.com |
| Free Yoga Classes | "Yoga is a great way to reduce stress and improve your overall physical health. One disadvantage for many well-intentioned yogis, however, is that classes tend to be expensive. If you are looking for ways to save money, there are plenty of free resources available to help you in practicing yoga." |
| Self Improvement Articles | "This is a collection of self improvement articles from authors all over the world. I will be adding to it regularly, so be sure to check back, or bookmark the page. Whether or not you or I agree with all the views expressed here, sometimes there is a lot to learn, even from those whom we disagree with." |
| Self Growth | "Our company’s mission is to provide informative, quality Self Improvement and Natural Health information to help people improve their lives. We provide information ranging from Goal Setting and Stress Management to Natural Health and Alternative Medicine. " |
| Abundance and Happiness | "THE "Premier" Source For FREE Self Improvement, Personal Development and Personal Empowerment Resources." |
| Creative Ways to Say I Love You | "Here are dozens of creative ways to say - I Love You. You will be surprised the number of places and ways people have expressed their love for one another." |
| 101 Ways to Say "I Love You" | T"hose three little words, "I Love You", hold a lot of meaning, but there's more ways to say them than you think. Here are 101 different ways for you to verbally express your love to your sweetheart." |
| Relaxation Techniques: Learn Ways to Reduce Your Stress | From the Mayo Clinic. "Relaxation techniques can reduce stress symptoms and help you enjoy a better quality of life. Explore relaxation techniques you can do on your own." |
| Relaxation Techniques for Stress Relief | "The body’s natural relaxation response is a powerful antidote to stress. Relaxation techniques such as deep breathing, visualization, progressive muscle relaxation, meditation, and yoga can help you activate this relaxation response. When practiced regularly, these activities lead to a reduction in your everyday stress levels and a boost in your feelings of joy and serenity. " |
| Stress Coping: Relaxation Techniques | "You can quiet your mind and break the automatic tie with emotions that send your body into a health crisis by practicing relaxation techniques. These techniques encourage calm and relaxation so that you can free your mind of mental chatter and experience serenity, peacefulness, and a greater sense of clarity." |
| Inner Health Studio | " Inner Health Studio provides mental health occupational therapy services, coping skills and relaxation resources. Quickly relieve stress with free relaxation scripts, audio and video downloads, and self-help techniques. " |
Electronics
Electronics
| "Materials and annotated links to high-quality resources in English, Spanish, French and other languages, on topics ranging from computer and Internet basics to highly technical areas and the ways that civil society and development organizations can increase their impact using these tools." | |
| iTrain Online | |
| Open Media Commons | From Sun Microsysyems. "OMC's goals include: Develop open, royalty-free digital media solutions; Promote the creation, distribution, and consumption of digital content; Collaborate with like-minded Open Source communities; and Influence organizations to standardize royalty-free specifications." |
| Open-of-Course Computer Studies | "We from Open-Of-Course bring you your education when you need it and how you need it. Free for you to use, edit and redistribute." |
| Research Channel: Engineering and Computer Science | "Remarkable speakers, researchers and scholars present revolutionary thoughts and discoveries on ResearchChannel. Viewers access programs online via a live webstream and an extensive video-on-demand library. The library houses more than 3,500 full-length programs that are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week." |
| Sofia | "The Sofia initiative was launched by Foothill-De Anza Community College District in March of 2004. The goal of Sofia is to publish community college-level course content and make it freely accessible on the web to support teaching and learning. " |
| Bazaar | "The Bazaar is a community portal for people who want to use, exchange and share Open Source Software and resources to support learning." |
| Where to Find Free Computer Programming Education Online | "If you have been thinking about programming as a career, or if you simply have an interest in this area of technology, you can begin your studies online. There are many different universities and other education resources that provide free courses, lessons, and tutorials for self-learners. Here are 10 free computer programming courses and sites to explore:" |
| Introduction to Computers | "This learner's guide is a long term project inspired by twelve years of teaching computers." |
| What's In That Box | Illustrated descriptions of the things inside your computer. |
| Scripting | From Microsoft. How to use HTML |
| Open-of-Course Web Design | "We from Open-Of-Course bring you your education when you need it and how you need it. Free for you to use, edit and redistribute." |
| How to Build a Wiki | "A short introduction to wikis that illustrates how they can be used to organize a group's information, in this case, for a camping trip." |
| Web Design from Scratch | "Whether you need a marketing web site, a new user interface for a web application, or a complete Web2.0 development, our simple & evolutionary method is guaranteed to deliver a great result every time." |
| Learn That | "Learnthat.com offers a wide range of courses, from computer to business to just plain fun topics. We offer private course solutions with no advertising for companies who want a secure learning environment with the courses they choose to offer their employees." |
| Free Computer Tutorials | "Learn Computer Software, Hardware, Electronics, and Technology." |
| Free Online Computer Lessons | "This is a collection of various free lessons and tutorials available on the world wide web. Many were developed by school districts and universities from around the country. Use these sites are resources for your own convenience. We do not sponsor or take responsibility for any of these resources or their content. We hope you find them helpful." |
| Education Online for Computer Software | "We offer you both Free and subscription-based educational training and tutorials, on the menus at left, for the most popular computer software applications and productivity tools. We research the Internet for the best free training and tutorial content and make it available to you right here. Access our free training and tutorial materials right now, no registration is required." |
| Computer and Information technology | "Select one of these FREE courses, and immediately begin your online studies." |
| Electrical Engineering and Computer Science | From MIT OpenCourseWare |
| Search Engines and Search Tutorials | "A resource guide for: information literacy, web search tutorials, searching and evaluating information on the Internet, links to search engines, web directories, the invisible web and what's new on the internet." |
| "MAKE Magazine brings the do-it-yourself mindset to all the technology in your life. MAKE is loaded with exciting projects that help you make the most of your technology at home and away from home. We celebrate your right to tweak, hack, and bend any technology to your own will. " | |
| MAKE | |
| TrickLife | "We'll show you how." |
| "Pocketables is an independently owned and operated online tech publication that provides news, commentary, and comprehensive reviews on various mobile computing devices (7-inch or smaller screens), portable consumer electronics, and related accessories" | |
| Gadgeteer | "Since 1997, we’ve reviewed hundreds of products..." |
| Engadget | "Engadget is a web magazine with obsessive daily coverage of everything new in gadgets and consumer electronics." |
| Gizmodo | "Gizmodo is a blog about gadgets and technology. Started in 2002, Gizmodo has grown to be Gawker Media's largest blog, bringing in upwards of 100 million page views a month in traffic. We post about a variety of electronics, as well as all sorts of things gadget geeks might enjoy." |
| Crave | The gadget Blog from CNET |
| "This is the BEST basic electronics course on the internet. Why? Because it is organized so you can select your areas of interest and go directly to them. Most internet courses are disorganized and it is hard to find particular information and follow their train of thought. There is a lot of good information on the internet but finding it and organizing it takes a lot of time, skill and effort. We have done all that for you. Enjoy. Whatever your interest or current level of knowledge you can find valuable information here in our FREE electronics course" | |
| 101 Science Electronic Courses | |
| Basic Electronics | "Online Ebook with simulations and troubleshooting." |
| Freebytes Guide to Electronics | Over 60 individual lessons with an easy to use index. |
| All About Circuits | "This site provides a series of online textbooks covering electricity and electronics. The information provided is great for both students and hobbyists who are looking to expand their knowledge in this field." |
| Electronics Education SuperSite |
"Businesses and other organizations depend on complex electronic equipment for a variety of functions. Industrial controls automatically monitor and direct production processes on the factory floor. Transmitters and antennae provide communication links for many organizations." |
| Introduction to Electronic Components | "This section of the Brunning Software web site is for people who want to learn about the fundamental building blocks of electronics." |
| Electronics Theory | "Because Education Doesn't Have to Be Expensive" |
| Service Manuals | "Service manuals,electronic components datasheets and equipment schematics database. Here you can find free datasheets, service manuals, schema, schematic diagrams and software downloads, service menu and mode information, code calculators for many brands of equipment." |
| Amateur Radio | An introduction to Ham Radio, with advanced courses. |
| Ham Radio Podclass | "This podcast will prepare you to take the Technician Class ham radio exam or your General or Amateur Extra Upgrade Exam at an FCC Volunteer exam session." |
| Basic Amateur Radio Course | "The following series of Power Point Presentations (8 modules, 386 slides) has been prepared by the Toronto Emergency Communications Group as an aide to train interested volunteers in becoming Amateur Radio Operators. This course is offered free of charge." |
Degree Classes
Degree Classes
(not free)
| Degrees Online | "An inventory of over 2500 degree programs in all subject areas from all over the world, offered entirely over the Internet. " |
| Online Degree Programs | "Accredited online colleges and universities offer high-quality degrees in a variety of subjects, from popular majors like business and education to specialized career training in healthcare management, graphic design, criminal justice and much more. Get your associate's, bachelor's, master's or PhD degree online–without disrupting your life. With an online degree program, career advancement is only a click away." |
| World Wide Learn | "World Wide Learn proudly presents our featured online university and college partners who are selected for their excellence in online education and training programs." |
| Online Continuing Education Courses | "You'll find courses and programs to expand your current knowledge and to keep you up to date with the latest developments in your current field -- all available to you online. " |
| Poynter News University | Some free training, although most have fees. |
| Ashworth College | "Ashworth offers over 100 self-paced, online education programs that give you the skills you need for a rewarding career in today's fastest growing fields" |
| Career Education, Training and Online College Degree Portal | "Welcome to Merit Education the Internet's most comprehensive guide to career education, online college degree programs and professional career training for aspiring professionals and working adults. Find hundreds of accredited academic institutions and career schools and colleges offering job-specific career training, certifications, degrees and advanced education that will prepare you to succeed in your chosen career field." |
| Online Degrees & Online Education | "Advance your career and your life with the right degree. The internet provides the maximum amount of flexibility when earning a degree. Please use our web site to find the best accredited online universities for you and then click on them to request more information today. " |
| Online Degree Resource | "Education is a companion which no future can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate and no nepotism can enslave" |
| Career Advantage | "CareerAdvantage.org is the Internet's most comprehensive resource for information on vocational schools and adult trade schools and colleges in the fields of business, culinary arts, information technology (IT), graphic design, web design, fashion design, interior design and more. " |
| Smart Degrees | "Returning to college to pursue a degree can be a difficult, time consuming and sometimes an impossible proposition. But with new advances in online technology earning a college or university degree has never been quite so convenient. Our online college and university degree programs offer bachelors, masters and doctoral degree programs that are design for working adults and aspiring professionals like yourself." |
| Online Degree Enlightenment | "A directory of distance learning programs." |
| Edu-Center | "Edu-Center.org is an online directory providing quality information on education, online learning and correspondence courses. The website offers its readers a plethora of information on distance learning programs, tips on how to make the most of online courses, general study advice and acts as a premier online education resource. Edu Center aims to evolve into a one-stop-shop for its readers, covering a variety of education related information." |
| Online University Science Courses | "Online science classes and degrees from accredited colleges and universities. " |
| Online College Courses For Nursing | "If you are interested in a career in nursing, many online college courses for nursing are available. Offered through accredited colleges and universities around the United States, they offer the training your need for the career transition or start you wish to make. Online nursing schools offer the information you need so that you can learn how to become a registered nurse." |
| The Best Online Criminal Justice Schools | "Search our rankings of the 10 top criminal justice colleges in the US below and request free information packets directly from the top criminal justice degree programs for your needs." |
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