Free education – fact or fiction?
There used to be a time when education was only available for the fortunate few. Now, though, with the rise of the internet, there are thousands of educational resources that you can access with just the click of a button.
Here are some sites to help you get started. Feel free to share your experiences with these sites or share any sites which have not yet been included.
Academic Earth
Academic Earth was launched on the belief that everyone deserves access to a world-class education. The website’s developers built the first collection of free online college courses from the world’s top universities in 2009.
Over 600 courses and 6500 lectures are offered in Art & Design, Business, Engineering, Humanities, Medicine & Healthcare, Science & Math, Social Science, and preparation for the ACT, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT and SAT.
Some of the top universities represented are: MIT, CIT, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Dartmouth, Stanford, Princeton and Oxford.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is a personalized learning resource for all ages that offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard, empowering users to study at their own pace both in and outside of the classroom.
Khan Academy offers courses in math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and test preparation. Research has shown that students score significantly higher on the SAT after taking the SAT prep course. Math is one of the most popular subjects: math missions guide learners from kindergarten through calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies their strengths and learning gaps. Most recently, Khan Academy has started offering AP courses. Taking AP exams can be incredibly useful when earning credits for college.
Khan Academy has partnered with institutions such as NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content. Global Advisory Board Members include such notable names as Bill Gates and Carlos Slim.
Coursera
Every course on Coursera is taught by top instructors from the world’s best universities and educational institutions. Courses include recorded video lectures, auto-graded and peer-reviewed assignments, and community discussion forums. When you complete a course, you’ll receive a shareable electronic Course Certificate. Although the courses on Coursera are no longer free, some courses offer a 7-day full access free trial, and you can audit video lectures and some course content for free. If you want to complete the course and earn a Course Certificate by submitting assignments for a grade, you can upgrade your experience by purchasing the course. You can also apply for financial aid if you cannot afford the course fee.
eHow
This is a great site that can teach you how to do almost anything, from fixing a leaky faucet to making a liquor bottle advent calendar.
Duolingo
If you are interested in learning a language, this site is right for you. Learning with Duolingo is a fun and engaging experience and you can learn a language in bite-sized lessons that fit any schedule. Each lesson includes a variety of speaking, listening, translation, and multiple choice challenges. You can check your progress at any time, and if you already know the language you can test out and get to the more advanced materials right away.
You can make your breaks and commutes more productive with the iPhone and Android apps. If it has been some time since you last studied the language, you may be surprised by how easily everything will come back to you. There is a vibrant online community where you can connect with people from all around the world.
Duolingo is now also available for schools. Thousands of teachers are already using it to enhance their lessons.
Free Rice
Freerice is the world’s only vocabulary game designed to feed the hungry. For every question you answer correctly, a small amount of rice is donated to the UN World Food Programme. Since the website was founded, Freerice players have earned over 202 billion grains (2500-3000 is one bowl of rice) enough rice for over 60 million meals. Join our newly established (12/1/2020) Fund Your College Group. Use Group Code: K9T79CRZ. : Copy this code to your clipboard and email it to anyone you want to join our group. Any rice you earn after joining the group will be part of the group rice total. Your individual totals will still go up like normal.
Play a game, have fun, learn some stuff and feed the world. How many people will you feed? Create a competition at your school, college, company, place of worship: “compete so they can eat”.
Apart from improving your vocabulary ,you can now also learn grammar, other languages ( German, Spanish, French, Italian, Latin), humanities (Famous Paintings, Literature, Famous Quotations, World Hunger), math (Multiplication Table, Basic Math (Pre-Algebra)), chemistry (Chemical Symbols (Full List), Chemical Symbols (Basic)),Geography (World Landmarks, Identify Countries on the Map, World Capitals, Flags of the world, Sciences (Human Anatomy) and SAT® preparation!
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