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Hopefully this post will point a lurker in the right direction!
The double-edged sword that is the internet gave us something amazing, free information. Though a lot use strictly the pornographic or gaming aspects of the internet (to which I have no objection) there's still a great part left, free education. Now learning things that have nothing to do with your job or your current educational studies are becoming a hobby.
One of my pet peeves is to be in the dark about something that is known to others. Here are some links to get you started on becoming autodidactic.
Go here for most of the edu resources!
Here too!
To start off here are some university funded projects:
MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT presents us with 1800 courses worth of information.
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
MIT Lecture Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/MIT
Stanford Itunes U
http://itunes.stanford.edu/
Stanford Lecture Videos
http://www.youtube.com/user/stanforduniversity
Berkley Lecture Videos <<Thanks to Sonuvbob
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
Great channel for math tutorials:
Khan Academy
http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy
N - If your not good at grasping information in book form, this instructor is brilliant at video tutorials of math.
Gerard 't Hooft guide to becoming a physicist:
HOW to BECOME a GOOD Theoretical Physicist
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html#lis
N - Includes links to instructional sites that range from statistics to particle physics.
Microbiology:
Many things dealing with cells and genetics
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/
Psychology:
Classics
http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/index.htm
Languages:
BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/
Live Mocha Similar to Rosetta with a scheduler.
http://www.livemocha.com/
W2W Composite of free language lessons online.
http://www.word2word.com/course.html
Internet Script:
Learning Java
http://www.javapassion.com/javaintro/
Free Book Resources:
20+ PD Book Links
Scrib'd
Documentaries:
http://www.bodocus.com/
Hopefully this will quench the thirst of those wishing to learn. If your tired of procrastinating and really want to broaden your horizons then pick a topic and you'll find it on the net (more than likely for free). Don't let the internet go to waste, make your choice to learn something new and do it!
Some sites to keep up on the pioneers and advancement of your interests.
www.arxiv.org
www.edge.org
www.ted.com
www.fora.tv
www.nasa.gov/50th/NASA_lecture_series/hawking.html
Samachking offered more links with his post!
On December 30 2008 16:34 samachking wrote:
Check out
http://www.oculture.com/
Great website that links to lectures and documentaries.
http://www.ted.com/index.php
Ted is my absolute favorite website and I have watched at least 150 videos from here, I recommend it greatly to everyone.
http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/
Cool website for people interested in math.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/browse
MIT general Lecture videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AtGoogleTalks
Lots of Great talks and interviews with multiple authors.
http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd
Tons of lectures, over 3k lectures from Indian Institutes of Technology.
Check out
http://www.oculture.com/
Great website that links to lectures and documentaries.
http://www.ted.com/index.php
Ted is my absolute favorite website and I have watched at least 150 videos from here, I recommend it greatly to everyone.
http://www.math.hmc.edu/funfacts/
Cool website for people interested in math.
http://mitworld.mit.edu/browse
MIT general Lecture videos.
http://www.youtube.com/user/AtGoogleTalks
Lots of Great talks and interviews with multiple authors.
http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd
Tons of lectures, over 3k lectures from Indian Institutes of Technology.