Online Education: 5 Super Tools
Education is no longer restricted to classrooms and universities. The number of good online tools is steadily increasing and you can learn almost anything that interests you or that will qualify you for your future career. We present five great tools that will definitely help you make progress.
Khan Academy - free online education
Khan Academy is a steadily growing online platform from the USA, which increasingly offers its offer internationally and thus addresses all educational levels.
- You can acquire mathematics, but also physics, astronomy, biology and many other sciences as well as basic programming skills at Khan Academy.
- The "World of Mathematics" in particular is a highly elaborated complex that teaches you everything from simple addition to linear algebra with videos, texts and, above all, many exercises.
- Even more content is available if you can speak English, as Khan Academy is not yet fully translated.
- The platform is completely free and works on a donation basis. We are also always looking for volunteers to help with the translations.
Udacity - online course with certificate
It is important, of course, that you can also prove your new skills at the end. You will receive corresponding certificates of completion from Udacity.
- Udacity offers a large number of so-called MOOC courses.
- These "massive open online courses" - large, open online courses "- are intended to bring you closer to new topics at university level
- The course then works through a series of videos, texts and exercises that you can work through at your own pace.
- In addition, there are also so-called nano degrees, i.e. mini degrees, which are intended to convey extensive topics such as programming that are in demand on the job market.
- The website works with many large companies such as Google, Facebook and Twitter.
- Many of the courses are free of charge and for fast graduates Udacity offers a discount on the paid degrees.
Learn with videos: Youtube
The video platform YouTube continues to grow into a good learning platform.
- More and more people are trying to convey learning content in videos on YouTube.
- Accordingly, there is no possibility to work through supervised exercises. Questions can be asked in the comments and will be answered depending on the channel.
- Jörn Loviscach cuts up his university lectures on mathematics and programming. If you have problems with higher mathematics and want to include supervised exercises, you have come to the right place.
- The Simple Club has individual channels on which you can impart basic knowledge on topics from mathematics, biology, physics, chemistry and economics in just a few minutes. These videos are aimed primarily at students.
- English also helps immensely on YouTube. Here, learning channels like Crash Course are even bigger and more extensive. At Crash Course you will learn a lot of basic things about everything from world history and literature to chemistry and astronomy in ready playlists. New topics such as physics, philosophy and even the history of video games are added regularly.
- Like almost everything on YouTube, these channels are all free.
Learn from the best with edX
Many large universities also offer MOOCs, including MIT and Harvard. These courses are supervised jointly on the edX platform.
- The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT for short, is known worldwide as one of the leading institutions when it comes to teaching and research.
- However, since no one in and outside of the USA has the opportunity to visit MIT and study there, many courses are now also offered online.
- Here you can get started at a very high level and learn everything that is relevant in the world of research and technology.
- Molecular biology, materials research, computer science and many other complex subject areas await you.
- These courses are free of charge, but you should speak very good English to be able to follow the sometimes very complex content.
- MIT and other universities offer the courses on the edX platform. After successful completion, you can also have certificates issued for a fee.
Free education from England: Open University
Based on content that was broadcast on the BBC, the Open University was developed as a supplement.
- As this extensive website comes from England, most of this content is also only available in English.
- Topics range from mathematics to psychology to management and writing training.
- The Open University is thus a bit broader than the other primarily scientifically oriented offers.
- There are also opportunities to obtain degrees or to build on existing degrees through the Open University.
