Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Learn for FREE! Online courses in all subjects


  • EARNING need not only happen in the classroom. The Internet offers a plethora of learning resources in a multitude of domains, from medicalsciences and social media marketing to the Spanish language and engineering. A variety of tools like video lectures, podcasts, quizzes and online chats are used to make learning an engaging experience. Such a rich collection of resources has been made accessible due to the efforts of educational institutes like MIT and passionate educators like Dr Najeeb who has been teaching medical sciences for 22 years. Here’s a list of reputed learning resources that students can access and learn from. All you need is Internet access and the will to learn. 

    MIT OPENCOURSEWARE
    An initiative of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)this online resource puts all of the educational materials from its undergraduate and graduate-level courses online, partly free and openly available to anyone, anywhere. It has 2,100 courses in Engineering, literature, Linguistics and Philosophy, History, Media Arts, Sciences and many more!
    Website
    http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
    Mode of learning:  Assignments in PDF format
    No. of Visitors (Estimated %age): 0.0997%
    Facebook page
    http://www.facebook.com/MITOCW
    Facebook likes: 38581 people


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    NPTEL 
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    National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) is a Government of India-sponsored collaborative educational programme. Through curriculum-based video and web courses the programme aims to enhance the quality of engineering education in India. It is jointly carried out by seven IITs and IISc Bangalore, and is funded by the Ministry of Human Resources Development. Content of the courses is based on the model curriculum suggested by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the syllabi of major affiliating Universities in India.
    Website link: http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/
    Course:  Engineering
    Mode of Learning: Video and web
    No. of Visitors (Estimated %age): 0.011%
    Youtube channel
    http://www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd
    Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/pages/NPTEL/135684199798143?ref=ts
    Facebook like: 2513 people


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    LEARN ENGLISH
    British Council: The UK’s leading cultural relations organisation known for imparting English education has its largest operation in India. It has an English language website and dedicated page.
    Website linkhttp://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/
    Course Content: Elementary Podcasts, Grammar & Vocabulary, Fun & Games, Business & work
    Mode of Learning: Audio & Video, Assignments
    No. of Visitors (Estimated %age): 0.0244%
    Facebook pagehttps://www.facebook.com/LearnEnglish.BritishCouncil
    Facebook likes: 87272 People

    More English language resources  
    WebsitesCourse ContentMode of LearningSocial NetworksNo. of Visitors
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/Grammar, Vocabulary & Pronunciation, Quizzes, moreAudio & Video with subtitlesFacebook: 76492 people like this.1.984%
    http://englishpage.com/Lessons, Grammar, Students forums etc.AssignmentsFacebook: 6500 people like this.0.0058%

    LEARN HINDI 
    Websitehttp://www.learn-hindi-online.com/
    Course content: Hindi script, grammar, practice exercise
    Mode of learning: Lessons
    No. of Visitors (Estimated %age): 0.000035%
    Facebook resource: A great way to test your Hindi ability is to visit Qamar Waheed Naqvi’s facebook page. This former news director of Aaj Tak, gives instruction and answers queries at http://www.facebook.com/qwnaqvi


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    LEARN FOREIGN LANGUAGES
    There are a number of portals that help you learn foreign languages easily. Here’s some of the top of the line resources.

    Learn foreign languages 
    WebsiteLanguagesCourse ContentMode of LearningSocial NetworksNo. of Visitors
    (Estimated %age)
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    www.busuu.com12+ foreign languagesListing, reading, writingAudio, LessonsFacebook: 237000 People like this0.0216%
    learnlanguage.com8 languages including EnglishWords, phrases, verbs, cultureAudio, AssignmentBlogNA
    languageguide.org14+ foreign languagesVocabulary, grammarAudio, PicturesNA0.00268%


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    DEVELOP POTOGRAPHY SKILLS 

    Websitehttp://www.picturecorrect.com/
    Course content: Photography tips and techniques
    Mode of Learning: Blog write-ups, featured photos, equipment ratings
    No. of visitors: 4 lakh/month (website source)
    Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/picturecorrect
    Facebook Likes: 23217 people

    More Photography resources
    WebsiteCourse ContentMode of LearningSocial NetworksNo. of  Visitors
    http://photographycourse.net/Tips, photo editing, professional photography, etc.LessonsFacebook: 2200 People like this0.00028%
    http://www.geofflawrence.com/index.htmlBasics, lightning, composition, etc.LessonsFacebook: 374 People like this0.0007%
    OTHER COURSES
    ALISON
    Founded in 2007, and has since attracted over one million registered users from all over the globe! On its website you can learn 300 free multimedia courses in Digital Literacy & IT Skills, Business and Enterprise Skills, Financial & Economic Literacy, Health Literacy, etc. It also grants free diploma and certificate. In 2010, Alison was awarded the ‘King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Diploma Award’ by UNESCO.
    Website linkhttp://alison.com/
    Courses: From IT and finance to health safety and personality development
    Mode of Learning: Audio, Video, assignments
    No. of Visitors (Estimated %age): 0.0058%
    Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/AdvanceLearning
    Facebook likes: 20793 people

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    DR. NAJEEB LECTURES
    Dr. Najeeb has been passionately teaching Basic & Clinical Medical Sciences for the last 22 years. Dr Najeeb has a video library of more than 400 hours, all created by himself. He  regularly records more video lectures and expands his video library to the knowledge base .
    Website linkhttp://www.drnajeeblectures.com/
    Courses: Gross Anatomy, Embryology, Histology, Neuro-Sciences, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Immunology, Microbiology and also Internal Medicine.
    Mode of Learning:  Video, Lectures
    No. of Visitors (estimated %age): 0.00029%
    Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/DrNajeeb
    Facebook likes:  143566 People


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    KHAN ACADEMY
    A non-profit educational organization created in 2006 by Indo-Bangladeshi American educator Salman Khan, a graduate of MIT and Harvard Business School, the website offers a wealth of lessons accessible to learners of every age group.
    Websitehttp://www.khanacademy.org/
    Courses: Math, Science, Finance & Economics, Humanities
    Mode of Learning: Video, Lessons, Lectures
    No. of Visitors (Estimated %age): 0.0325%
    Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/khanacademy?ref=ts
    Facebook likes: 255856 people


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    OPENCULTURE
    This free cultural and educational resource provides access to 500+ online courses of different universities covering wide domains like History, Biology, Engineering, Medical etc. It also contains audio books, online courses, movies, language lessons, and eBooks.
    Website linkhttp://www.openculture.com/
    Mode of Learning:  Videos, itunes
    No. of Visitors (Estimated %age): 0.0128%
    Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/openculture
    Facebook likes: 48112 people

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    COSMOLLEARNING
    This free educational website provides courses in subjects like Engineering, History, Science, Law, Communication, etc. One can also learn seven extracurricular subjects like beauty, dance, culinary arts and music.
    Website linkhttp://www.cosmolearning.com/
    Mode of Learning: Video, Images, Documentary, Experts’ lectures
    No. of Visitors (Estimated %age): 0.00091%
    Facebook pagehttp://www.facebook.com/CosmoLearning
    Facebook likes: 3197 people

    Log on to Youtube’s education channel www.youtube.com/education for a diverse collection of video lectures on a wide variety of disciplines and domains

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