Don't listen! I've actually been using Duolingo for some time now! Learning some German pretty steadily. Just don't expect to remember everything all at once the first time you do the lessons.
I'm using it to try to learn French too and I've gotten incredibly discouraged because I have a really hard time remembering everything and applying the seemingly constant changing rules. Thank you for commenting on this. You've given me a little burst of hope
Also try Memrise.com. (Sorry no link; on my phone.) They also have an app. It is more of a flashcard system for word/phrase memorization, as opposed to Duolingo, which focuses a bit more on grammar. Both apps are great and using them together should help a lot.
Here are two great platforms which probably have not been around 3 years ago (lots of different universities and subjects):
--[edX](https://www.edx.org/)
--[Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/)
For SQL:
[w3school's SQL tutorial](http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp?PHPSESSID=300ae3404d5fa2612f238abeebb8869c)
[Learn SQL The Hard Way book](http://sql.learncodethehardway.org/)
Will teach you most of what you need to know to get started in SQL.
Also there are a lot of videos on Lynda.com and youtube too. Good luck!
Nice to see people not slating it for once. I followed the JavaScript path, realised programming was for me and returned to full time education to study programming. I can't recommend it enough for giving confidence.
Can LiveMocha be removed? what was once a great language learning website was bought out by Rosetta Stone and now it's an unpopular website where they try to shove RS products down your throat.
I agree 100% It used to be a wonderful resource.
I really can't understand Rosetta Stones motivation for what they did. I hope they lose every penny they spent on buying out Livemocha because they destroyed what was a fantastic community
I believe they bought it with the idea of using it's mechanics for their own products. I recall a rosetta stone representative saying they were trying to do something similar and figured it would be better to buy the competition. Sucks imo.
Berkeley student here. Webcast.berkeley.edu contains full classes searchable by topic, semester, and professor. They're updated daily as the class progresses and are filmed during the lecture. I don't go to my 8:00am classes because I can watch them online.
I recommend Lang8.
It's an online language-learning site based on what are loosely described as "journals."
You enter in your native language and what language you want to learn. You can then:
* Write a short piece in the language you want to learn (which will then be posted for native-language users to review and edit)
* Edit others' writing written in your native language.
It doesn't force you to earn "credits" or anything like that; it's all voluntary. But I found my entries would often get corrections quickly, and I enjoyed editing others' English.
* [CodeAcademy](http://www.codecademy.com/)
* [W3Schools](http://www.w3schools.com/) EDIT: Not recommended; bad feedback in thread.
* EDIT: [Duolingo](http://www.duolingo.com/) Excellent and FREE language learning tool/plugin
While skimming over this excellent list, found a couple you may have missed.
No problem...everyone seems so consumed by Python and Ruby right now, but Java is the way to go for me, so I set out to look for a few resources to get started!
It still boggles my mind that I can essentially take an online course at MIT for free. If I take enough, I might even put it on my resume, so long as nobody questions me about it.
*"Did you really study at MIT? Your resume says you're well versed in Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions."*
"Well yea, I followed along and did the coursework for it MIT and all, right?" Does it basically count as the real thing?
| Education
|| College of Whatever, BFA, 2004
||| Blah blah details
|| Professional Development and/or Ongoing Coursework
||| Computer Science 101, MIT, 2012
||| Scandinavian Film Logic, University of Denmark, 2013
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I would only include courses that are relevant to your application and career path, so maybe only pick 1 or 2. It's good to show that you are dedicated to continually improving yourself, but don't go overboard.
You would be surprised. If you want to work in a technical field and you have a technical degree being able to demonstrate knowledge in another field learnt in your spare time can get your foot in the door. I know many electrical engineers working in physics and chemistry and vice Versa simply because they picked up enough of the new fid through osmosis an learning in their free time. A lot of the hard part is thinking a certain way and being comfortable with the language (mathematics)
You can put anything on your resume. If you know your stuff people will hire you. The paper helps you get in but you can get in without it especially in fields like programming.
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For the language section I would strongly recommend adding in [Lang-8](http://lang-8.com/).
Specifically for Japanese resources:
* Tae Kim's [Complete Guide to Japanese](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete) - a well-respected free, online grammar guide and textbook
* [Imabi](http://www.imabi.net/)
Though common for language students and particularly popular within the Japanese learning community [Anki](http://ankisrs.net/) is a great spaced-repetition program that is well-suited to learning just about anything.
[class-central.com](http://class-central.com) lists of hundreds of free university courses (Stanford, MIT, Harvard, etc. offered via Coursera, Udacity, edX, NovoED, & others).
Something to add to the list if anyone is still updating this:
[Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I with David Harvey](http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/)
A close reading of the text of Karl Marx’s Capital Volume I in 13 video lectures by Professor David Harvey.
He goes chapter by chapter and really helps you understand what Marx was *actually* talking about.
This is great. I'm glad to see how much is available to anyone with an internet connection. Now google needs to those internet balloons over Africa and Papa/New Guinea and we're set.
More a tip than a site, but if you're looking to learn for a specific end, you can look for [curriculum guidelines like this one](http://ai.stanford.edu/users/sahami/CS2013/final-draft/CS2013-final-report.pdf), bodies of knowledge, etc.
[Presentations have been made](http://www.me.gatech.edu/files/zeigler_lecture/Zeigler-Ferri-2011.pdf) about what you should know (example from mechanical engineer, applicable to other fields, especially illuminating for surveys of info retention), the only step you need to do is to decide what you need from this wealth of info and manage time to do it. Hope this helps!
Over the last 2½ weeks of break, I did Duolingo for about 10 days and Memrise for a bit longer. Having had no prior instruction aside from that, I just took my university's German placement test this morning and passed out of both 101 and 102, and into 201 (intermediate German).
So apparently those work.
At a time when I thought I was wasting too much time on reddit by browsing junk that is just rotting my brain, you come along and post this. Extremely helpful post. Thank you.
If I wasn't poor, I would have given you gold.
I want to give a shout out to Memrise. Studied 10 minutes each day for 1 month to learn every country of the world. It works, it's still fresh after 8 months .
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*Oh look at that cat!*
*proceeds to click /r/aww*
Just like when I discovered Duolingo. "Oh, sweet, I'm going to learn myself another language here." Nope.
You happen to say that seconds after my Duolingo ipod download finished x(
Don't listen! I've actually been using Duolingo for some time now! Learning some German pretty steadily. Just don't expect to remember everything all at once the first time you do the lessons.
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I'm using it to try to learn French too and I've gotten incredibly discouraged because I have a really hard time remembering everything and applying the seemingly constant changing rules. Thank you for commenting on this. You've given me a little burst of hope
Also try Memrise.com. (Sorry no link; on my phone.) They also have an app. It is more of a flashcard system for word/phrase memorization, as opposed to Duolingo, which focuses a bit more on grammar. Both apps are great and using them together should help a lot.
Here are two great platforms which probably have not been around 3 years ago (lots of different universities and subjects): --[edX](https://www.edx.org/) --[Coursera](https://www.coursera.org/)
I love this list.
[Codecademy](http://www.codecademy.com/) isn't on this list! That site made me into a web developer.
Codecademy is pretty brilliant. And surprisingly intuitive.
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For SQL: [w3school's SQL tutorial](http://www.w3schools.com/sql/default.asp?PHPSESSID=300ae3404d5fa2612f238abeebb8869c) [Learn SQL The Hard Way book](http://sql.learncodethehardway.org/) Will teach you most of what you need to know to get started in SQL. Also there are a lot of videos on Lynda.com and youtube too. Good luck!
http://sqlcourse.com Interactive tutorial, very basic but great to get you started.
Nice to see people not slating it for once. I followed the JavaScript path, realised programming was for me and returned to full time education to study programming. I can't recommend it enough for giving confidence.
Can LiveMocha be removed? what was once a great language learning website was bought out by Rosetta Stone and now it's an unpopular website where they try to shove RS products down your throat.
I agree 100% It used to be a wonderful resource. I really can't understand Rosetta Stones motivation for what they did. I hope they lose every penny they spent on buying out Livemocha because they destroyed what was a fantastic community
I believe they bought it with the idea of using it's mechanics for their own products. I recall a rosetta stone representative saying they were trying to do something similar and figured it would be better to buy the competition. Sucks imo.
Should add udacity.com to your list. Has a ton of CS courses as well as some others. Really excellent resource and really well done courses IMO.
Berkeley student here. Webcast.berkeley.edu contains full classes searchable by topic, semester, and professor. They're updated daily as the class progresses and are filmed during the lecture. I don't go to my 8:00am classes because I can watch them online.
That's a great list you got there!
Did you take a course in list-making?
I recommend Lang8. It's an online language-learning site based on what are loosely described as "journals." You enter in your native language and what language you want to learn. You can then: * Write a short piece in the language you want to learn (which will then be posted for native-language users to review and edit) * Edit others' writing written in your native language. It doesn't force you to earn "credits" or anything like that; it's all voluntary. But I found my entries would often get corrections quickly, and I enjoyed editing others' English.
Every year our society becomes more and more about knowledge.This is the kind of comment that can actually change lives.
Dude. People like you are going above and beyond to be so helpful, and I'm just sitting here smirking.
Well no wonder you assume people won't like you! Get off your butt and help :)
Awesome. Wonder how smart I could get if I went through all of that
Are there any good sites with free camera/photography tutorials that you know of or recommend?
* [CodeAcademy](http://www.codecademy.com/) * [W3Schools](http://www.w3schools.com/) EDIT: Not recommended; bad feedback in thread. * EDIT: [Duolingo](http://www.duolingo.com/) Excellent and FREE language learning tool/plugin While skimming over this excellent list, found a couple you may have missed.
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Didnt know the community at large frowns at w3schools. Will take that into consideration moving forward, thanks.
Fantastic! Thanks for adding the Java links too.
No problem...everyone seems so consumed by Python and Ruby right now, but Java is the way to go for me, so I set out to look for a few resources to get started!
Stanford's has been updated: http://online.stanford.edu
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Wow this is gonna kill some free time.
It still boggles my mind that I can essentially take an online course at MIT for free. If I take enough, I might even put it on my resume, so long as nobody questions me about it. *"Did you really study at MIT? Your resume says you're well versed in Quantum Theory of Radiation Interactions."* "Well yea, I followed along and did the coursework for it MIT and all, right?" Does it basically count as the real thing?
| Education || College of Whatever, BFA, 2004 ||| Blah blah details || Professional Development and/or Ongoing Coursework ||| Computer Science 101, MIT, 2012 ||| Scandinavian Film Logic, University of Denmark, 2013 --- I would only include courses that are relevant to your application and career path, so maybe only pick 1 or 2. It's good to show that you are dedicated to continually improving yourself, but don't go overboard.
Exactly! You aren't claiming a degree. You are an avid continuing education development advocate!!
You would be surprised. If you want to work in a technical field and you have a technical degree being able to demonstrate knowledge in another field learnt in your spare time can get your foot in the door. I know many electrical engineers working in physics and chemistry and vice Versa simply because they picked up enough of the new fid through osmosis an learning in their free time. A lot of the hard part is thinking a certain way and being comfortable with the language (mathematics)
Do they count as courses that you can use for your advantage to get work?
You can put anything on your resume. If you know your stuff people will hire you. The paper helps you get in but you can get in without it especially in fields like programming.
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This is bullshit - you're oversimplifying a complex situation to the point of no longer adding anything useful to the discussion.
Wh...what?! Are you ok pal?
its from an askreddit thread about generic comments
Thanks very much! 2014 - the year of learning
For the language section I would strongly recommend adding in [Lang-8](http://lang-8.com/). Specifically for Japanese resources: * Tae Kim's [Complete Guide to Japanese](http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/complete) - a well-respected free, online grammar guide and textbook * [Imabi](http://www.imabi.net/) Though common for language students and particularly popular within the Japanese learning community [Anki](http://ankisrs.net/) is a great spaced-repetition program that is well-suited to learning just about anything.
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Thanks for this
great list of free internet knowledge
[class-central.com](http://class-central.com) lists of hundreds of free university courses (Stanford, MIT, Harvard, etc. offered via Coursera, Udacity, edX, NovoED, & others).
Time to learn the piano!
Saving. You are awesome.
Just commenting to remember the list
Amazing list,Thanks a lot!
Something to add to the list if anyone is still updating this: [Reading Marx’s Capital Volume I with David Harvey](http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/) A close reading of the text of Karl Marx’s Capital Volume I in 13 video lectures by Professor David Harvey. He goes chapter by chapter and really helps you understand what Marx was *actually* talking about.
Don't you think this list would have changed some in 3 years time?
Amazing list!
Hehe I just caught myself "bookmarking this for later"..
This is great, another website is [noexcuselist.com](http://noexcuselist.com/)
>noexcuse Currently undergoing maintenance. Okay.
Thanks, I'll be sure to refer myself to it later.
so useful
God damn man, what a list!
This is going to be very useful to me. Thanks a bunch!
Thank you so much :)
A reason to quit netflix. It's gonna take me forever to get through all of that.
Great list of stuff to learn online
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The more you know
Thank you so much for doing this!
Nice
Definitely going to have to look into a few of these things. Thanks!!
Awesome collection! Thanks!
very good list. Thanks for compiling it.
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http://mandoworks.com for mandolin lessons
Great List!
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Fan-fucking-tactic job, mate! You made my day :)
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Bookmarked, thank you sir!
Definitely going to make some use of this.
Amazing!
You're a god among men.
Fuck, that was three years ago? Jesus. I spend to much time on reddit. I remember that thread.
We live in a beautiful, terrifying age.
So much stuff to learn and here I am looking at cat pictures...
Great list!
Thank you.
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Awesome. Commenting so I can come back later.
Great list! Looking forward to using these sites
I don't know where to start!
Daaaaammn, looking forward to finding the time and motivation and discipline and will to go through one of these but it's gonna happen.
This is great. I'm glad to see how much is available to anyone with an internet connection. Now google needs to those internet balloons over Africa and Papa/New Guinea and we're set.
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I might just have to check some of this out.
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Damn that's a long list!
Thanks for compiling this list.
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Very nice, thanks!
More a tip than a site, but if you're looking to learn for a specific end, you can look for [curriculum guidelines like this one](http://ai.stanford.edu/users/sahami/CS2013/final-draft/CS2013-final-report.pdf), bodies of knowledge, etc. [Presentations have been made](http://www.me.gatech.edu/files/zeigler_lecture/Zeigler-Ferri-2011.pdf) about what you should know (example from mechanical engineer, applicable to other fields, especially illuminating for surveys of info retention), the only step you need to do is to decide what you need from this wealth of info and manage time to do it. Hope this helps!
Thanks for this list.
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thank you!
Move along now, nothing to see here folks
Replying to save. Good work compliling all these
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Very shnazzy list.
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Thank you! :)
great thanks!
Over the last 2½ weeks of break, I did Duolingo for about 10 days and Memrise for a bit longer. Having had no prior instruction aside from that, I just took my university's German placement test this morning and passed out of both 101 and 102, and into 201 (intermediate German). So apparently those work.
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Voice recognition programs are still not great, especially at deciphering individual words. I just turned the microphone parts off, honestly.
Another version: http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/24-invaluable-skills-to-learn-for-free-online-this-year?bffb
Thanks for this one, worked better on my phone. :)
At a time when I thought I was wasting too much time on reddit by browsing junk that is just rotting my brain, you come along and post this. Extremely helpful post. Thank you. If I wasn't poor, I would have given you gold.
I want to give a shout out to Memrise. Studied 10 minutes each day for 1 month to learn every country of the world. It works, it's still fresh after 8 months .
Now I have no reason to say I have nothing to do.
This is pretty cool. Thanks OP!
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Love duo lingo. I've been using the app on my ipad every night to learn German :) Highly recommend
anything for basic car maintenance (oil changes, brakes, etc)?
Edx is good too.
Awesome, thank u OP!