Here is a resource filled with free/paid courses that you can take to sharpen your skills. Summer is always a great time to do this, since you don't have to worry about exams etc. Courses include photoshop, language courses, programming and many others.
Free Courses
Udacity
http://www.udacity.com/courses
All are free with quizzes, "lectures" and exams
What's great about Udacity?
-lectures aren't long, they range from less than a minute to about 5 depending on the course
-it's free, and run by University professors
Lifehacker Night School
http://lifehacker.com/nightschool
Courses available
Know Your Network
How to Build a Computer from Scratch
The Basics of Photography
How to Make a Website
Basics of Video Editing
Digital Painting the Complete Guide
Getting Started with Linux
Learn the Basics of Photoshop
Learn to Code
What's great about Lifehacker?
-"lectures" are video's with voice over and excellent instructions
-it's free and video's are around 20-30 minutes long each
Duolingo
http://duolingo.com/
This is a website where you help translate the web while learning languages.
Currently Duolingo offers Spanish, and German
Coming Soon- French, Italian and Chinese (which I assume they mean Mandarin)
Luis von Ahn discussed this program along with his development of reCaptcha in his TedEx talk
What's great about Duolingo?
-While learning you help to translate sites like the Spanish Wikipedia site which helps to provide greater resources to those who speak non-English languages
-By providing your services you get to learn how to speak and write a language as well
Busuu
http://www.busuu.com/
Learn languages online for free while helping out other's doing the same
Can learn a variety of languages including Spanish, Russian, French, Italian, Arabic, Chinese etc.
What's great about Busuu?
-You learn from native speakers while interacting with them on Busuu
-It's for free, and there are a wealth of resources online for you
Academic Earth
http://academicearth.org/
Check out a variety of lectures organized by subject, university, instructor etc.
Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/courses
Check out this website for a variety of courses from various universities.Courses include anything from Cryptography to Modern & Contemporary American Poetry.
What's great about coursera?
-Learn from professors at well known universities including Univeristy of Toronto, Standford, Princeton etc.
-A choice between a variety of courses beyond programming and language learning.
Free/Paid Courses
Lynda
http://www.lynda.com/
Courses cover a wide variety of topics from 3D+Animation to how to use eBay
Unfortunately full courses aren't available for free on Lynda, with some video's available for free
You can get a free trail for 7 days, and memberships start at $25/month or $250/year which in fact is a lot cheaper than University courses.
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ReplyDeleteThere's quite a few free courses on here:
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