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Educate Yourself Without School. Coursera. Smarthistory: a multimedia web-book about art and art history. Education - YouTube EDU. Keen Talks - Watch Talks, Lectures, Presentations, Debates. The Freud Apps: AI, Virtual Life Coaching, and the Future of Psychotherapy | Hybrid Reality. Mental health and self-improvement services are increasingly accessible via mobile apps. The newest crop of these apps increasingly integrates Artificial Intelligence capabilities similar to Apple’s virtual assistant Siri.

These intelligent systems will make our devices come to life, taking on new functions as our personal virtual ‘psychotherapist’ or life coach. Though the self-improvement industry is unregulated with actual numbers hard to come by, publicity would indicate that the business is booming. The same is true of the traditional mental health profession, whose ranks of counselors are expected to grow 36% by 2020. The increasing demand for psychotherapy and self-development coaching has spurred a wave of new digital services aiming at this market.

Studies have shown that virtual coaches are effective in helping users change their behavior. In the future it might become common have one or several virtual companions 'living' on our cell phones. Flashcards: The world's largest online library of printable flash cards. Keynotes.org - Keynote Speakers, Videos & Inspiration. The Saylor Foundation. Ignite | Ignite Show Video. 10 Awesome Online Classes You Can Take For Free. Cool, but you need iTunes for nearly everything, and that gets an 'F.' Are there really no other places to get these lessons? I was sure there are some on Academic Earth.

Flagged 1. 7 of them are available via YouTube. 2. iTunes is free. It's clunky, but who cares? Do you somehow lose geek-cred just by installing it specifically for this? 1. 2. Don't worry, we're looking out for you! While I have no personal beef with iTunes, I know that many people share your sentiments — so I actually made a concerted effort to include relevant youtube links when possible. 100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner. For those unfamiliar with the term, a learning style is a way in which an individual approaches learning. Many people understand material much better when it is presented in one format, for example a lab experiment, than when it is presented in another, like an audio presentation. Determining how you best learn and using materials that cater to this style can be a great way to make school and the entire process of acquiring new information easier and much more intuitive.

Here are some great tools that you can use to <a href=">cater to your individual learning style, no matter what that is. Visual Learners Visual learners learn through seeing and retain more information when it's presented in the form of pictures, diagrams, visual presentations, textbooks, handouts and videos. Auditory Learners Auditory learners do best in classes where listening is a main concern. Kinesthetic Learners Kinesthetic learners do best when they interact and touch things. Plan Your Free Online Education at Lifehacker U: Summer Semester 2012. Explore. Khan Academy. Learn to code.