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Curso Excel 2010 / Aula 01 - Interface do Programa. Programming. Study. What We’re All About. Peer 2 Peer University (we mostly just say P2PU) is a grassroots open education project that organizes learning outside of institutional walls and gives learners recognition for their achievements.

What We’re All About

P2PU creates a model for lifelong learning alongside traditional formal higher education. Leveraging the internet and educational materials openly available online, P2PU enables high-quality low-cost education opportunities. Learning for the people, by the people. Cursos online de um novo jeito. Ensinar e aprender nunca foi tão fácil. Gifted Homeschoolers Forum - Favorite Things. Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students. WatchKnowLearn ratings are intentionally harsher than what you might find on YouTube, for example.

Free Educational Videos for K-12 Students

Most of our videos have been imported by people who want to use them with kids, not by the creators of the videos. We take a hard-nosed attitude toward quality. Four and five stars should be reserved for really excellent quality. Three stars isn't bad. Two is often watchable and shouldn't be ruled out. 5 stars = Exemplary. More help with rating Unless changed, the Finder is the person who uploaded the video to WatchKnowLearn. More help about the Finder field.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills. The web is a powerful resource that can easily help you learn new skills.

Top 40 Useful Sites To Learn New Skills

You just have to know where to look. Sure, you can use Google, Yahoo, or Bing to search for sites where you can learn new skills , but I figured I’d save you some time. Here are the top 40 sites I have personally used over the last few years when I want to learn something new. Hack a Day - Hack a Day serves up fresh hacks (short tutorials) every day from around the web and one in-depth ‘How-To hack’ guide each week.eHow - eHow is an online community dedicated to providing visitors the ability to research, share, and discuss solutions and tips for completing day-to-day tasks and projects.Wired How-To Wiki - Collaborate with Wired editors and help them build their extensive library of projects, hacks, tricks and tips.

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Coursera. UPDATE: we're doing a live, updated MOOC of this course at stanford-online July-2014 (not this Coursera version).

Coursera

See here: CS101 teaches the essential ideas of Computer Science for a zero-prior-experience audience. Computers can appear very complicated, but in reality, computers work within just a few, simple patterns. CS101 demystifies and brings those patterns to life, which is useful for anyone using computers today. In CS101, students play and experiment with short bits of "computer code" to bring to life to the power and limitations of computers. How & Where To Educate Yourself Online.

Generation after generation the human species stacks knowledge upon knowledge.

How & Where To Educate Yourself Online

This intricate web of symbols acts like a map for our inner and outer world. We use math to trade goods and we use words to convey we are in love. This is perhaps what we can call uniquely human and is arguably the most important activity we will ever do in our lives. Without it, we wouldn’t survive in the world we live in. Education is learning how to use this knowledge in a clever way. Today, this education is at our fingertips. Picking A Subject. Open Learning Initiative. At Harvard Extension School, free and open learning is hardly a new concept.

Open Learning Initiative

In fact, the Extension School was founded with this mission in mind: to create an affordable way for any motivated student to take courses at Harvard. We stay true to this mission today, offering several free courses and nearly 800 for-credit courses at reasonable tuition rates. Explore our series of free or low-cost courses below. In addition, you can also browse Harvard University's Digital Learning Portal, which features online learning content from across the University, both free and fee-based options. The Do It Yourself Scholar. Maybe you just heard the news: some of the world’s top universities are giving away thousands of hours of lectures in audio and video on the Internet.

The Do It Yourself Scholar

Anyone with a web connection can attend free virtual classes from the likes of Yale, Stanford, Harvard and the University of California at Berkeley. So how do you navigate this world of academic podcasts, webcasts and streaming audio and video? First, let’s look at some basic terms and equipment. What is Mp3? Mp3 is a format for compressing a digital file of audio content.

What is a webcast? What is a podcast? What is streaming audio / video? What hardware do you need? What software do you need? Is there other helpful software? Now you’re ready for your own adventure in online learning. Apple’s iTunes U The easiest way to find and download academic lectures or full courses is at the Apple iTunes music store. Individual university websites. UC Berkeley Video and Podcasts for Courses & Events. Free Online Course Materials. 12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free. Intro to Computer Science - Web Crawler. Web Fundamentals. Free Online Classes. Educate Yourself Without School.