Self-Directed Learning Websites
Great Websites to
Teach Yourself Something New
Academic Earth provides access to many free online courses at top universities.
ALA Copyright Tools will help anyone become more comfortable reusing copyrighted works. The Public Domain Slider and Copyright Genie, help determine if a work is in the Public Domain. The Fair Use Evaluator and Exceptions for Instructors e-Tool help determine whether use of a particular copyrighted work may fall under fair use or one of the other educational exceptions to the rights of the copyright owner.
All Recipes helps you embark on a cooking adventure. Learn to cook just about anything.
AP Daily Live Review offers prep for all AP courses.
The Chess Website teaches you to play, helps you analyze famous tournaments and provides plenty of practice and instruction.
Coursera offers hundreds of free online courses on every topic imaginable, from universities and organizations around the world.
Curious encourages you to learn something new everyday, then makes it fun, easy & free!
Documentary Heaven offers documentary films in almost 40 categories.
EarthCam provides links to webcams from around the world....zoos, famous landmarks, stadiums, amusement parks and so much more!
EdX started as a joint venture by MIT & Harvard and is another source of free online courses, including many to help you master high school subjects.
eHow provides tutorials on just about everything in life!
Etymology Online explains the origins and history of our language and how they sounded over time.
Free Rice offers quizzes on every subject possible, and each correct answer provides 10 grains of rice through the World Food Programme to help end hunger.
Harvard Online Courses offer lots of free classes you can audit for nothing.
HowCast claims to have the best how-to videos on the web....and they cover just about everything!
How Stuff Works provides information on a wide range of issues and topics.
Investopedia is the ultimate finance guru. Learn about investments, personal finance, share markets and so much more.
Khan Academy offers completely free interactive content on just about every subject out there.
Lizard Point has quizzes and tests that let you test your knowledge on everything from geography to art to math.
MCN Ultimate Guide to Virtual Museums is, by far, the most comprehensive guide to virtual museum resources, E-learning, and online collections covering art, culture, history, science. Amazing!
MIT Open Courseware provides open access to all Massachusetts Institute of Technology courses and teaching materials.
Music Theory offers free online lessons, exercises and tools.
PBS Learning Media has tons of free video content on all topics.
Psychology Today helps you learn about all facets of human psychology, such as relationships, neuroscience, addiction and motivation.
Saylor Academy is dedicated to free online learning. Take university courses in everything from Art History to Communications to Sociology....and it's all free!
Sporcle lets you test your knowledge on just about everything with hundreds of quizzes. So addictive!
TED Talks aim to spread ideas that are worth sharing and features video talks by experts in just about every field. These short and compelling talks introduce new concepts and provide new insights.
Teoria offers lots of free classical piano instruction, plus lots of info and articles on music theory and classical composers, in both English & Spanish.
Top Documentary Films offers thousands of films in 25 categories. Enjoy vibrant discussions after viewing.
Typing.com offers free tutorials to become a more efficient typist.
The Typing Cat provides fun tutorials to practice your typing skills.
Udemy offers lots of free online courses focused on real-world skills.
Ultimate Guitar offers scores of free lessons for beginners to rock stars.
Unplug the TV offers a viewing alternative. Short random videos, from the bizarre to the compelling to the outright mind-blowing will provide info on a wide array of interesting topics.
Wikihow also provides tutorials on just about everything in life, but because it's a wiki, you can also share your knowledge.
Wonder How To offers interesting and entertaining how-tos, hacks, pro-tips & Insider secrets.
You Tube Crash Course offers short video tutorials in Science, Social Studies, Math, Literature and Economics.