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I just wanted to share some really awesome websites for educating yourself with the same information you'd have to pay for at a traditional college. I hate traditional classrooms and I'm kind of obsessed with self education and I'm constantly amazed at how much free information is available online.
http://ocw.mit.edu/about/
MIT OpenCourseWare is so absolutely amazing and completely free. They publish all of their past course materials online that covers over 2,150 courses including video lectures, syllabuses, lessons, and worksheets on everything from Introductions to Computer Science and Programming to Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective.
Then of course there is:
https://www.udacity.com/
Offers lots of college level courses all for free, a few even with the option of college credit by examination.
And
https://www.coursera.org/
Coursera offers a huge selection of courses all for free that you can enroll in all taught by actual colleges such as University of Washington, Technical University of Denmark, Stanford University, etc. You cannot use any of these courses for college credit, but there is a lot of courses offered.
Also, there are many ways to get college credit towards accredited degree without much or any in classroom time by just paying an actual examination fee through CLEP or DSST. Most colleges have a list of which exams they will accept for credit.
http://clep.collegeboard.org/
CLEP, College Level Examination Programs offer 33 different exams that you can take for college credit that are accepted at most colleges depending on the course list. Typically the cost to take the exam is around $80 for the exam, and $20 for the sitting and administration fee. Some tests can cover 6 credits or more depending on what you score on them (especially in foreign language). CLEP can knock out most of your associate's degree.
http://getcollegecredit.com/
DSST exams are college level exams good for upper and lower level baccalaureate credit courses. I think it offers up to 117 college credits. It was originally only a military program, but it's now available to civilians. I think the price is about the same as a CLEP exam, $80 for the exam, and a $20 sitting and administration fee for 3 credit exams.
Also, I'm really big into studying foreign language and there are so many free apps you can download on your phone that make waiting in line a chance to brush up and learn new words, and I like how a lot of those apps have levels that you have to unlock which keeps me motivated. And I'm constantly watching YouTube for Photoshop tutorials, art techniques, and I've recently taken up trying to learn Mandarin.
If anyone has any specific websites, videos, apps, or whatever, please share them. I'm always on the hunt for new information.
http://ocw.mit.edu/about/
MIT OpenCourseWare is so absolutely amazing and completely free. They publish all of their past course materials online that covers over 2,150 courses including video lectures, syllabuses, lessons, and worksheets on everything from Introductions to Computer Science and Programming to Medieval Economic History in Comparative Perspective.
Then of course there is:
https://www.udacity.com/
Offers lots of college level courses all for free, a few even with the option of college credit by examination.
And
https://www.coursera.org/
Coursera offers a huge selection of courses all for free that you can enroll in all taught by actual colleges such as University of Washington, Technical University of Denmark, Stanford University, etc. You cannot use any of these courses for college credit, but there is a lot of courses offered.
Also, there are many ways to get college credit towards accredited degree without much or any in classroom time by just paying an actual examination fee through CLEP or DSST. Most colleges have a list of which exams they will accept for credit.
http://clep.collegeboard.org/
CLEP, College Level Examination Programs offer 33 different exams that you can take for college credit that are accepted at most colleges depending on the course list. Typically the cost to take the exam is around $80 for the exam, and $20 for the sitting and administration fee. Some tests can cover 6 credits or more depending on what you score on them (especially in foreign language). CLEP can knock out most of your associate's degree.
http://getcollegecredit.com/
DSST exams are college level exams good for upper and lower level baccalaureate credit courses. I think it offers up to 117 college credits. It was originally only a military program, but it's now available to civilians. I think the price is about the same as a CLEP exam, $80 for the exam, and a $20 sitting and administration fee for 3 credit exams.
Also, I'm really big into studying foreign language and there are so many free apps you can download on your phone that make waiting in line a chance to brush up and learn new words, and I like how a lot of those apps have levels that you have to unlock which keeps me motivated. And I'm constantly watching YouTube for Photoshop tutorials, art techniques, and I've recently taken up trying to learn Mandarin.
If anyone has any specific websites, videos, apps, or whatever, please share them. I'm always on the hunt for new information.
