Top 5 apps for online education
Makradar Technologies / / December 19, 2019
Pushkin said: "Reading - that's the best scientists!" I wonder what he would say now, if he had an iPhone and a couple of interesting applications in it? "Application - that's the best scientists" believe.
All your life you dreamed of being a sommelier or a game designer, but it is too late to get it? To learn new things is never too late. At any time you can fulfill your dream, especially in our time when classical universities has a competitor - a free online education. We made a selection of educational applications with lectures about everything from quantum physics to contemporary art.
Khan
One Harvard graduate Salmon Khan decided to help her sister, who lives in another city, with the task of mathematics, and poured a video on YouTube with her decision. Thus began his career as a teacher and startups - soon he invested $ 5 million in the development of their own eponymous site and lectures Khan applications. However, the site became popular only after it put in a word about Bill Gates -poklonnik Khan.
This resource is unique in that most of the lectures recorded by Khan - from the 2600 video lectures he created in 1600. As presented at the knee 10-minute video nerdy Salman tell about Protorenessans, taxes, communism and cellular respiration. Also found text versions of lectures.
But the main application - you get the information that you are interested in, right here and now: I do not have to wait a few weeks before the start of lectures, both veteran online education Coursera. In general, not without reason called the inventor of the Salmon "fastfudnogo education."
Price: Free
Codeacademy
Introductory programming course for those who have been in school deuce on computer or who are simply afraid to be alone with a strange set of characters and symbols. Codeacademy solved this problem with the help of a robot, which distributes tasks simultaneously encouraging you and making suggestions. Duration of the course - a couple of hours.
The app is fast, easy-to-understand English, but in spite of these advantages, the course turns a cursory and superficial.
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Udemy
Base Udemy lectures much more extensive than in other applications. Here, in addition to standard partition «Science» and «Economics», there are categories such as «Lifestyle» and «Games», «Crafts and Hobbies», «Design» and «Sports». The main difference - the lectures are paid. Prices are also some funny, and space. For example, for 60 minutes, John Burau teach you to create games for the iPhone without programming. And just what pitiful $ 500.
But do not despair - we Udemy for you many free lessons. For example, I want to combine business with pleasure: learn a little, at last, astrophysics, and learn to understand the wines.
Price: Free
TED
Application by TED website online lectures, among themselves unique performances records, please high-resolution videos and Russian subtitles. In the «Discover» can swipe topics of lectures, which I would like to listen to, as well as select the language: Russian on 1183 lectures are translated. And if you want to pump skills, for example, in the language of Esperanto - forward - and on it there are subtitles.
TED lectures feature - they are cheerful and cozy. The team knows how to make learning interesting and convenient.
Price: Free
iTunes U
Giant Apple has captivated the world, not only devices but also their approach to education. The library application iTunes U - lectures universities from different countries of the world, so there is an opportunity to choose not only a favorite or new items, but also to schools and teachers.
Personally, I like the selection of mini-lectures "60-Second Adventure in ...» In Religion, Economic, Thought, Astronomy, and so on. The minute cartoons funny men talk about the Big Bang, Marx or the economic bubble.
Courses in Russian in iTunes U is not a lot, and if they have, it is not always interesting. So, I managed to find a collection of lectures «iPad - depth study" designed to GAOU the Republic of Mari El teachers' Lyceum Bauman. " However, if you live according to the principle of "I want to know everything", and you will like it.
Price: Free
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