Education
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Education, generally |
Colleges and Universities |
Lifelong Learning
Education, generally
- Education - An annotated list of reference Websites (Alcove 9, Library of Congress)
- Education Atlas - Detailed information for all levels of education
- Education World - Links to 500,000 sites!
- Educause - Advises on IT use in education
- Net-Happenings - Mailing list of K-12 Web sites (Educational CyberPlayGround)
Lesson Plans and Course Materials, Curriculum:
- Library of Congress Teachers' Page
- Annenberg Learner - Videos and workshops for teachers [Learner.org]
- Discovery Education
- EDSITEment - Curriculum resources on arts and culture, foreign language, history and social studies, and literature and language arts (National Endowment for the Humanities)
- Kathy Schrock's Guide to Everything - Includes many lesson plans
- The Learning Network - "Teaching & Learning with the New York Times
- Learning Page - Lesson plans and other materials for teachers who want to
use materials from the American Memory project (Library of Congress)
- Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) - Course materials on all subjects, from around the Web
- Teacher Resources (Library of Congress)
- TeacherServe - "Divining America: Religion in American History," "Nature Transformed: The Environment in American History," and "Freedom's Story: Teaching African-American Literature and History" (National Humanities Center)
- WatchKnow - Free educational videos for K-12 students
Study Guides:
- A+ Research & Writing for High School
and College Students (Internet Public Library)
- Shmoop - Study guides on many subjects
Homework Help:
- BJ Pinchbeck's Homework Helper
- Homework Center (Info Please)
- Homework Spot
Education Statistics:
- U.S. National Center for Education Statistics
Tests:
- Finding Psychological of Educational Evaluation Tests (National Library of Medicine)
- Test Reviews Online - Reviews of mental measurements, both developmental and educational. Full reviews are available for a fee.
Early Childhood Education:
- Child Care and Early Education Research Connections
Education Research and Indexes:
- Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) - Databases of reports, etc. on education (U.S. Dept. of Education)
- National Library of Education
- AERA SIG Communication of Research - Open access journals in education (American Educational Research Association)
- EdResearch Online - Australian site providing full-text journal articles for a fee
- Education-Line - U.K. database of conference papers, working papers, and electronic
literature in education
Colleges and Universities
For lists of universities in specific countries outside the U.S., see my area studies
pages.
Web Directories of Colleges and Universities:
- Braintrack University Index - Universities in 161 countries
- College Profiles
- Index of American Universities
- U.S. Universities, by State (U. of Texas)
- English Department Home Pages Worldwide
Rankings and Guides:
- College and University Rankings - Links to many sources of rankings. Don't miss the section on Caution and Controversy (University of Illinois, Education and Social Science Library)
- College Board
- College Navigator (National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept. of Education)
- College Scorecard - Get help choosing a college based on government data
- Peterson's Education Portal - Test preparation, scholarship database, as well as college info
- Princeton Review
- U.S. College Search
Online Courses, MOOCs:
MOOCs are massive open online courses.
- Coursera - Online courses from leading universities, though no college credit is
awarded
- edX - Courses from a consortium of world universities
- Udacity - Some courses include feedback, coaching, and a certificate for a fee. Most
courses have to do with computer science and related sci-tech fields.
Curricula and Courseware; Lectures:
These sites may not provide full courses, but they do provide materials, such as syllabi or video lectures.
- Academic Earth - Video lectures from great teachers
- Courseopedia - Find courses near you, both online and in-person
- Khan Academy - Video lectures on academic subjects
- Open Courseware Collections, Podcasts, and Videos - Some of the sites listed are colleges and universities; others are libraries, broadcast networks, cultural institutions (OEDb)
- UCTV: University of California Television - Video lectures on many topics
- World Lecture Hall - Course materials from around the world
- Free Academic Podcasts - Selected college courses
- Video Lectures.net
Scholarships, Financial Aid, etc.:
- FastWeb - Scholarships, financial aid, and
other ways to pay for college
Preparation:
- College is Possible - Advice for
those who thought they might not get to college (American Council on Education)
Education News:
- Chronicle of Higher Education
- New York Times College page
Higher-Education Reform:
- Tuition-Free
MIT - A thought-provoking article by Philip Greenspun
Miscellanea:
- Beloit College
Mindset List - Annual list by a Wisconsin college purporting
to explain incoming freshmen to professors
Lifelong Learning
- Open Culture - "The best free cultural & educational media on the Internet":
online courses, language courses, textbooks, e-books, audio books, movies, etc.
- Online Education Database (OEDb) - Online colleges, distance learning, continuing education
