{AF template=round_quotes} Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you’ll never cease to grown. Anthony. J. D’Angelo. {/AF}
Life is about continuous learning. It doesn’t matter if you are inside a classroom or not, the whole world is your classroom and you really can learn something new every single day of your life.
You must take the opportunity in front of you for continuous life learning and not just stop when your student days are over.
Foreign Languages
BBC Languages – Start learning a language with the BBC.
LiveMocha – Start learning a language for free in the world’s language online language learning community.
Radio Lingua – Learn a language anywhere, at anytime.
Mango Languages – Over 100 free lessons.
Free books
Bookboon – Free textbooks in PDF format.
Bookyards.com – Books and educational content available for free.
Planet eBook – Free ebooks (mostly literature) to download, all the classics.
E-book Directory – A directory of free ebooks to download
Read Print – An interactive online community who share books
Getfreebooks.com – More free ebooks!
Science and Health
Science – How Stuff Works – Jam packed with science lessons, more than you could ever get through.
LearningScience – A free open and learning community for showing newer and emerging tools to teach science
Scitable – A free science library and personal learning tool brought to you by Nature Publishing Group, the world’s leading publisher of science.
Geology.com – News and information about geology and earth science
Envirolink.org – Non profit organisation for environmental resources
Ted.com – This overlaps many categories but there are many fascinating science talks on TED.
The Science Forum – A forum for all things science related.
Wolfram Demonstrations – Bringing computational exploration to the masses.
Khan Academy – Delivering an extensive collection of maths and science lessons. Quite amazing.
Business and Money
Investopedia – The place to start if you are interested in investing.
VideoLectures – An extensive business video section.
Smarta.com – A great UK resource for budding entrepreneurs and start ups.
Ted.com – Don’t forget to look at TED for business videos too.
Mashable.com – For the latest news from the tech industry
TechCrunch – The latest news from the tech industry
TrendWatching – For the latest news in global consumer trends
History and Culture
MacroHistory – Tells the story of our ancestors, our parents and people today.
OpenUniversity – Some free courses on culture.
WikiUniversity – Great open resource with masses of free information.
Biography.com – Most popular biographies on notable historical figures.
History UK – Largest UK history archive.
BBC History – An in-depth look at the history of the United Kingdom.
{AF template=round_quotes} Education is not preparation for life; it is life itself. John Dewsey. {/AF}