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Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?

10 points by fvryan 15y ago

Wikipedia is great for research and I often go to YouTube for video tutorials. But where do you all go if you want to go more in depth and learn a new skill or subject?

tilt 15y ago
What's the topic? Here are some resources UC Berkeley Webcast/Courses http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php MIT's OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Mozilla's School of Webcraft http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/ http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/ Google Code University http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ http://www.khanacademy.org/ Ontwik http://ontwik.com/ http://ontwik.com/ Code School http://www.codeschool.com/ http://www.codeschool.com/ There are also a lot of startups focusing on tutoring&co, like http://www.skillshare.com/ http://www.skillshare.com/ http://edufire.com/ http://edufire.com/ http://www.tutorspree.com/ http://www.tutorspree.com/ http://www.udemy.com/ http://www.udemy.com/
- fvryan 15y ago
  awesome, thanks tilt! Just curious where fellow hackers go to learn across the spectrum :)
  - tilt 15y ago
    Far from being hacker myself, let's hear more from some serious ones
- pvarangot 15y ago
  India has a "Technology Enhanced Learning Program" called NPTEL. It includes video lectures for courses on many kind of engineering programmes, and everything is en English. - http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/ http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/ Not too long ago I wanted to get a little deeper on analog electronics and found their classes where more useful for me than the ones in OpenCourseWare. MIT's program I found better for Computer Science.
JayNeely 15y ago
Definitely depends on the topic. Typically I search for a forum dedicated to the subject. The forum's search will be great for finding generations of people asking how to do the same things you're now wondering about. And forums provide a living knowledge base rather than a static one.
- fvryan 15y ago
  Ya I def like this idea, but hate when I stumble on an old/dead topic with contributors long gone. So follow on questions can take forever
jeggers5 15y ago
I generally just use Google whenever I want anything. That way I just get pointed in the direction of the best resources. @tilt has the best list, though. Update your question to be more specific please so we can answer better :)
- fvryan 15y ago
  Ya I typically use Google as well to find tutorials. But how do you know you are finding the best resources on Google?
  - jeggers5 15y ago
    I don't! That's the problem, but I would generally ask on Twitter if I want something that's good quality, or one of the many Stack Exchange Sites.
mtimur 15y ago
If you are willing to pay, then http://www.pluralsight-training.net/ http://www.pluralsight-training.net/ is the great choice for learning Microsoft technologies.
salman89 15y ago
My school has license agreements with lynda.com.. Pretty good in depth video tutorials
nishantpant 15y ago
http://safaribooksonline.com http://safaribooksonline.com rocks. Thousands of books in pdf format for you to read. I am lucky that my company provides free annual access to it though. -Nick Be local anywhere! -http://loqly.me http://loqly.me Get our free iPhone app - http://bit.ly/e5u4jv http://bit.ly/e5u4jv

10 points by fvryan 15y ago

Wikipedia is great for research and I often go to YouTube for video tutorials. But where do you all go if you want to go more in depth and learn a new skill or subject?

tilt 15y ago

What's the topic? Here are some resources UC Berkeley Webcast/Courses http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php MIT's OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Mozilla's School of Webcraft http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/ http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/ Google Code University http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ http://www.khanacademy.org/ Ontwik http://ontwik.com/ http://ontwik.com/ Code School http://www.codeschool.com/ http://www.codeschool.com/ There are also a lot of startups focusing on tutoring&co, like http://www.skillshare.com/ http://www.skillshare.com/ http://edufire.com/ http://edufire.com/ http://www.tutorspree.com/ http://www.tutorspree.com/ http://www.udemy.com/ http://www.udemy.com/

fvryan 15y ago
awesome, thanks tilt! Just curious where fellow hackers go to learn across the spectrum :)
- tilt 15y ago
  Far from being hacker myself, let's hear more from some serious ones
pvarangot 15y ago
India has a "Technology Enhanced Learning Program" called NPTEL. It includes video lectures for courses on many kind of engineering programmes, and everything is en English. - http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/ http://www.nptel.iitm.ac.in/ Not too long ago I wanted to get a little deeper on analog electronics and found their classes where more useful for me than the ones in OpenCourseWare. MIT's program I found better for Computer Science.

JayNeely 15y ago

Definitely depends on the topic. Typically I search for a forum dedicated to the subject. The forum's search will be great for finding generations of people asking how to do the same things you're now wondering about. And forums provide a living knowledge base rather than a static one.

fvryan 15y ago
Ya I def like this idea, but hate when I stumble on an old/dead topic with contributors long gone. So follow on questions can take forever

jeggers5 15y ago

I generally just use Google whenever I want anything. That way I just get pointed in the direction of the best resources. @tilt has the best list, though. Update your question to be more specific please so we can answer better :)

fvryan 15y ago
Ya I typically use Google as well to find tutorials. But how do you know you are finding the best resources on Google?
- jeggers5 15y ago
  I don't! That's the problem, but I would generally ask on Twitter if I want something that's good quality, or one of the many Stack Exchange Sites.

mtimur 15y ago

If you are willing to pay, then http://www.pluralsight-training.net/ http://www.pluralsight-training.net/ is the great choice for learning Microsoft technologies.

salman89 15y ago

My school has license agreements with lynda.com.. Pretty good in depth video tutorials

nishantpant 15y ago

http://safaribooksonline.com http://safaribooksonline.com rocks. Thousands of books in pdf format for you to read. I am lucky that my company provides free annual access to it though. -Nick Be local anywhere! -http://loqly.me http://loqly.me Get our free iPhone app - http://bit.ly/e5u4jv http://bit.ly/e5u4jv