7 best online educational platform, which will open up new possibilities Bashny.Net

Knowledge and educated people - is a valuable resource of the modern world, such as oil or gold. Nowadays there are many online courses where you can learn about everything from the design to the structure of the universe, and even get a certificate, for example, Stanford University. Grow as mushrooms and other learning platforms and educational projects, and users are beginning to look a lecture on astrophysics instead serials. < Website publishes a selection of the best sites that debunk the myth that education - it's boring

Coursera



. Coursera is aimed primarily at those who want to improve their own professional skills, broaden our understanding of a particular area of ​​expertise, to increase its attractiveness to long-term employers. So remember: if you want to receive a certificate of course - will have in a few months, do homework, write essays and participate in discussions. Here you can find a serious basis for the soft-touch hobby - be it comics or Scandinavian series. And if you do not want to do "homework" and just want to listen to lectures and read additional material on the course still have to write: they start at a certain time, year-round open courses are very few

. Russian students courses on Coursera recommend models of thinking, creativity Rolling Stones in 1962-1974's and social psychology, and among the most popular in recent years become a gamification courses in business and "learn to learn". In Western countries, certificates passed on Coursera courses counted as additional training for a job. In Russia, this practice is not yet widespread, but we think it's a matter of the near future.

«Arzamas»



"Imagine that you are enrolled in an ideal university, free at the same time, and each week you are invited to a new department - or, rather to say, the chair", - says one of the founders of the "Arzamas", the former chief editor of the "Big City" Philip Dzyadko .

This domestic educational project dedicated to the humanities and consists of thematic courses that go every week. Each course of the "Arzamas" - a comprehensive and extremely boring dipping into some unexpected topic, with additional text, video, pictures and witty tests in the spirit of "Who of you heroes of Russian epics?»

. "Arzamas" seeks to surprise, to give food for thought and new occasions for conversation, so no exams and certificates is not here. Lectures are delivered by the best Russian scientists (who can, importantly, to talk about his fascinating subject), and materials make talented journalists, culture, art and other last-minute idea of ​​education experts.

«Lectorium"



Academic educational project sochatayuschy a two directions: a huge library, which is full of interesting video lectures by leading professors of Russian universities, and their own online courses. For example, there is a romantic course "Petersburg intersections" - literary walks in St. Petersburg, where you can learn about "the city on the Neva" Brodsky and the Bloc, "The Bronze Horseman" by Pushkin and "little man" of Dostoevsky. And there is a practical course in a historical perspective, "Theory of Money. From seashells to Bitcoins ", or, for example, an intriguing" Bionics. Nanokiborgi ". Lectures on programming languages, geometry and databases, courses on probability theory and engineering ...

Especially popular in recent years for some reason, he enjoys "Celestial Mechanics", where you can get a basic knowledge about the laws of motion of celestial bodies, and then go to the problems of modern physics and cosmology.

«Universarium"



"We teach to learn" - the slogan of another leading national platform "Universariuma", which in 2014 won the prize "Made in Russia", "Snob" magazine in the category "Education". As "Lectorium", the platform - free and works on technology of massive open online course. Unlike "Lectorium" are much more courses very different directions: space, design, management, culture, nuclear physics, macroeconomics and more. You can choose courses' on topics and interests ", read brief descriptions and recorded on the desired course in anticipation of the start - all almost as Coursera. Valuable Unlike "Universariuma" Western colleagues - is that there is not only the ordinary courses, but also courses for children and parents, including training games, drawing and animation

"Stepik"


"Molecular biology and genetics", "folklore Archaeology mythological motifs on the world map", "Computer Graphics: Fundamentals", "Journalism and Media Literacy" - online educational resource Stepic.org also can find free courses to suit all tastes, although mainly resource still imprisoned on all sorts of math, work with computer systems, programming, and yet for some reason - cytology and genetics

. "Stepik" maybe not as entertaining as other platforms, but it is working not only to scientists, but also practitioners, for example, here you can find a lecture on "Yandex" or employees of the Internet newspaper "Paper". And yet there is a huge database for a variety of tasks (mostly again - mathematical and computer) disciplines

edX



. edX combines video lectures, reading and independent building, with absolutely no limit himself to topics and areas of knowledge. The most popular resource training to date (of those who will soon start) - "Introduction to the cloud," "Introduction to the Steel", "Creative problem solving and decision-making»

. Apparently, the new trend in the modern self-education - a scientific approach to a healthy lifestyle. edX offers just two popular course: "Science and Cooking" (by Harvard professors!) and "Nutrition and Health»

. Both courses are, of course, are the real scientists, as a result, you can get a certificate, so that the confidence of the problems that cause videoblogs on Youtube, you can not think. The only drawback EDX - perhaps the exception of English-speaking (Coursera, for example, have gradually master the Russian higher education institutions). But if you have no problems with English - do not pass by

Postnauka



. Internet project "PostNauka" allows scientists to talk about their research in the first person - through videos. "We believe it is important to talk first of all about the basic science, transferring to it the focus from the application areas as well as coverage of current theories, ideas, concepts, laws and concepts in modern fields of knowledge" - explain the organizers

. The project does not involve classical courses and independent tasks - here come the "educated people who are interested in additional knowledge," ready-to-complex information

. The beauty of "PostNauki" in that it connects complex and everyday. For example, a sociologist talks about the research methods of our perception of what you see on movie screens and in the category "Books" to be found "5 books on the psychology of emotions" or "5 books about sleep studies»



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