TOPIC: EDUCATION (117)

BookMentors

http://www.bookmentors.org

BookMentors is a nonprofit that connects teachers and students who need books with donors who want to give books. BookMentors is also a community of readers, writers, teachers, and publishers interested in sharing information about children's and young adult literature.

Wolfram Demonstrations Project

http://demonstrations.wolfram.com

Conceived by Mathematica creator and scientist Stephen Wolfram as a way to bring computational exploration to the widest possible audience, the Wolfram Demonstrations Project is an open-code resource that uses dynamic computation to illuminate concepts in science, technology, mathematics, art, finance, and a remarkable range of other fields.

SpeakLikeNative

http://speaklikenative.com

SpeaklikeNative shows people that learning foreign languages can be fun and entertaining. It provides lots of valuable resources for anyone who is willing to learn Spanish, German, Italian, French, Chinese or Japanese. What's more, SPL offers plenty of useful guides and clever tips and tricks for learning a new language.

P2PU

https://p2pu.org/en

The Peer 2 Peer University is a grassroots open education project that organizes learning outside of institutional walls and gives learners recognition for their achievements. P2PU creates a model for lifelong learning alongside traditional formal higher education. Leveraging the internet and educational materials openly available online, P2PU enables high-quality low-cost education opportunities. P2PU - learning for everyone, by everyone about almost anything.

Amistad Institute

http://www.aicr-edu.org

Founded in 2003, Amistad Institute is an organization located in Heredia, San Jose downtown, and Jaco Beach, Costa Rica. The Amistad Spanish school offers language classes, as well as exchange and volunteer programs all around the country from a staff that has near 20 years experience in the language immersion and volunteer industries. 

foratv

At FORA.tv, we believe that there are brilliant ideas expressed everyday, everywhere, and we don't want you to miss them. We've gathered the web's largest collection of unmediated video drawn from top conferences, universities, and public forums. We present this provocative, big-idea content for you to watch, interact with, and share --when, where, and how you want.

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Find Your Context

http://findyourcontext.education/

Find Your Context is your premiere guide to help you find the right higher education degree to fit the needs of your goals and aspirations. We are here to not to push you into a certain degree, but rather help find what your aspirations are in life, and help guide you to the right degree. Were passionate about education, and we're focused on delivering data driven insights.

FutureLearn

https://www.futurelearn.com

FutureLearn is a free online courses platform wholly owned by The Open University, with the benefit of over 40 years of experience in distance learning and online education. Our partners include over 20 of the best UK and international universities, as well as institutions with a huge archive of cultural and educational material, including the British Council, the British Library, and the British Museum.

myEDmatch

http://www.myedmatch.com

myEDmatch is a job-matching site that brings together good-fit schools and teachers based on their common beliefs about education. It's like online dating for education jobs.

Barefoot College

http://www.barefootcollege.org

Barefoot College is a non-governmental organization that has been providing basic services and solutions to problems in rural communities for more than 40 years, with the objective of making them self-sufficient and sustainable. These ‘Barefoot solutions’ can be broadly categorized into the delivery of Solar Electrification, Clean Water, Education, Livelihood Development, and Activism. With a geographic focus on the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), we believe strongly in Empowering Women as agents of sustainable change.

SoFi

https://www.sofi.com

The $1 trillion US student loan market is broken. SoFi was founded to offer an innovative approach to addressing this problem using the power of social communities to transform the industry. SoFi connects students and alumni through a dedicated lending pool and an original social community approach where students, alumni and schools all benefit. Alumni earn a compelling double bottom line return, students receive a lower loan rate than their private or federal options, and both sides benefit from the connections formed.

Free Rice

http://www.freerice.com

Not your average online trivia game. Freerice is an online educational game, that allows you to raise 10 grains of rice for every correct answer you choose. So far, it's raised enough to feed over 5 million people. The game is run by and supports the United Nations World Food Programme. Rice up against hunger!

Guy Fox History Project

http://www.guyfox.org.uk

Guy Fox History Project is an educational charity in London, with a simple mission: To create innovative activities and publications that encourage children to explore the world around them. Since 2000, we've created really fantastic educational resources which have been distributed to more than 200,000 children in London and beyond.

Open Culture

http://www.openculture.com

Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community.

Cyber Degree Hub

https://cyberdegreehub.com/

Cyber Degree Hub is dedicated to providing students with useful, unbiased information on different security degree programs, schools, and employment opportunities within this ever growing industry. They will never charge for their information and support and hope to show the online community what cyber security degrees can do for them!