Smart List: 30 Ways to Learn Almost Anything

Getting Smart is acknowledging people and organizations making a difference with a series of back to school top 10 lists. During August we are running about 40 ‘best of’ lists–not in order, not exhaustive, just people we appreciate.

Today we are recognizing 30 open resources for K-12, postsecondary, and anytime learning.

Open Education Resources K-12

• CK-12: flexbooks, FlexMath, and more

• Curriki: big community around big library

• Gooru: search engine for education

• OpenEd Institute: biggest Core-aligned catalog

• Khan Academy: 4000 videos on math & more

• OER Commons: dedicated to innovation in open education content & practices

• PowerMyLearning: grade level collections

• NROC: high school science & math

• California Learning Resources Network: Free Digital Textbook Initiative

• iCivics: open resources for learning civics

Postsecondary OER

• Academic Earth: free online courses from the world’s top universities

• iTunes U: view a course, make a course

• Saylor: 250 college courses across 13 subject areas

• Writing Commons: Freshman English from USF

• Connexions: open library from Rice

• MIT OpenCourseWare

• Wikipedia & WikiEducator

• African Virtual University

• PhET Interactive Simulations

• Washington State’s Open Course Library Project: resources for 42 courses

Anytime Learning

• Coursera: the world’s best courses for free

• General Assembly: learn from experts on business, tech & design

• Udemy: online courses from expert teachers

• LearnZillion: great instructional resources for teachers

• edX: non-profit created by Harvard and MIT

• Udacity: bringing quality courses to the world

• Canvas: open online courses

• MentorMob: education search engine

• Skillshare: project-based classes, anytime, anywhere

• TED-Ed: create customized lessons around TED videos

We appreciate the open resources leadership of the Hewlett Foundation and Creative Commons.

What did we miss?  What would you add?

Coursera, General Assembly, Udemy, Learn Zillion are Learn Capital portfolio companies where Tom Vander Ark is a partner.