User:Gbaor/External link collection
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This should be (hopefully) a long list of external links related to educational materials on the internet. Feel free to add your suggestions, maybe with a short description.
Criteria for inclusion:
- Free, comprehensive and reliable learning resources
or
- Funny stuff (something special - not some common joke-site)
Biology edit
- All the Virology on the www - Informations about virology
- American institute of Biological Sciences - Media library - media files from AIBS annual meetings (video presentations - requires Adobe Flash Player 8, year 2007 also in mp3 format)
Agriculture edit
- Animal genetics training resource - learning materials with examples
- Sustaining agricultural biodiversity - definition, more links at the bottom of the page
- EAAP - European association for animal production
- EFABIS - European Farm animal biodiversity information system
- Globaldiv - EU founded project aimed to disseminate methodologies for the characterization and conservation of livestock genetic resources
- Knowledge Bank of Rare Breeds - web-based application and contains books, reports, links to interesting websites, relevant articles from scientific and professional journals, as well as visual aids such as PDFs of presentations from workshops and meetings, this initial version is available in Dutch only, click: CGN Algemene informatie > Onderwijs en voorlichting > Kennisbank > Kennisbank Zeldzame Landbouwhuisdieren > search menu ([1] shorter version to the search menu)
- SAVE foundation - Safeguard for Agricultural Varieties in Europe, link to conferences and workshops material
- Convention on Biological Diversity
- Millions Fed: Proven Successes in Agricultural Development - Learning from successes in agricultural development... + the book itself
- Good Practice Guides - from Convention on Biological Diversity website
- Biodiversity fact sheets - 2010 the Year of Biodiversity
- FAO
- Biotechnology in food and agriculture
- Domestic animal diversity
- FAO Newsroom
- Capacity Building Portal - search interface for learning resources (insert keyword or type of the resource)
- Food Quality and Standards Service - food quality and safety related website by FAO, see the topics on the left side
- The state of the world's animal genetic resources for food and agriculture - published annually by FAO, fulltext version (2007)
- Management of small populations at risk - book in pdf format
- International portal on Food Safety, Animal and Plant Health - standards, guidelines, regulations, risk assessments
- FAO Biosecurity Wiki - for users outside FAO is read only (!)
- FAO fact sheets - intended also for educational purposes and awareness raising campaigns.
- Agricultural Biotechnologies in Developing Countries - conference materials, long and short version of the documents
- Development issues
- Community of Practice for Pro-poor Livestock Development - link goes to the wiki area, but there are also other things to explore
Anthropology edit
- Neuroscience for kids - University of Washington
- Facts and figures about the brain - loaded with numbers, University of Washington
- The skull module - by Turhon Murad and Nanci Ellis, learning materials about the bones of the human skull, California State University
Evolution edit
- Darwin: The Origin of Species - the whole book
- Understanding evolution - comprehensive website about evolution of species, more about theory
- Tree of Life web project - another good site about evolution, nice graphics, more about taxonomy, many more www links
Genetics edit
- The Gene School - educational website about genetics
- Electronic Scholarly publishing - history of science, genetics, computational biology and genome research publications
- Virtual Library on Genetics - Click the "Biosciences" in the title for other topics
- Intermediate genetics - online version of a genetics course by Phillip McClean, good structure, relatively short but comprehensive
- Human genetics - at University of Illinois, Chicago, College of Medicine
- Learn.Genetics - at University of Utah, many-many useful and interesting things, Worth to try!
- GenomeMedicine - Medicine in the post-genomic era (free journal)
Quantitative and population genetics edit
- Population genetics - Textbook by Knud Christensen (also available as pdf - see the bottom of the page)
- Population genetics - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, open access
- Population genetics - PowerPoint Slides in pdf files, Washington University in St.Louis
- Quantitative Genetics Resources - by Michael Lynch and Bruce Walsh
- prof. Larry R. Schaeffer's page - check out "Courses" for quantitative genetics courses
- The Dictionary of Forestry - from Society of American Forests (also terms related to animal breeding)
Language edit
- Finding Information in Modern Languages - OpenLearn, introductory level
Dictionaries edit
English edit
- Learning English - check the forums
- Exploring the English language - OpenLearn, intermediate level
- Business English: researching a new location - OpenLearn, intermediate level
- Business English: making decisions - OpenLearn, intermediate level
- Business English: presenting the decision - OpenLearn, intermediate level
- English grammar in context - OpenLearn, advanced level
- Qedoc - multiple interactive exercises
French edit
- Ouverture - OpenLearn, introductory level
- Le quatorze juillet - OpenLearn, introductory level
- En ville - OpenLearn, intermediate level
- Bien dans sa peau - OpenLearn, intermediate level
German edit
- Regionen, Traditionen und Geschichte - OpenLearn, advanced level
- Lebensumstände - OpenLearn, intermediate level
- Qedoc - multiple interactive exercises
- Zielpunkt Deutsch - registration required
- German Steps - an online course for beginners
- Deutsche Welle - lot of learning materials and radio shows for beginners and intermediates
Spanish edit
- Espacios públicos - OpenLearn, introductory level
- La historia piedra a piedra - OpenLearn, intermediate level
- Con mis propias manos - OpenLearn, intermediate level
- Perspectivas porteñas - OpenLearn, advanced level
Mathematics edit
- Algebra.help - self descriptive title
- MathWorld - comprehensive mathematical resource
- All Elementary Mathematics - see also the study guide and lessons on the left side
Statistics edit
- StatLib - Datasets, software and news about statistics
- Statistics: Methods and Applications - very good textbook by Pawel Lewicki and Thomas Hill
- Dictionary of Statistics - in Hungarian, developed by Hungarian Society for Clinical Biostatistics
- Engineering Statistics Handbook - by the National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Biostatistics - Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- A-Level statistics - section of MathsRevision.net
Electronics edit
Computer edit
- web design - online tutorials
- inpics - computer tutorials based on pictures
- Python learning resources - large collection of external links on WV (not tested)
Fortran edit
- Free Fortran books
- Free Fortran compilers
- Force project - excellent and free editor and compiler, website probably not updated, but functional
- Clive Page's list of Fortran Resources
- Professional Programmer's Guide to Fortran77 - book by Clive G. Page
- Fortran90 for Fortran77 Programmers - by Clive Page
- Modular Programming withFortran 90 - learning material by Dr. A C Marshall
- Fortran90 link collection
- Fortran 90 Programming - Class Materials by John Mahaffy, Copyright
- Fortran90 - course by S. Ramsden, F. Lin, M. A. Pettipher, G. S. Noland, J. M. Brooke
Linux edit
- Linux Commands Line list - cheat sheet
- Shell for beginners - in German, cheat sheet for linux command line
- Learning the Shell - using the command line in Linux systems
- Linux Headquarters - tips&tricks, guides, tutorials
- Free online books about Linux
- Free Linux books
- 68 Linux related free e-books
R edit
- R The R Project for Statistical Computing (Official site)
- R archive (Manuals, downloads, etc.)
- R wiki
- R mailing lists - R-help - R-teaching - Posting guide
- Books on R and S
- Using R for psychological research: A simple guide to an elegant package
- How to use R
- One R Tip a Day - blog
- Rtips
- R-Cookbook - Delicious, statistical-computing recipes
- SAS and R
- R Bloggers
SAS edit
- sasCommunity.org - Mediawiki pages for SAS
- Frequently Asked Questions and Answers - SAS, SPSS and few other things from The University of Texas in Austin
- Statistical computing - SAS, SPSS, Stata
e-Learning edit
Possible ways to create e-learning material (for online or offline usage)
Fun edit
- The Order of the Stick (in Czech) - Funny comics with D&D theme, WP entry
- Evil Overlord Random Plot Generator - If I were an Evil Overlord I would follow these rules, instead of common mistakes of my predecessors
- Heroes of WoW - webcomics
- Looking for Group - again a WoW related webcomics
- The Internet? Bah! - NEWSWEEK, From the magazine issue dated Feb 27, 1995
- PhD comics
Other learning resources edit
- Internet Archive - free access to books, music and video
- dmoz open directory project - much bigger collection of links about everything, WP entry
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- OpenLearn
- science commons
- Knol
- watchknow.org - educational videos for kids
- Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009
- The lives and technologies of early career researchers
- University of Canberra - Dashboard
Blogosphere edit
- Leigh Blackall - social media, education and networked learning
- Academic Blog - feat. James Neill
- Openeducation news
- SAS and R
Courseware edit
- Open Courseware Consortium - list of pages with learning materials
- The World’s 50 Best Open Courseware Collections - blog entry
- Top 10 Free Open Courseware Directories - blog entry
- Top 50 Official University Blogs - blog entry
Educational wikis edit
- Business English Online
- CDSPD
- Web 2.0 Cool tools for School
- EdOrigami
- EduTech Wiki
- Getting Tricky With Wikis
- Indispensible Tools
- NDSL wiki
- Open Thinking
- Ozge Karaoglu’s wiki
- Springfield Township Virtual Library
- The UDLTechToolKit
- Web 2.0 Guru
- WikiEducator
- Education Wikia
- Academic Publishing Wiki
- Quedoc - interactive learning resources, wiki-style
- CHDWiki - Congenital Heart Defects Wiki on a high scientific level from genetics and genomics field (see the full paper)
See also edit
- Composing free and open online educational resources
- Educational wikis
- Hunter-gatherers project
- Open Educational Resources
- User:Remi/Learning links
- User:Remi/Learning
- wikia.com - lots of different Wikis with very wide development status and a possibility to create a new one
- University of Canberra
- Wikiversity:School and university projects