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?
Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
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Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#2What's the topic? Here are some resources
UC Berkeley Webcast/Courses http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
MIT's OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Mozilla's School of Webcraft http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/
Google Code University http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html
Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/
Ontwik http://ontwik.com/
Code School http://www.codeschool.com/
There are also a lot of startups focusing on tutoring&co, like
Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#3What's the topic? Here are some resources UC Berkeley Webcast/Courses http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php MIT's OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Mozilla's School of Webcraft http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/ Google Code University http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ Ontwik http://ontwik.com/ Code School http://www.codeschool.com/ There are also…
awesome, thanks tilt!
Just curious where fellow hackers go to learn across the spectrum :)
Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#4Definitely 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.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#5What's the topic? Here are some resources UC Berkeley Webcast/Courses http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php MIT's OpenCourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm Mozilla's School of Webcraft http://p2pu.org/en/schools/school-of-webcraft/ Google Code University http://code.google.com/edu/courses.html Khan Academy http://www.khanacademy.org/ Ontwik http://ontwik.com/ Code School http://www.codeschool.com/ There are also…
awesome, thanks tilt! Just curious where fellow hackers go to learn across the spectrum :)
Far from being hacker myself, let's hear more from some serious ones
Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#6I 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 :)
Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#7I 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 :)
Ya I typically use Google as well to find tutorials. But how do you know you are finding the best resources on Google?
Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#8Definitely 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.
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
Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#9If you are willing to pay, then http://www.pluralsight-training.net/ is the great choice for learning Microsoft technologies.
Re: Ask HN: Where do you go to Learn Online?
#10I 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 :)
Ya I typically use Google as well to find tutorials. But how do you know you are finding the best resources on Google?
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.