Most of us spend some amount of time--sometimes a lot!--online. Instead of chasing after provocative headlines and weird old tricks, why not spend time on sites that will make you smarter in life, shrewder in business, and wiser in leadership?
Here are 30 of the best sites for professional and personal development. Learn as an individual or connect your team.
1. TED Talks
TED's tagline is "ideas worth spreading." TED Talks is a video collection in the form of short, powerful speeches on every subject imaginable (18 minutes or less).
2. Brain Pickings
Brain Pickings has interesting posts drawn from art, science, design, history, and philosophy.
3. 99U
99U's actionable insights on productivity, organization, and leadership help creative people push ideas forward.
4. Lynda
Lynda has thousands of video tutorials covering technical, creative, and business skills, all taught by industry experts.
5. University of the People
University of the People is a nonprofit, tuition-free online university based in California and committed to educational access and inclusion.
6. Learnist
Learnist is a collaborative knowledge-sharing site where users create and curate "learning boards" composed of text, images, video, and audio.
7. Alison
Alison offers free online courses with certification and diploma options.
8. Mental Floss
Mental Floss tests your knowledge through quizzes, brainteasers, and games.
9. Brain Pump
Brain Pump lets you learn something new and feeds your curiosity, through a vast library of entertaining videos on topics ranging from chemistry to physics to history.
10. Peer 2 Peer University
Peer 2 Peer University is an open education project in which learners gather in lightly organized circles that meet at public libraries and other accessible sites.
11. Platzi
Platzi offers live-streamed courses--many free--on topics including web and app development, online marketing, interface design, and server administration.
12. edX
EdX, a collaborative project of Harvard University and MIT, provides free online courses and classes from the world's best universities and other institutions.
13. OpenSesame
OpenSesame is a marketplace for business-oriented online training.
14. Udacity
At Udacity, find free online courses, self-paced with code reviews, when you want to make a career change or get a new job.
15. Coursmos
Coursmos is a micro-course platform with short video lessons on topics ranging from business to lifestyle.
16. Highbrow
Highbrow lets you choose one course and receive new knowledge every morning. Super-brief lessons are delivered to your inbox. Learn, grow, repeat ... in all subjects: art, health, history, literature, logic, nature, philosophy, productivity.
17. Coursera
Coursera is a platform where anyone can take free online classes from 120-plus top universities--including Stanford, Yale, and Princeton--and educational organizations.
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