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About self-education, learning, education generally, schools, colleges, & includes many topics you might learn at university. Keywords: auto didact, autodidact, knowledge, guides, science, studying.

Welcome geeks & free thinkers!

Wiki:

Please see our wiki page.

Allies:

Cool subs:

Rules:

  1. We'll remove anything "teaching" religion or internet marketing.
  2. No racism or personal attacks.
  3. No anti-vax stuff.

/r/selfeducation

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Personalized learning

My team is working on a personalized learning app called Edvancium.

The app’s main feature: learning adapts to your experience and interests, so we’re aiming to make it less boring. With examples that resonate with the learner, the material is easier to remember.

We’re still in the early stages, completely free, and we want to gather as much feedback as possible to make it genuinely useful and maybe help make learning a habit.

If it sounds like something you’d like to try and give feedback on, Edvancium is live on both the App Store and Google Play

Thank you—your feedback means the world to us!

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2024/10/31
11:41 UTC
2

Where to take maths classes (Calculus 1-3, linear algebra, etc) for college credit?

Hey, I’ve Seen that I can take College Algebra, precalculus and calculus at ASUs Universal Learner Courses (https://ea.asu.edu/courses/). Does anyone know something similar for higher maths, and receive college credit?

*Not Sophia or study.com.

4 Comments
2024/10/20
06:36 UTC
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Would you like it?

Hello, I'm a native spanish speaker andjust wondering if you were interested in buying a super low-cost (so anyone should afford it) spanish course, as a native I can teach you in a fast way, I mean, not the boring grammar or stuff like that but I can teach you by a book how to REALLY SPEAK Spanish and how to understand it, would you agree if I do so?

The same stuff for the Spanish speakers (the only thing here that's I'm not a English native speaker but I can teach you anyways in the same way I would do with non Native spanish speakers)

Thank you so much for reading my post 😄

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2024/10/16
01:12 UTC
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How to teach myself after spotty HS education? Math and Biology

I tried to start Khan Academy but I find even pre-algebra hard. I decided to start at 3rd grade which I can of course fly through and then just build up until things get hard.

For bio I did the same, started highschool biology from Khan and some things are hard some easier but I don’t feel any structure doing either. I also tried borrowing a HS biology textbook, that classic one with the parrot on it, but found it hard to focus with all of the fluff in it (a bunch of useless info about “science is so cool, it helps us do things”).

How can I systematically learn? Are there any discord servers with people who can give advice and help? I really want to have a strong highschool level or preparedness before I start community college. I work very well with structure and being told exactly what to read/work on in what order, I am not good at all at self direction.

Also any good AI to use as almost a teacher to ask questions or reword concepts?

3 Comments
2024/10/11
15:35 UTC
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Offering online organic chemistry tutoring

Hello, I am now offering online organic chemistry tutoring for anyone who is interested. Feel free to DM me for rates or visit www.whizteach.com/ Check out my instagram www.instagram.com/ocw.tutoring/ for chemistry content and problems that I upload on a regular basis and my subreddit r/chemistry_helper. I have a PhD in chemistry and have been tutoring for over 10 years.

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2024/10/04
18:57 UTC
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What courses do you recommend that explain how to learn effectively?

4 Comments
2024/08/30
13:22 UTC
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Looking for testers: Spaced repetition planner app

Hi, I'm a solo developer who developed an app to schedule and organized revisions with a method called spaced repetition which consists of scheduling revisions at optimal times for maximal retention of the information you learned. I developed this app because all the other spaced repetition apps revolve around flashcards but the problem is that I didn't want to make flashcards, I just wanted a reminder for when my next revisions are and to organize them. With my app you can see which revisions you missed, which ones you've done, you attach your notes to your revisions and you can do many more things.

It took me around 5 months to build this initial version and now, I'm looking for testers. For this, I'll need you to send me your email address so that I can add you to my so called "closed test" (as Google calls it). Then, I'll send you a link that will allow you to download my app on the Google play store : )

2 Comments
2024/08/26
16:11 UTC
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Offering online organic chemistry tutoring

Hello, I am now offering online organic chemistry tutoring for anyone who is interested. Feel free to DM me for rates or visit www.whizteach.com/ Check out my instagram www.instagram.com/ocw.tutoring/ for chemistry content and problems that I upload on a regular basis and my subreddit r/chemistry_helper. I have a PhD in chemistry and have been tutoring for over 10 years.

0 Comments
2024/08/10
06:15 UTC
2

Looking for a study group

I’ve been self educating in math for about 4 years now going from on level geometry to ring theory, topology and university physics, currently I’m starting off in topology and would love refreshers with ring theory as well as any other mathematical branch or subject you would like to talk about if your interested in something like that hmu!

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2024/08/01
23:57 UTC
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Learning App Beta Test

Hi Everyone! I was tired of researching and having to organize video links when I created my own learning paths / courses to learn new skills, so I created an App powered by AI to do it.

How it works:

  1. Create a learning path / course for any topic you would like to learn (either a short or long course)
  2. Path will be created split into different sections with learning outcomes
  3. Click what you would like to learn and relevant YouTube videos will be fetched, as well as articles and bonus learning content
  4. Tick off completed videos and try the AI generated quizzes

Give this app a try and unlock free self-learning like never before, quick and easy:
https://prodigy-ai-app.bubbleapps.io/version-test

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2024/08/01
19:48 UTC
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Cycle Breaking

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2024/07/28
03:01 UTC
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The entirety of my Hospitality and Tourism degree in one afordable textbook

Marketing for Hospitality and Tourism by Philip Kotler. The whole book is day to day work information for restaurants, hotels, event management, tourism businesses, etc, unlike other textbooks which only have a few chapters of useful info. It is affordable and thorough, all restaurant owners should have one.

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2024/07/11
14:57 UTC
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Medical Code/Billing

Does anyone have any information that they can share with me in regards to getting free online certification for medical billing and coding? I’m 61 years old and being a waitress for most of my career, my body just can’t take it anymore. Any information is very helpful thank you.

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2024/07/08
04:16 UTC
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I made a list of educational YouTube channels.

The full list with a table of contents is available on GitHub.

Biology:

Physics:

Chemistry:

General Science:

Anatomy/Medicine:

Science Experiments and Building Stuff:

Math:

Electronics:

Engineering:

Computer Science:

Coding:

Space:

Lectures:

General Explanation:

Music:

Chill:

Outdoors:

Travel:

History:

Documentaries:

Workshop:

Blue Collar:

Philosophy:

Cooking:

Other:

Podcasts:

Useful Websites:

Online Learning:

4 Comments
2024/07/06
14:26 UTC
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A Simple Resource Tracker for Autodidacts

Hi everyone, I hope this community is doing well and everyone is getting on well with their respective self-education pursuits.

Being an avid hobbyist and pursuer of many passions and arts, I find myself a lot of the time consuming a bunch of online resources. A lot of the time when I read something useful I tend to bookmark it and pretty much it never sees the light of day again as I never really bother to review it again. I found this to be an issue because I think it's important to review material you've actually gained value from time to time in order to fully benefit from it.

If this sounds like something you've personally felt was missing in your routine, or you may want a cleaner alternative to bookmarking your resources, then please read on!

Recently I've worked on a web application that allows self-learners (autodidacts) - such as yourself - to easily keep track of the materials we consume like articles and videos in our learning journey.

I've created a short demo to showcase this web app with you so please have look if this is something you're interested in - thanks :¬)

Link to demo: https://youtu.be/8kBtBUK6hY0

2 Comments
2024/06/24
16:03 UTC
3

Free MIT philosophy course - Problems of Philosophy - starts June 4

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2024/05/30
04:36 UTC
2

Offering online organic chemistry tutoring

Hello, I am now offering online organic chemistry tutoring for anyone who is interested. Feel free to DM me for rates or visit www.whizteach.com/ Check out my instagram www.instagram.com/ocw.tutoring/ for chemistry content and problems that I upload on a regular basis and my subreddit r/chemistry_helper. I have a PhD in chemistry and have been tutoring for over 10 years.

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2024/05/24
20:50 UTC
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how to start doing something?

Hi all! I have a problem, I don’t know how to start doing something... You know, when I want to do something, I am overwhelmed by laziness and sadness. I can't start doing anything. I have many ideas on how to realize myself financially, but I’m still too lazy. Every time something bothers me. Maybe you can give some advice? Can I start making a to-do list or something? Or maybe I need to create a discipline? but how?

4 Comments
2024/05/18
11:11 UTC
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Offering online organic chemistry tutoring

Hello, I am now offering online organic chemistry tutoring for anyone who is interested. Feel free to DM me for rates or visit www.whizteach.com/ Check out my instagram www.instagram.com/ocw.tutoring/ for chemistry content and problems that I upload on a regular basis and my subreddit r/chemistry_helper. I have a PhD in chemistry and have been tutoring for over 10 years.

0 Comments
2024/04/30
20:54 UTC
1

How to stop thinking about grades?

These thoughts and worries bring stress, too much stress and i can't concentrate on studying.

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2024/03/21
12:28 UTC
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Language learning The to-go guide(I guess)

Hello lady or gentleman!Im Matthew,I learned english and spanish by myself(currently learning german/french)and I know that many people dont know how to start,so ill tey to give you some ground to stand on so you can begin climbing the mountain that learning a language is.

1-Select Language: Obviously you firstly need to select the language you wanna learn and there are multiple factors that can decide a good language to learn,apart from interest,such as the language's family,slavic,romance,germanic etc. And this can make it WAY easier to learn a language,for a portuguese speaker for example,italian or spanish are easier than other unrelated languages like mandarin or arabic.

2-Know your tools: Apps,Videos,A.I,People,Books,Music,Games are some of the various ways to begin to learn anything,for an instance,I began learning english when the 6y.o me went across a language barrier in Roblox,yes that one Roblox,I used Google translate and media to begin understanding english,which also made me learn it quickly to the point its even better than my mother tongue-portuguese-sometimes.

3-Acknowledge basic information on the language:

-Is this language pro-drop?(always requires pronouns or not)

-Are the pronounciations consistent?

-Does it use another writing system?

-Does it have any specific resource that is widely used?(for example the conjugation classes in spanish and portuguese of verbs ended in -ar -ir -er -or)

-Any special character?(ç,ł,ß,œ etc.)

If you keep those in mind,you re good to actually begin

4-The beggining:

Search for pronouns firstly,they are usually the backbone of any language,then verbs(present and simple past first usually are welcome),learn prepositions and adverbs,they are more than essencial,learn greetings and farewells,learn what you'll actually use or hear,yes you don't need to learn how to say unnatural things like how to call every single kind of number and colour at first.

Learning idioms is important too,in portuguese for example when someone says something surprising they normally say "Sério?"and that means "Serious?"literally translating,whilst in english you'd normally say "Really?" or "For real?" and both are far from natural in the lusophone culture.

5 Consume content actively:

Our world is surrounded by media,and being able to adapt is one of our brain's most gorgeous capacities,make yourself watch the said language's content creators,you'll end up learning lots of idioms like this because they speak the folk way of the language,not the "book way" of it.

6 Thanks for reading: I've gotta say it,I don't know if this article was as clear as I wanted it to be but if you end up trying to learn a new language and could perhaps tell an experience of yours for better texts,I'd appreciate it a lot!By the way,if you have any questions on portuguese or spanish or even english(that's weird considering what you just read)private chat's open. Thank you again!(sorry for long article)

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2024/03/15
01:04 UTC
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How to 80/20 become more knowledgable?

How to become more educated / knowledgable?

I know it's not black and white but in certain areas, like anyone, I lack knowledge.

Till I started paying more attention to maps as a decision, I sucked at geography.

I don't know much history outside of big events.

I want to know how key things work like siphons, fulcrums, etc etc.

I want to know important psychology topics.

I want to know how politics work.

Basically I want all of the 80/20 of key areas of life without going down rabbit holes. I'm going for breadth or depth here as it's not going to drastically change my life in the short/medium term, I'd just like to see what I can do to be more informed.

The closest thing I've seen to what I need is the "a very short introduction" book series.

A lot of people say read, travel. But read what? Textbooks? Travel with what money etc. I'm sure they are great ideas but a bit cliche.

Any advice is appreciated!

6 Comments
2024/02/21
12:49 UTC
2

Fixing Study Habits. (Or gaining new ones in this case)

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2024/02/16
19:56 UTC
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Offering online organic chemistry tutoring

Hello, I am now offering online organic chemistry tutoring for anyone who is interested. Feel free to DM me for rates or visit www.whizteach.com/ Check out my instagram www.instagram.com/ocw.tutoring/ for chemistry content and problems that I upload on a regular basis and my subreddit r/chemistry_helper. I have a PhD in chemistry and have been tutoring for over 10 years.

0 Comments
2024/02/03
23:32 UTC
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Self-ed or classical education?

Hi, I have doubts about what I'm doing right now, so I decided to ask other people. Well, I finished high school one year ago (it will be two years soon). And, after that, I haven't gone to any university or college. But in my country, if you haven't done that, then you're considered a loser. However, my family and I have no money for a good education, so I take free courses, for example, on programming or something similar. (Plus, I have health problems.) Also, I want to attend a university with a scholarship or something similar in another country, and I've been preparing for this. But now, I've started a YouTube channel, and very soon, I'm going to launch a startup that will help in self-education. Well, I want to hear other opinions, should I go to cheap college or try to achieve more?

2 Comments
2024/01/28
21:39 UTC
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7 Techniques for Essay Writing You Can Use to Improve Your Texts

If you want to improve your essay writing, try these 7 techniques that will help you improve papers and get better grades:

  1. Start with an outline. Don't miss this part. Writing a structured outline helps organize your thoughts and plan what you are writing about.
  2. Brainstorming. Lack of ideas? Take a few minutes to write down any thoughts that come to mind, even if they seem random. Take a walk, talk to somebody, or read examples of essays similar to yours, using blogs.
  3. Write in short, clear sentences. Think about your reader. Nobody wants to read complex sentences with large descriptions. Use descriptive language and simple sentences. Avoid passive voice.
  4. Use strong verbs. Make your essay more lively by swapping weak verbs for strong, action-packed ones. It adds energy and clarity to your writing.

Weak Verb: "They talked quietly."Strong Verb: "They whispered conspiratorially."

  1. Use specific, concrete examples. Make your writing clearer by using real-life examples that are specific and easy to understand. Your own experience? Great!

  2. Transitional phrases. Use transitions to connect paragraphs. Transitional words are like bridges between parts of your essay:

  • time transition words: afterward, whenever, meanwhile, during, etc.;
  • addition transition words: moreover, finally, in the second place, etc..

7)Edit and revise. Proofread for errors and refine your essay for clarity and coherence. Ask for feedback if needed.

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3 Comments
2024/01/25
09:20 UTC
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Platform for self-learners to learn anything

Being a self-learner, I always struggled with wanting to learn everything but not being able to
(1) find a starting point
(2) see how the things I learn are connected
(3) manage my learning (mark the concepts that I already know so I can skip them in the future) and
(4) fit my learning into my busy schedule.

So I end up building a website (https://afaik.io/) for myself and folks like me. The goal is to learn a bit of everything on daily bases for free. Here's a few things you can do with it:
(1) Atomic learning: The minimal unit is called a "brick", which takes about 10 minutes to learn. You can go to a focus learning mode by clicking "Start learning".
(2) Knowledge Management: You can mark a brick as "learned" or "interested" to keep track of your learning.
(3) See the big picture: The map shows how subjects are interconnected (see how calculus connects machine learning and physical science as a bridge!), and golden dots (bricks) are interdisciplinary ones.
(4) See knowledge connections: A bunch of bricks make a "brickset" (think about how Lego bricks make a brickset!), and if you click the map on the sidebar you can see how bricksets are connected (which shows prerequisite relationship of these knowledge). For example, the prerequisites for RNN (Recurrent Neural Networks): https://afaik.io/nebula?category=brickset&id=GbnNbw6W&mode=dagre
(5) Personalization: It sends you daily brick recommendations based on what you learned, making sure that you learn adaptively.
(6) Follow a learning path: Blueprints is a syllabus that provides you a learning path.

I hope this is a useful tool for self-learners like me, and any suggestions and feedback are appreciated.

8 Comments
2023/12/07
21:39 UTC
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