User:Gbaor/External link collection

From Wikiversity

Jump to: navigation, search

My subpages: Minors - External link collection - Custodianship - Monobook - Sandbox - Sandbox2 - Template sandbox - Thoughts - Will do

Resource type: this resource is a collection of other resources.

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

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
- English as second language

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]

United States Navy Electronic Training Course

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)