Education
165 sites
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- Schools & Universities (15)
- Tutorials & How-To (71)
- Reference (78)
https://math.dartmouth.edu/archive/c18w99/public_html
The official course page for Dartmouth College's 'Math and Science Fiction' class from Winter 1999, taught by Professors Davies and Trout, exploring the intersection of mathematics and science fiction literature. Featuring a syllabus, assignments, course readings from authors like Isaac Asimov, Greg Egan, and Ursula Le Guin, plus student group project pages covering topics like chaos theory, the Mandelbrot set, and game theory.
https://libguides.brooklyn.cuny.edu/Film/filmreviews
Brooklyn College Library's research guide for film studies compiles curated databases and review sources for students and researchers, including EBSCO's Film & Television Literature Index and other scholarly resources. A handy academic starting point for anyone seeking professional film criticism, retrospective reviews, and cinema research tools.
https://skepdic.com/
Robert T. Carroll's Skeptic's Dictionary is a landmark reference site featuring 785 alphabetized entries covering strange beliefs, logical fallacies, cognitive biases, pseudoscience, paranormal claims, and dangerous delusions. Established in 1994 and continuously updated for over two decades, it offers definitions, arguments, reader comments, essays, and book reviews making it one of the most comprehensive skeptical inquiry resources on the web.
https://zhongwen.com/
Zhongwen.com offers a comprehensive Chinese-English etymological dictionary focused on traditional Chinese characters, tracing the pictographic and historical origins of each character. Learners of Mandarin and linguistics enthusiasts alike will find it invaluable for understanding how Chinese writing evolved from ancient pictographs through sources like the Shuowen.
http://zeus.atilf.fr/dmf
The DMF 2023 (Dictionnaire du Moyen Français) is a scholarly lexicographic database covering medieval and middle French vocabulary with lemmatization tools for researchers and linguists. Hosted by ATILF (Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française), it serves as an authoritative reference for anyone studying the French language from the 9th to the 15th centuries.
https://consumerworld.org/pages/resource.htm
Consumer World is a comprehensive directory of over 2000 links covering everything a savvy shopper or consumer needs, from product reviews and price comparisons to government agencies, scam alerts, and legal rights. First launched in 1995, it covers automotive buying guides, credit and banking resources, travel deals, and consumer complaint resources all in one place.
https://internetslang.com/
InternetSlang.com is a comprehensive dictionary of internet slang, acronyms, and abbreviations drawn from chat rooms, SMS, Twitter, blogs, and online forums, browsable by letter or searchable by term. Running since 2002, it covers thousands of entries and even allows users to submit new acronyms, making it a living reference for the ever-evolving language of the web.
https://fossalearning.neocities.org/
FOSSA Learning, created by Vic, is a learning design framework built around five core principles: free, open, small, simple, and accessible course creation. The site offers a methodology and starter course for teachers and instructional designers who want to build lightweight, inclusive learning materials without cost or proprietary formats.
http://ruby-doc.org/docs/ruby-doc-bundle/Tutorial/part_01/objects.html
A beginner-friendly Ruby programming tutorial that introduces core concepts like objects, classes, and methods using clear tables and plain-language comparisons to familiar ideas. Hosted on ruby-doc.org, this lesson walks newcomers through Ruby's type system, class notation conventions, and type conversion methods with concise code examples.
https://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/chap_07.html
Chapter 7 of Chris Pine's 'Learn to Program', a beginner-friendly Ruby programming tutorial covering arrays and iterators with clear explanations and hands-on code examples. The guide is available in over ten language translations and walks complete novices through core programming concepts step by step.