We human beings are currently living in the age of Globalization. Every piece of information and resources are at our thumbs thanks to the connectivity of the Internet. Whenever we want to know something, we surely can do so via a simple search on google’s search engine. But yet many of us procrastinate about learning even more productively and use the resources that the Internet provides us to achieve beyond our imagination. So here are some resources, tools and pieces of information that have been accumulated for the sake of easier access and navigation to boost our learning level.
Three sections have been made to make this process easy to understand and to utilize all the instructions properly.
1) Research:
We tend to learn new things everyday from the Internet. So we search out various topics to increase our knowledge about that newer topic. And this finding out to fulfill the thirst of knowledge is the basic criteria of Research. Some resources for these are:
→ Online Courses: Different types of free online courses have been provided by many websites and online academies. Amongst them, the most notable ones are Khan Academy (https://www.khanacademy.org), edX (https://www.edx.org), MIT OCW (https://ocw.mit.edu) (Note: MIT OCW mainly relies on Youtube videos, so checking their youtube channel is instructed) and Alison (https://alison.com) . These websites have different modules and structures to design their courses so that the viewers can easily learn and gain maximum output.
→ Youtube channels: University channels like Harvard University (https://www.youtube.com/@harvard) or University of London (https://www.youtube.com/@UniofLondon) have different video playlists covering multiple subjects to discuss.(Youtube channels of other universities can also be explored). Also every topic has content creators on youtube who are expert in those.
→ Online libraries: Many research papers can be read as well as e-papers and books. Websites like Google Scholar (https://scholar.google.com), Microsoft Academic (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/academic/), and other online libraries’ websites can be visited to collect more useful information.
→ E-books: E-books are a very famous format in this day and age. People are reading books in PDF format because they are easily readable and editable as well. Some websites to collect books in PDF format for free are PDFdrive (https://www.pdfdrive.com) and Zlibrary (https://singlelogin.re).
→ Olympiads and Competitions: Different olympiads and online competitions are held nation-wide and even worldwide. These competitions are fun to participate in and very helpful to have a better concept of knowledge as well. Some notable olympiads of our country, Bangladesh are BdMO (https://matholympiad.org.bd), BdPHO (https://www.bdpho.org), BdOAA (https://bdoaa.org), BdJSO (https://bdjso.org) etc. These competitions are very competitive and people are advised to participate in these from a very young age.
In these ways, a better learning outcome can be seen with proper discipline and hunger to learn more.
2) Useful Tools:
Next, tools are very important to maximize time efficiency to turn our day into a productive one. Some modules have been made with respect to the tools that have been suggested to use:
→ Editing PDFs: Adobe Acrobat (https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pdf-reader.html), TinyWow (https://tinywow.com), Canva (https://www.canva.com).
→ Artificial Intelligence: ChatGPT (https://chat.openai.com), Monica (https://monica.im), DALL.e (https://openai.com/dall-e-2).
→ Networking and Connections: Hunter.io (https://hunter.io), Loom (https://www.loom.com).
→ Writing assistant: Grammarly (https://www.grammarly.com), Quillbot (https://quillbot.com), Hemingway Editor (https://hemingwayapp.com).
3) Applications:
After mastering the recommended tools and gaining proper knowledge, these skills can be put to work by joining a driven sheer force of people who are willing to work together to do something great. Such communities exist as a whole in this age of Globalization.
→ Virtual Internships: Internships are now available virtually, whether paid or non-paid. Interns love to work virtually as it is easy to do so and many advantages can be tasted while working with ease and comfort. YSSE and Lead Academy (https://lead.academy) are the recommended places to earn a spot on becoming an intern and work virtually with many professionals.
→ Work places: Different side-jobs can be found while surfing throughout the internet, Websites like Bdjobs (https://www.bdjobs.com) or Simplify (https://simplify.jobs) are very trustworthy and useful for searching proper jobs to do online or offline.
→ Social Media: Social media can help learn even better or to join people who want to research and work together as a team. Such are LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) , Discord ( www.discord.com), Facebook (www.facebook.com) etc.
→ Project building communities: Students and researchers tend to work together to build something like a project and ensure welfare for our society and our world. Such communities can be found in the above mentioned social media or the websites and connectivity with those people and university professors are recommended to ensure a better learning outcome and experience.
So, these are all three modules discussed to ensure a better education by using the Internet properly, significantly and productively as well. This blog is mostly a resource gatherer to ensure the benefit of an optimistic learner who aims to do something great throughout his drive of knowledge’s thirst. A new generation which will contain capable and ever-learning people who will build the greatest success of our kind by using our best invention’s gifts properly.
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Abrar Mahir
Content Writing Department
YSSE