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Education Portal no longer free - Westerner - 04-03-2014
http://www.EducationPortal.com is moving to a paid system. A banner notification of this is at the top of their site.
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There is still time to sign up for free!
Education Portal no longer free - rebel100 - 04-03-2014
Evil capitalist swine.
I hope they make a million bucks!
Education Portal no longer free - frances - 04-04-2014
'tis ok... I'm a knowledge gathering, learning resource ninja! There is an abundance of free resources out there like iTunes U, YouTube and this site, as well as some very worthwhile subscription-based services like InstantCert.
Education Portal no longer free - sanantone - 04-04-2014
For some reason, I don't think this is going to be profitable. The good thing is that this will make more room in my signature.
Education Portal no longer free - stretcharmy - 04-04-2014
sanantone Wrote:For some reason, I don't think this is going to be profitable. The good thing is that this will make more room in my signature.
I think that they have a niche for users that are too lazy to take a min to look for a free option. I've done youtube and it takes a bit to find a presenter or material that lines up right with you and the course. It's for people that can't get past page 1 of google results.
Education Portal no longer free - HorseManiac - 04-04-2014
That's too bad!
I used their videos for several tests, but I don't think it'd be worth paying for depending on how much they charge. There are other options that have already been mentioned that are great that are still free.
Education Portal no longer free - sanantone - 04-04-2014
stretcharmy Wrote:I think that they have a niche for users that are too lazy to take a min to look for a free option. I've done youtube and it takes a bit to find a presenter or material that lines up right with you and the course. It's for people that can't get past page 1 of google results.
LearnersTV has done a good job of organizing YouTube videos. Maybe it's just me, but I didn't even want to watch the Education Portal videos when they were free. They are even more boring than the Khan Academy videos.
Education Portal no longer free - SweetSecret - 04-04-2014
Not all of the Khan Academy videos are bad. For instance, the Crash Course World History videos are actually pretty funny. They move pretty quick though!
Crash Course World History | Crash Course | Khan Academy
Education Portal no longer free - Chebasaz - 04-04-2014
Yeah, called this one a long time ago. The sheer amount of money they were pumping into marketing a "free" service (to the point of buying up other sites) just didn't make sense unless they were planning to later capitalize on all the exposure.
Education Portal no longer free - soliloquy - 04-05-2014
My 14 year old brother uses the videos for his classes. It's been a great resource for him.