When you open up your laptop to surf the endless waves that the internet allows you to explore, you can learn anything and everything you want to without stepping outside the confinements of your dorm room. Forget 8:00am Spanish classes that force you out of the warm sheets of your bed. Today, you will be happily staying in your bed and are going to learn whatever you want to with this awesome list of websites!
Be Educated, Take an Online Course
Coursera - Take the world’s best courses, online, for free.
edX - Free online courses from the world's best universities.
Coursmos - Take a micro-course anytime you want, on any device.
Skillshare - Learn a new skill each day, with some just under 15 minutes.
Be a Captivating Storyteller
How to Tell a Great Story - an Ode by Seth Godin
How to Give a Great Speech - Here's how to give a short speech that will leave your audience wanting more.
How to Be a Good Public Speaker - If you can talk to one person, you can talk to an audience of thousands.
Be a Language-Enthusiast
Lingvist - Learn English and/or French in 200 hours.
Duolingo - Learn from the popular Spanish to the uncommon Swedish for free. Always.
Memrise - Learn a language from using flashcards. Quizlet 2.0.
Busuu - Learn, practice, and teach a language with a community of international learners.
Be an Random-Topic Expert
TED-ed - Teaching a class and need a perfect educational video?
Zidbits - Learn something new every day! Seriously these are randomly-awesome.
Learnist - Discover and share your knowledge from expert print and web media.
Khan Academy - From learning about galaxies to cramming for your calculus test tomorrow morning, this is for you.
Be a Coder
Codeacademy - Learn to code interactively, for free.
Code School - Interactive programming courses and coding challenges.
Code.org - A non-profit expanding from underrepresented minorities in STEM to educating the broader world.
CodeCombat - Learn coding by gamifying the experience.
Be Enlightened
Zen Habits - The best self-improvement and productivity hacking blog around.
Time Management - Made by Mind Tools, here is the ultimate toolkit to ace your scheduling habits.
Learn to Meditate - 7 free courses on BK meditation straight from your screen.
DoYogaWithMe - Yoga online for all levels. Hundreds of streaming videos absolutely free of charge. I personally use this website quite often. High recommend.
Now get your laptop running and start learning! :)