Instead of going through the latest celebrity gossip on your smartphone while waiting for the subway, you can allow your smartphone to actually make you smarter, and learn something new. On this blog post you will find 7 great examples of sites and services that will make you feel that you’re spending your spare time to learn new things and better yourselves.

等车的时候你总在手机上查看最新的名人八卦？其实你可以做点别的，用手机来让自己更智慧，为自己充电。在这篇文章中你会发现7大非常好的学习网站和（学习）服务项目，让你知道自己在空闲的时间也能学习新知识，让自己更棒棒哒。

EdX started as an ambitious MIT and Harvard web project with a goal to educate a billion people around the world. Sounds crazy? Think again! Since they launched, 25 major universities from all over the globe joined their effort. The site provides anyone with an Internet connection access to high quality education, regardless of their financial situation.

EdX发起自一项麻省理工大学和哈佛大学合作打造的网络计划，带着让全球数十亿人口接受教育的雄心壮志。听上去虚张声势？并不是！自从创立以来，全球有25所重点高校加入了这个计划。该网站向所有人开放，无论他们口袋里有多少钱，只需一个登陆账户，就可以享受高质量的教育课程。

TED-Ed is both a great tool for educators to create engaging lessons and a brilliant library of educational materiel for anyone who wants to learn something new. The site allows you to use engaging videos on TED-Ed to create customized lessons.

对于教育者来说，TED-Ed是一款创设参与课程的好工具，对于想要学习新知识的普通人来说，TED-Ed也是一所贮藏学习材料的好图书馆。在这个网站上你可以观看精彩的教育视频，设置专属的课程列表。

All educators agree that the key to any productive learning is being organized, and learning online can be very challenging in that aspect. Wibki offers the perfect solution; it’s a visualized bookmarking tool that allows you to seamlessly save all your favorite links as you browse and organize them in relevant tabs.

所有的教育家都认为，高效学习的关键就是做好学习规划，而在线学习则很难满足这方面的要求。Wibki完美的解决了这个问题。作为一种可视的书签管理系统，你能保存所有浏览过的自己喜欢的视频链接，通过标签将相关视频分类管理。

Boundless offers a learning Technology that is based on active recall and spaced repetition. The service prompts you with quizzes, flashcards, summarization and more at the optimal points during your reading to help you retain information.

Boundless是一款以主动记忆和间隔性重复这两种学习机制为主打的学习程序（网站）。它会在你学习过程中，计算出最佳时间向你提供随堂测试，卡片选择游戏，知识点总结等促进知识吸收的学习机制，帮助你消化知识。

With Mindsy, you can learn something new, grow a little wiser, expand your skills and horizons without limitation, everyday for the rest of your life. The site offers over 5,000 courses that will be sure to stimulate your appetite for learning.

在这里，你能学习新知识，增进智慧，锻炼技能，扩展视野，探索自己的无限潜能，每天如此，直至终结。这里有超过5000种课程，绝对能满足你对新知识的大胃口。

creativeLIVE empowers you to unleash your potential by bringing the world’s greatest experts directly to you, live. The site is featuring workshops in photography, video, design, business, audio, music, and software training.

creativeLIVE为你提供来自世界各地顶级专家的课程，私人定制，专属直播，让你发挥无限潜能。这个网站主打摄影、视频制作、设计、商务、音频处理、音乐自作、软件设计能各类课程。

Blinkist boils down entire chapters of non-fiction books into a handful of digestible snippets and tips. This amazing app allows you to get the ‘main ideas’ from massive tomes in just a few minutes.

Blinkist将大部头的学术专著精炼成简单实用，通俗易懂的摘要和小贴士。这款不可思议的应用能让你在短短几分钟内掌握大部分书籍的核心大意。

当然，除了这些，可汗学院，Coursera等都非常不错，大家在课余时间可以多多充实一下自己，找一些自己感兴趣的课程来听。

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