New on the list in 2018, it moves up 4 places in 2019 Highbrow is a platform that delivers 10-day courses in easy-to-digest emails every morning for free. Website: gohighbrow.com Cost: Free Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 86 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: – Top 100 Tools for Education 2019: – Past Overall Rankings […]

New on the list in 2018, Udacity moves up 43 places in 2019 Free online classes and nanodegrees for the digital economy. Website: udacity.com Cost: Free and premium versions Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 61 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: – Top 100 Tools for Education 2019: – Past Overall Rankings 2018: 158. […]

New on the list in 2018, it drops down 43 places in 208 Pluralsight offers expert-led courses, assessments and tools to build technology skills and to keep up to date with the latest programming languages and frameworks Website: pluralsight.com Cost: Commercial. Free trial Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 83 Top 100 Tools […]

A further increase of 7 places in 2019 An online learning platform. It also allows experts of any kind to create their own courses. Website: udemy.com Cost: Free and paid for courses Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 19 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: 61 Top 100 Tools for Higher Education 2019: – Past Overall […]

Back down 20 places in 2019 edX is a MOOC provider. It hosts online university-level courses in a wide range of disciplines including some at no charge. Website: edx.org Cost: Free and Premium courses Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 53 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: – Top 100 Tools for Higher Education 2019: – […]

UP 21 places in 2019 LinkedIn Learning makes use of the software, business and creative courses originally created for Lynda Websites: linkedin.com/learning Cost: Commercial. Free Trial Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 9 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: 16 Top 100 Tools for Higher Education 2019: – Past Overall Rankings 2018: 34   2017: 49  […]

Down 14 places in 2019 Codecademy is an online interactive platform that offers free coding classes in 12 different programming languages Website: www.codecademy.com Cost: Free. Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 67 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: – Top 100 Tools for Higher Education 2019: – Past Overall Rankings 2018: 107.   2017: 114    […]

Drops back on the list this year FutureLearn offers free online courses from top universities and specialist organisations. Owned by Open University in the UK. Website: futurelearn.com Cost: Free Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 53 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: – Top 100 Tools for Education 2019: – Past Overall Rankings 2018: 86   […]

Up 23 places in 2019 Alison provides free online courses from the world’s leading experts. Website: alison.com Cost: Free. Availability: Online Top 100 Tools for Personal & Professional Learning 2019: 100 Top 100 Tools for Workplace Learning 2019: – Top 100 Tools for Higher Education 2019: – Past Overall Rankings 2018: 199.    2017: 165     2016: –     […]