Top 5 Educational Apps to Help You Pass Time

Education is vital for the development of an individual as it directly influences their behavior.

12:30 20 August 2021

Not so long ago, electronic devices and mobile phones were a source of distraction for students and who were often bored of the typical way of teaching, but how the tables have turned today. Using mobile phones for acquiring knowledge quickly, for free, anywhere in the world in less than half the time is a privilege instead of going to the library searching for books and researching for topics you wanted to learn. More significantly, after the coronavirus outbreak, the rise of online education and e-learning has become the new normal.

 

Numerous websites and applications have been launched to aid online education while creating virtual classrooms for students. These applications are constantly evolving, making e-learning and teaching more effortless for both the teachers and students. Here’s a list of the top 5 educational apps that’ll help you productively pass the time.

 

1. Upskills Tutor
   

    

   A great example of such a website is upskillstutor.com.ng. UpskillsTutor is a Nigeria-based online tutoring platform that allows you to choose from over 500 professionally trained tutors for almost any field or subject matter, anywhere in the world. It is both secure and convenient and has helped numerous students all around the globe.

    

2. Google classroom
   

    

   As the name suggests, Google classroom is more of a virtual classroom more significantly used by school teachers and their students for online education. Its ease of access and availability makes it ideal for teachers and students alike. It allows you to set up a classroom, start discussions, complete announcements, submit and grade assignments, share resources, and attain interactive remarks and feedback.

    

3. Khan Academy
   

    

   Another excellent application for acquiring education is Khan academy. Khan academy is free of cost and has the most interesting, simple, and to-the-point lectures on complex concepts and subjects, which is precisely what students want. They have highly professional teachers for each subject, and lessons are provided in videos and drawings, making the whole experience pretty cool and captivating. It also helps students prepare for exams and tests like SAT, MCAT, etc.

    

4. edX
   

    

   edX is like a dream for people who aspire to acquire education from one of the best universities worldwide like Harward, Columbia, Berkeley, etc. edX allows you to choose from over 2000 courses from these notable universities through your smartphone. It also provides you with university credit and certificates that’ll prove beneficial for you professionally.

    

5. Udemy
   

    

   Udemy is an excellent application for people who want to learn things other than academic subjects related to personal development. The great thing about this application is that you get a wide variety of learning material provided by experts in those specific fields and plenty of blowout sales and offers for you to buy courses at great prices. 

 

With all the extra time on your hands, you can always download any of these apps for free and pass the time by learning a new language, an instrument, a subject, a topic, literally anything of your choice that’ll help you improve and become a pro at what you love.