Besides? Besides that?

You can use both besides and besides that, but they have different meanings.
Besides means in addition to and you can use it in a sentence like: Television
can educate us besides entertaining us. You can also use it to connect two
sentences, e.g. Walking in the park is really fun. Besides, its good for our health.
Here, it also means also.
Besides that means in addition to that. You use it to refer to something after
having mentioned it before, e.g. She likes studying, but has other interests besides
that. where that refers to studying.
You can also use this expression to connect two sentences, e.g. If you like nature,
you must visit our National Park in Pahang. Besides that, there are other National
Parks in different parts of the country, especially East Malaysia. Here, that
refers to our National Park in Pahang. You can also use besides
those/these/this where appropriate.

Besides? Besides that?

You can use both besides and besides that, but they have different meanings.
Besides means in addition to and you can use it in a sentence like: Television
can educate us besides entertaining us. You can also use it to connect two
sentences, e.g. Walking in the park is really fun. Besides, its good for our health.
Here, it also means also.
Besides that means in addition to that. You use it to refer to something after
having mentioned it before, e.g. She likes studying, but has other interests besides
that. where that refers to studying.
You can also use this expression to connect two sentences, e.g. If you like nature,
you must visit our National Park in Pahang. Besides that, there are other National
Parks in different parts of the country, especially East Malaysia. Here, that
refers to our National Park in Pahang. You can also use besides
those/these/this where appropriate.