Learning for Free

What is your main interest?

Is it Literature? Business?  Computers? Learning a new language? Mastering a new software program? Or simply you wanted to improve your present skill-sets? You can expand your knowledge for FREE!

*Sylvia, a 30 something housewife says that online learning has allowed her to continue her education with minimal disruption to her home and family life. “It allows me to attend “class” which is usually I log on to during afternoon, when the house is extremely quiet and my son is still at school.”

On-line Technology

Regardless if you are still using dial-up, DSL/cable broadband—you can avail of this online instructional, studies and tutorials. This has replaced the learning-by-correspondence bygone days (whereas lessons were being mailed back and forth).  It doesn’t matter anymore if you are a plain housewife, out of school youth or retired already. Everyone can benefit from this on-line learning experience.

Two Kinds of On-Line Learning

1)If you are after for some certification or degree. You do need to pay for it especially if you need to upgrade your skills or you are considering pursuing another career.

2) The “free” on-line courses with no strings attached what-so-ever. But…this one doesn’t give you any kind of certification at all. This is simply more on the tutorial aspect or just for the heck of it of learning something new.

On-line studies or courses are much more fun with the aid of multi-media incorporated to it. (video,audio,podcast) or even some fancy “flash” action scripts to make it more dynamic. Some free online courses would even offer some downloadable reading materials in the form of E-books, Word Docs and PDF (portable document format).

It even offers forums and chats. For those paid online courses it is a virtual classroom where you can participate in the video conferencing or web cast.

WHERE TO FIND, WHERE TO START

In order to utilize on line learning, you must have:

Computer with internet access Headphones, Microphone Printer Email Software Instant Messaging Software

You can use Yahoo, Dogpile and the almighty Google to search for free online courses. But you can get too many results that might overwhelm you. You might want to try an online learning portal like WORLD LECTURE HALL –http://web.austin.utexas.edu/wlh/  or you might want to try the following:

1)  MITOPENCOURSEWARE- http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

2)  TUTORIAL FIND –http://tutorialfind.com (plenty to learn Information Technology courses here)

3)  WRITING AT CSU- http://writing.colostate.edu/ (If you want to learn how to write or learn all the aspects of writing such as research, planning, drafting or learn more of the different writing genres).

5)  LIVEMOCHA.COM(learning a new language, Spanish, German, French…you name it!)

Remember online learning or online studies are fun, fun way to try out or learn something and for your own personal growth. You can utilize those free

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