“Few things are as smart as investing in becoming a better thinker and developing stronger mind. Relentless learning is one of the main traits of an open and powerful person. An obsessive and on-going education is one of the greatest survival tactics to get through turbulent times. “Robin Sharma
Robin Sharma is right about relentless learning.
I know learning can bring numerous benefits.
And the good part is improving your knowledge has never been easier and affordable.
Thanks to the internet we can all easily harness such opportunities.
So why not take a little break from social media and hop into the bandwagon of free online education. While these course may not translate to credit, still what you will learn will go a long way.
Here is what I love about online education
1.There is something for every one of us.
2.You no longer have to wait for scheduled training, you can access training in the comfort of your home.
For those who have been at that place at work where you wish they could send you for some refresher course, free online education is worth a try.
3. For those in their formative years of their career these online platforms can provide guidance for one to map their career path.
They can help you answer questions such as;
What is the career path I intend to take all about? Is this what I really want to do?
4. They afford you opportunity to expand on your knowledge and satisfy your curiosity.
Plus knowledge empowers you and improves your confidence.
5. There are courses available for entrepreneurs where one can test their ideas and sharpen their business skills. We love entrepreneurs with the know how.
6.Online learning can keep you abreast with today’s changing world.
It is a beautiful way to stay relevant.
Don’t you just get tired of those colleagues who keep saying “we have been doing this for years” and their methods are so 1960. They need a complete make over.
Here are my favorite resources for online education
Future Learn
I have taken a few courses here, ranging from food fraud, food security as well as poetry and writing.
Future learn offers diverse selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world.
They have course for entrepreneurs as well.
They have educational video and you can take assessments.
You can interact with educators from high level universities.
The good thing is that although the courses are scheduled you can take them at your pace or quit if you decide the course is not for you.
Alison
Alison offers free online education resources and it has over seven million, global online learning community. Their believe is that free education and skills training can give people the tools to realise their personal and professional ambitions.
They are constantly rolling out courses to this effect.
They have youth skills courses and offer courses mainly in business, technology, and health, but also includes language learning courses.
I have taken a course on achieving personal success with them.
Massive Open Online Courses
These just might be greatest online resource for free courses.
It is a website where you can find courses offered by different providers; best universities around the world such as Havard and Stanford.
They have a list of courses ranging from business and management to writing and photography. They have science courses too.
Some of the resources you will find on the MOOC list include;
also an amazing option for free online education with a wide range of topics.
Coursera which offers courses from best world universities, museums and trusts.
Udemy which allows users to build custom courses. It has over 40 000 courses.
Udemy offers course from programming to photography to management and they regularly update their content.
Some of their courses generate credit towards certification.
TED-Ed
I love Ted talks, over the years I have squeezed in one or two whenever I can.
Ted-Ed is an extension of Ted’s mission of spreading great ideas.
They create short videos aimed at educators and students many of which are in the form of animation.
If you are struggling to understand a scientific concept, it might be a good place to start.
Some of Ted-Ed videos I have watched are by Carvens Lissaint a slam poet on put “the financial aid in the bag” and “questions no one knows the answer to” by Chris Anderson.
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