Archive for the ‘ Free Courses ’ Category

Friday, June 3rd, 2011

Today learning one or another subjects you use, of course, various video materials you need for. Starting to learn something I check out you tube sourse as well for the videos by the theme I need. For instance this is very helpful video – How to learn mathematics where you can get the main ways to understanding the subject.

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It’s some thoughts on how to learn mathematics, that should also be relevant for this course in Rational Trigonometry and Geometry. The basic idea: `Mathematics is a landscape’. So learning mathematics is not that different from becoming knowledgable about an unfamiliar city or terrain. This is a short break from our usual thread of rational trigonometry!

This video is a part of the WildTrig series, then, no doubt, it’s worth to browse all of them.

Saturday, October 30th, 2010

If you dont know yet Facebook users can now study an MBA for free at the London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) after the college launched a course that will be available on the social networking website. Students will be able to study for free and will only pay if they want to be formally assessed for an MBA. The LSBF GlobalMBA, which has received £7.5m investment, is awarded by the University of Wales.

Valery Kisilevsky, group managing director of the London School of Business and Finance, said Facebook was chosen to host its The LSBF GlobalMBA application because it offered the chance to widen the availability of education.

“We looked at how our current students communicate with each other and the college and Facebook is the platform of choice,” said Kisilevsky.

By the way if you are looking for sell used textbooks pay attantion that you can do it now on the website which donates 1% above to one of the charitable organizations helping to support the global literacy partners through the Books Overseas program.

Friday, July 9th, 2010

You can vote here your opinion about online online schools. Do people see the benefits of online learning getting the most out of online college experience? According to CCA consulting, nearly 50% of higher
education institutions currently engage in some type of online learning. Academic and professional organizations agree that using web-based learning environments can offer sound pedagogical benefits. According to researchers from Cornell University, “the web provides significant new functionality in transmitting information to the student and providing forums for exchange”.

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Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

Whether you’re young or old person there is always time to study, especially now when you can do it right online, to learn Biology for instance. Studying biology gives you the opportunity to advance human knowledge and understanding in today’s world, in order to make a difference to tomorrow’s. However I don’t think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

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Monday, March 22nd, 2010

You live and learn. At any rate, you live, right? Well, there are Free Online Schools if you don’t know yet. Many universities and colleges have decided to make course materials, including lectures, tests, notes and readings, available for free on the Internet. Visiting education-portal.com/ you can find many schools, which include world-class institutions like MIT and UC-Berkeley, that can be taken by people around the world who want to get the incredible opportunity for learning.

A handful of world-class universities and colleges have decided to offer free courses, assignments, and lectures via the World Wide Web, using a variety of means that include streaming video, podcasts, and downloadable lecture notes as well.

Here is the list of some of the most respected of these schools:

University of California at Berkeley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tufts University
Stanford University
Yale University
University of Notre Dame
Carnegie Mellon University
University of Washington
Johns Hopkins University
New York University
Berklee College of Music
Vanderbilt University
Gresham College
Open University (United Kingdom)
Utah Valley State College
Utah State University