I've Been Busy

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I have always loved learning something new.  I try to read, listen to, watch for anything everyday that will teach me something that I didn't know before.  Taking classes or courses are fun for me.  Considering them almost a hobby but that hobby can become very expensive after a while!

 

Then a friend told me about this site.  It is called Coursera.  They have a continual selection of university or college classes that ANYONE can take!!!  That is just up my alley.  The BEST part is that they are FREE!  All FREE!!

62 Universities Have Partnered With Coursera

 

Berklee College of Music                                                    Brown University

California Institute of Technology                                      California Institute of the Arts

Case Western Reserve University                                       Columbia University

Curtis Institute of Music                                                      Duke University

École Polytechnique                                                            École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Emory University                                                                Georgia Institute of Technology

Hebrew University of Jerusalem                                         IE Business School

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai                          Johns Hopkins University

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München                       National Taiwan University

National University of Singapore                                       Northwestern University

Ohio State University                                                         Pennsylvania State University

Princeton University                                                           Rice University

Rutgers University                                                              Sapienza University of Rome

Stanford University                                                             Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Technische Universität München (Technical University of Munich)

Tecnológico de Monterrey                                                 The Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology    The University of British Columbia

The University of Edinburgh                                      

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill                The University of Tokyo

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México                      Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Universiteit Leiden                                                              University of California, Irvine

University of California, San Diego                                    University of California, San Francisco

University of California, Santa Cruz                                   University of Colorado Boulder

University of Copenhagen                                                   University of Florida

University of Geneva                                                          University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

University of London International Programmes

University of Maryland, College Park                                 University of Melbourne

University of Michigan                                                        University of Minnesota

University of Pennsylvania                                                  University of Pittsburgh

University of Rochester                                                       University of Toronto

University of Virginia                                                          University of Washington

University of Wisconsin–Madison                                       Vanderbilt University

Wesleyan University

 

As a student, you do not have to live in the United States.  You can live anywhere in the world.  The only requirements are an internet connection, your time and your desire to learn.  These free classes do not count towards a degree and you will not earn 'credits' but you do receive a 'Statement of Accomplishment' certificate after you successfully complete a course. 

 

 

Once I browsed through the available classes, I chose a few that interested me but also did not overlap.  Working and running a household take up quite a bit of my time, not to mention my love for crafting.  So far I have chosen four classes that run consecutively until the middle of July.  Each class is unique in terms of length, workload, professors and schools. 

 

I am currently taking the class "Aboriginal Worldviews and Education" through the University of Toronto.  Amazingly there are 21, 392 people taking this class.  Yes, 21,392!!!!  The discussion forums take up a lot of my time as I find reading everyone's posts from all over the world to be extremely interesting.  The class has been such a positive learning experience and I am enjoying it immensely.  This class ends on Monday and my next class starts a week later.  I can't wait!

 

If you love learning new things, take a peek at the website.  You might be surprised at what classes they offer.  I am having a BLAST!  If you do sign up for a class, let me know.  I would love to hear what you are taking.   Enjoy and remember to give your loved ones a hug!