Comments on: Unboxing Adult Education

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:52:31 +0000

I found some great courses on youtube.com Strip and Eight minute calculus was the funniest but I think I understood it from a few different angles. It was either that or I was going to join a gang.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:40:59 +0000

I would really like to have a station at public libraries or a swap club or change in licensing so that you could lease software. Let’s say you want to learn Photoshop but you’re poor. I remember going to uppercrust colleges in my area and they had all licenses to all databases and software but my college did not. I think it should be available for little nerdy kids and not for when you reach college. Too late for mellon.

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By: Looby

Looby — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:30:36 +0000

I’d like to add one of my favourite websites (for just about anything) BBC. They have links to information online, some are obviously UK based but they also have some nice beginners language classes on their website.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning
As an aside, from their homepage you can also find radio shows for free and some great recipes.

By: Dialectically_Yours

Dialectically_Yours — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:43:38 +0000

I have to add my own opinions of ‘adult education’ as an aspect of frugality: Education is FOR LIFE. it’s life, really, and the *attitude* of following your own interests will spill over into EVERYTHING you do, even when it’s not directly related to your areas of ‘study’.

Just pick something you WANT to know. As I told a friend who asked why I was picking up a new language as my fortieth birthday approached: “If I don’t work on this,I’m *still* going to be a year older next year, so why not ADD something to my life?”

By: Lori

Lori — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:30:14 +0000

I’d like to add “the local library” to your list! I recently found that one of the nearby libraries offers Rosetta Stone courses (language learning) for FREE. I signed up for a library card online, and when it came in the mail I was able to log on to their site and use their software. I get to learn a language FREE. And I can do it at home and on my schedule too!

Rosetta Stone has a program specifically for libraries, so if you want to learn a language, check around first. The library doesn’t even have to be nearby, as long as they allow you to get a library card.

By: Marsha

Marsha — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:24:22 +0000

I’ve been utilizing YouTube (being careful of the junk vs. jewel issue) with some good success. I haven’t done much there with regards to academic subjects – although there is doubtless some to be found – but more things like sewing techniques, music theory stuff and so forth.

I didn’t know about the MIT thing – thanks for that, it looks like a great resource. I don’t know how much I personally will get out of it but just the other day my biomechanical engineer husband mentioned that he’d wished he’d paid more attention in his undergraduate Fluid Dynamics course. MIT to the rescue!

By: Janel

Janel — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:28:29 +0000

Thanks Mary. I didn’t know that iTunes offered anything like that. I’ve put off downloading the software because I didn’t feel like I needed it. hmmm. Maybe I’ll change my mind… Thanks!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:24:50 +0000

I agree, in terms of education, the web is loaded- the key is finding the good stuff, not the junk- I also have a couple of links your readers might enjoy. Click on my name if you’re interested. It’s part of a free stuff post I did recently.

In terms of libraries, I can’t praise them enough! I live in a small town, but it is part of a consortium of many towns, so we have access to much more than we normally would.

Lisa

By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:00:58 +0000

Here in California, there is an online audiobook library for folks who have a library card with a participating library system. Some audiobook sites don’t require the card. Here’s a list from my local library: http://www.santacruzpl.org/online/ebooks/

Also, iTunes U has lots of different universities and schools from which you can download course lectures, guest lectures, and other stuff. UC Berkeley and Stanford’s offerings are particularly good. Some of the schools don’t have much in the way of courseware, but still have lots of information about the schools themselves.