Interested in taking an online course? Better yet, want to enroll at an “ivy-league” institution? Walk through your open door!
What do you need?
*Computer
*Internet Access
*Printer
*Motivation
*Time
Check out these institutions and their ample offerings… Did I mention the courses are FREE?
Stanford: http://www.youtube.com/profile_play_list?user=stanforduniversity
Along with their own YouTube channel, Stanford also has their own channel within iTunes U with courses available for download.
UC Berkeley: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
UC Berkeley “webcast” hosts a variety of courses offered as a live feed or on-demand replay via the World Wide Web.
Yale: http://oyc.yale.edu/
“Yale Open Courses” are based on the philosophy that education should be accessible to anyone with the desire to learn.
MIT: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/help/start/index.htm
“MIT Open Courseware” is the web-based version of numerous undergraduate/graduate classes regularly offered at MIT.
Remember, as a teacher, whenever you learn something new, your students are bound to also!
Keep in mind that utilizing these resources adds to your knowledge-base but does not offer any formal certifications or degrees.
