9. E-learning and the AARP
First of all, let me be clear that I am NOT ready to join the AARP, and won’t be for several years yet! But someone in the office who IS a member (for a significant donation, I might reveal who it is J ) sent me an article that has some great learning resources. How to Learn Just About Anything Online … For Free lists web based courses and materials that are available at no charge to anyone who wants to look for them. And AARP has already found a lot of them, and put them together in this easy to use article. They write:
“Years ago the Internet paved the way for learning online from schools that charged tuition for their courses. And they still do, for academic credit. But e-learning is different. Though it doesn’t earn you credits, it does allow you to learn pretty much on your own schedule, without spending a nickel on class fees.”
The site anticipates and answers many of the questions that you might have, and then provides an extensive guide to the various kinds of e-learning resources, and links to many of them.