Free Learning Online

17 responses to “Free Learning Online”

1. Heather Awen | June 23, 2013 at 5:28 pm | Reply

   You have to have a local library affiliated with this I think. http://www.universalclass.com/myinterests/aboutus.htm

   • linda | June 23, 2013 at 5:32 pm | Reply

     Thanks Heather!
     I do remember now that some library systems also have e-book loans.
     I think it requires downloading some software and registering with a library and then borrowing books the same way as if they were hard copies?

2. Mary | June 23, 2013 at 5:50 pm | Reply

   Check this site out.it is an awesome way to learn, eg Microsoft Office Basics – http://www.gcflearnfree.org GCFLearnFree.org® creates and provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve the technology, literacy and math skills needed to be successful in both work and life. By delivering over 750 different lessons to millions of people in over 200 countries and territories ABSOLUTELY FREE, GCFLearnFree.org is a worldwide leader in online education.

   • linda | June 23, 2013 at 5:52 pm | Reply

     Thanks so much Mary!
     I need a few of these!

3. linda | June 24, 2013 at 3:31 am | Reply

   Here’s some others:

   The Story of Stuff Curricula
   http://www.storyofstuff.org/other-media/curricula/
   http://www.storyofstuff.org/resources/ngo-directory/other-ngos/

   Eradicating Ecocide toolkit
   http://eradicatingecocide.com/toolkit/

4. JessieD. | June 27, 2013 at 9:57 pm | Reply

   Thanks for this awesome list Linda! I re-shared it on my Facebook page. Hugs

   • linda | June 27, 2013 at 11:07 pm | Reply

     Thanks Jessie!

     • JessieD. | June 27, 2013 at 11:15 pm | Reply

       Thank you Linda! :D

   • JessieD. | June 27, 2013 at 11:15 pm | Reply

     Duh, here’s my FB page that I shared it on. https://www.facebook.com/DivinelyDifferentlyAbled

     Many of us are on house arrest basically, so this is very useful. Thanks again!
     Ps. I found you because of the MCS FB group I just joined.

     • linda | June 27, 2013 at 11:32 pm | Reply

       This list was created largely because of the house arrest we are under, for crimes we did not commit…

       FB is (somewhat sadly) great for us too… Their algorythms and spyware are a p.i.t.a., but I couldn’t have survived without fb these past several years. I have cut back a great deal in using it as a personal life substitute, but still share a lot of environmental health info on the public page (it’s in the sidebar here under “social media”).

       I prefer learning to entertainment, so I guess this list was also an extension of that, and a place to “park” resources I want to explore as I heal.

       I still need some brain exercises to retrain parts that aren’t functioning properly. Not talking about the amygdala or limbic system retraining, but basic brain skills, like what people do after strokes and brain injuries… For decision making and information processing… learning new things and structuring things is very difficult for me (and my language skills suck tonight, the heat and humidity have made the air more toxic). I don’t have access to a brain injury group, I think they might be useful if I could work with someone…

       So, if anyone has ideas…

5. JessieD. | June 27, 2013 at 11:18 pm | Reply

   Reblogged this on Divinely Differently Abled and commented:
   Sorry I haven’t been writing too much myself lately, but wanted to share this Free Learning toolkit with you from Linda’s blog. Very cool. Check it out! :)

6. JessieD. | June 27, 2013 at 11:20 pm | Reply

   I really have the dumb tonight. Brain fog can be a bi***. I also re-blogged it here: http://divinelydifferentlyabled.wordpress.com/. I now have a headache, and am choosing to not try and use my brain the rest of this lovely evening. Gnite!

   • linda | June 27, 2013 at 11:33 pm | Reply

     I have more dumb than recent normal tonight too… the heat and humidity are causing major chemical offgassing everywhere…

     • JessieD. | June 29, 2013 at 12:09 am | Reply

       Hmmm, I wonder if that’s affecting me also…wouldn’t doubt it, but so many things affect me it’s always hard to tell what’s what.

       • linda | June 29, 2013 at 12:17 am | Reply

         I have managed to eliminate problem materials and control my environment much more than most people, so I can usually tell, although it gets much harder if not impossible when the chemicals or whatever are from far away. I can be wiped out without knowing what caused it – for all I know it could have come from hundreds of miles away! But for most things on a daily basis, I do know. I don’t allow many new things into my home, and most need to be aired out and washed before coming in.

         Here’s a good video about how air and pollutants can cross the ocean http://video.ft.com/v/2506012869001/California-wrestles-with-pollution-from-Asia

7. linda | June 29, 2013 at 7:56 pm | Reply

   More documentaries: http://video.pbs.org/

8. linda | July 22, 2013 at 12:35 am | Reply

   Here’s a new one:

   Download 90 Free Philosophy Courses and Start Living the Examined Life

   http://www.openculture.com/2013/05/download_90_free_philosophy_courses_and_start_living_the_examined_life.html

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