World History
With summer approaching very quickly (yes I still have students until June 18th!), there may be time for you to recharge and try something else. One thing you might want to do is to take free courses online called a Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC). Here is the complete list and here are the ones for the humanities.
- Free Medieval History Courses
Several universities are putting complete courses online for free now. Visitors can peruse course materials and watch lectures even if they do not get any academic credit for it. MIT is probably the best known for this but some other schools are as well...
- Itunes U And History Courses
ITunes University (which you can download as an app) and access through ITunes on your laptop has scores of courses in history as well as in most other disciplines. Some of the courses (I found a couple in religion) have embedded video clips that...
- Universities Reshaping Education On The Web
This is an interesting article about "the seismic shift" in online learning that may reshape higher education. Coursera is the year old company that is bringing together the consortium of universities. They expect to offer over 100 free online courses...
- School's Not Out All Summer!
Some of my students just took their state exam today and others took their AP one last week, but our last day for students is not until June 15th (at which point I will be grading AP exams). This summer I am working with our online campus so, as...
- More Free Classes From Princeton, Stanford, And Others
A History of the World from 1300, from Princeton, no less. But you have to wait until the fall when it will be available to the public. In the meantime, especially with summer on the way, you can console yourself with the other 450 free courses available...
World History
MOOC Free Summer Courses
- Free Medieval History Courses
Several universities are putting complete courses online for free now. Visitors can peruse course materials and watch lectures even if they do not get any academic credit for it. MIT is probably the best known for this but some other schools are as well...
- Itunes U And History Courses
ITunes University (which you can download as an app) and access through ITunes on your laptop has scores of courses in history as well as in most other disciplines. Some of the courses (I found a couple in religion) have embedded video clips that...
- Universities Reshaping Education On The Web
This is an interesting article about "the seismic shift" in online learning that may reshape higher education. Coursera is the year old company that is bringing together the consortium of universities. They expect to offer over 100 free online courses...
- School's Not Out All Summer!
Some of my students just took their state exam today and others took their AP one last week, but our last day for students is not until June 15th (at which point I will be grading AP exams). This summer I am working with our online campus so, as...
- More Free Classes From Princeton, Stanford, And Others
A History of the World from 1300, from Princeton, no less. But you have to wait until the fall when it will be available to the public. In the meantime, especially with summer on the way, you can console yourself with the other 450 free courses available...