August 11th, 2008
Blog Roundup 8/11/08: Free Stuff Edition
If all the dire news of credit crunches, tuition hikes and dried-up student loan budgets are getting you down, try learning for free. Our continuing coverage of OERs (Open Educational Resources) includes Mission to Learn’s recent post about Open University and its new YouTube channel, which offers more than 300 “learning videos” on such topics as art, history, science and nature.
Speaking of free education, if you are a struggling student in Philadelphia, you may also be eligible for a tuition- and fee-free education at the Community College of Philadelphia. It’s designed specifically for “stalled students”–those who got started in a college degree program but have dropped out.
Meanwhile, the University of Washington is pioneering a website called Research1 that enables researchers around the world to connect and collaborate online–and share their work with the general public and the media. It’s still in beta, but as with our other news items today, it’s the brainchild of educators who realize that information works best when it reaches as wide an audience as possible.
Thanks for the mention here – and I look forward to checking out the University of Washington site. – Jeff
Comment by Jeff Cobb — August 12, 2008 @ 7:19 pm