Technology makes learning possible no matter where you are, who you are, when you are, and how poor you are. As long as you have a desire to learn, you can find ways to learn online. The Web opens possibilities for learners worldwide. This is one of the best things about the use of technology in education and training. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) leads the open learning movement by launching the OpenCourseWare (OCW) in 2001. OCW has provided free lecture notes, homework problems, exams, streaming videos, and other resources from more than 1900 courses spanning MIT’s entire curriculum. These instructional/learning materials are free and openly available to anyone, anywhere in the world.
Today, many colleges, universities, and organizations join the Open Course movement. With advances in Web technologies, a world-class education is available free to anyone with a computer and internet access. The following is a list of the great places to learn and take classes:
- MIT’s OpenCourseWare
- MIT’s Highlights for High School
- Open Course Consortium
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Georgia Tech’s College of Computing
- Open Yale Courses
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Stanford Engineering Everywhere
- Tufts University
- Utah State University
- University of California, Irvine
- University of Michigan
- University of Notre Dame
- University of Utah
- Webcast Berkeley
- Academic Earth
- iTunes U
- YouTube Education
- 101 Killer Open Courseware Projects from Around the World: Ivy League and Beyond
