Today I am rather excited because, thanks to a post on the Money Saving Expert Forums, I’ve discovered that Open University have given free access to many of their course materials online on their new site: OpenLearn.
Of course, all the courses aren’t available yet, you don’t get a degree at the end of it and you don’t get access to the OU tutor system, but those of us who just love learning for the sake of it and don’t care whether they get a piece of paper at the end or not, this is all amazing stuff.
Now all I have to decide is which unit to study first… “Babylonian Mathematics” perhaps? Or maybe “Introducing Philosophy”… decisions decisions!
5 responses so far ↓
1 debambam // 11th Apr 2007 at 10:39 pm
Oh cool, I’m going to check it out!
2 Jane // 12th Apr 2007 at 8:37 pm
Very cool! Now where can I download a bit more time and some stickability?
3 Ys // 13th Apr 2007 at 10:38 am
That’s really great :)
4 Alley Katt // 15th Apr 2007 at 6:09 pm
I am starting an Open University course later on this year which I am looking forward to. I want the bit of paper at the end of it so I can show off qualifications when I start doing what I plan to do. At the age of nearly 40, I need something more than sitting here popping pills and complaining about my pain.
5 Pewari // 17th Apr 2007 at 2:13 pm
Glad it was a helpful link for people :)
Alley Katt: sounds great – I think having the qualification at the end is certainly the ideal. Your plans sound really exciting!
For me, though, who has a tendency to dip in and out of things, the sheer cost of maybe not even achieving the bit of paper at the end tends to limit the usefulness of a proper course!
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