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Activities for Adults: Online Learning
Stuck inside? Enjoy these resources for a rainy, or not so rainy day!
Free online classes
- Academic Earth
Free online courses in the applied sciences, math, finance, and the arts from top universities! - Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative
Free courses from Carnegie Mellon University. - FastForeward Lifelong Learning Videos
Site includes videos on preparing for the GED exam, workplace essential skills, real-life skills such as parenting and basic math, learning English as a second language, and American government and civics. - Harvard Medical School Open Course Initiative
Free open courses from Harvard Medical School. - HelpGuide.org
Free website that provides how-to articles focused on mental and emotional health, including career advice. - Khan Academy
Free college level courses on multiple subjects. - MIT OpenCourseWare
Lecture notes, slides, and quizzes from several of MIT's most popular classes available online as open courses. - Open Yale Courses
Free and open introductory courses from top Yale professors. - PBS Literacy Link
Site includes GED preparation materials, a GED practice test, workplace essential skills, and online lessons for ESL students. Also includes information for teachers.
Learning is Still Important!
- Ivy League Online Courses
A list of Ivy League MOOCs - NASA
Space is always cool. - By the PeopleThe Library of Congress launched By the People (crowd.loc.gov) in the autumn of 2018. The application invites you to transcribe, review, and tag digitized images of manuscripts and typed materials from the Library’s collections.
- NewsELAResources for teachers and administrators , free for the rest of the 2019/2020 school year.
"Key literacy skills cannot be taught with just any content. Engage students with thousands of texts on topics they care about most, with standards-aligned lesson supports built for ELA instruction."
- TechBoomers
Techboomers.com is a free educational website that teaches older adults and other inexperienced Internet users with basic computer skills about websites that can help improve their quality of life.