Video Based Learning.
Udacity [www.udacity.com] and edX [www.edx.org] have collaborated with companies or universities to develop some of their course content, where other sites such as Udemy [www.udemy.com] or Skillshare [www.skillshare.com] allow anyone to become an instructor, develop their course, and post it to their site for purchase.
Additional Sites: Coursera.com, MediaBistro.com, Lynda.com
Learning to Code
If you’re looking to hone your coder skills, there are many options to find courses specific to helping you learn to code. Code School [https://www.codeschool.com/] has created a unique way of learning by adding entertaining content and a sense of gaming to their courses. Other sites include Code Academy [http://www.codeacdemy.com/], Free Code Camp [https://www.freecodecamp.com/] or W3Schools [https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp].
Apps
Another great way to fit in learning is to use an APP. iTunes U [https://itunesu.itunes.apple.com/coursemanager/] has one of the best collection of free courses out there. They offer a varied mix of courses from a standalone class to a series of courses about a topic. You will find that much of the content is from actual Universities and many of the courses include lecture notes and homework.
Extended Education from Universities
Many universities have extended their courses online.
MIT - http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
Yale - http://oyc.yale.edu/
UCLA - https://www.uclaextension.edu/r/search.aspx?c=free+courses
Stanford - http://class2go.stanford.edu/
Berkley - http://webcast.berkeley.edu/
Free Online Courses or Email
http://education-portal.com/ - A portal that searches the web to find a listing of free courses.
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Conclusion
No matter what route you go with for online learning, there are countless options to choose from that provide first-rate content, with an ease of learning at your own pace.
Alexia Vernon joins Luckygirl, Christina Aldan.
Alexia's bio from her website alexiavernon.com
Branded a “Moxie Maven” by the White House Office of Public Engagement for her unique and effective approach to developing rising female leaders, Alexia partners with female and male executives, startup founders, entrepreneurs, media personalities, bestselling authors and change agents to use public speaking and heart-centered, high impact communication to radically and positively transform their people’s lives, grow their audience and increase revenue. Alexia is the Founder and Director of Influencer Academy, a holistic and experiential women’s leadership development program that provides high potential women across industries and sectors coaching and training in public speaking, persuasion, negotiation, coaching, facilitation and stepping into thought leadership. Alexia leads a series of public speaking training programs including Your Spotlight Talk (which provides step-by-step instruction in developing, pitching, booking and delivering a TED-style talk) and the Spotlight Speakers Collective (a high-level mastermind for female entrepreneurs and changemakers to create massive impact and profit through speaking). Alexia has shared her advice with Fortune 500 companies, at prestigious industry conferences, with the United Nations during the Commission on the Status of Women and with media including CNN, NBC, the Wall Street Journal, Inc., Forbes, the European Business Review and Women’s Health Magazine. Alexia is the author of the ATD Press book, 90 Days 90 Ways: Onboard Young Professionals to Peak Performance.
You can find her at her website and on social media sites listed below:
https://www.facebook.com/AlexiaVernonEmpowerment
Missy Day is a Certified John C. Maxwell Trainer/Speaker and Coach, Certified Fish! Philosophy Trainer and Certified in the Six Sigma methodology. She founded the bi-annual event "What's Your Story" because everyone has a story to tell.
You can reach Missy Day at http://passion4success.net/
What's Your Story https://www.facebook.com/Whats-Your-Story-1730258020576455/
Christina Aldan from LGDesigns.co offers tips on two important topics for entrepreneurs and solopreneurs - Social Media Dos and Don'ts and Charging What You Are Worth.
These episodes originally aired as two separate episodes in 16 and 17.