Self-Educate by lecture

[kateincali]

I was reading the topics here about self education and it inspired me! I watched an amazing lecture by Leonard Bernestein on music, it has been around for years. I only watched the first of several. But I am excited to see the others although my husband (who has studied music extensively) has warned me they are a bit thicker. It got me to thinking. I don't have the time, or the money honestly, to take any courses online to self educate. But there has to be more great lectures i could watch or listen to for free and at my own pace. I have no idea where, so i was hoping there were other people out there who have ideas! Here is a link for the one i just listened to...

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3HLqCHO08s

[swimmermom3]

Many of the major universities offer open course ware:

 

Open Yale Courses

 

MIT

 

Annenberg Introduction to World Literature

 

Art of Problem Solving's Alcumus

 

University of California-Irvine

The Teaching Company's "Great Courses" lectures are often available at public libraries for checking out.

[Twigs]

 

Mathematics, Philosophy, and the Real World is available online for free from infocobuild

 

[Rosie_0801]

I've just signed up for this Coursera course: https://www.coursera...neticsevolution

 

Oh, and since "astrobiology" sounds like snazzy word, I've signed up for this too! https://www.coursera.org/course/astrobio

[flyingiguana]

We're trying the astronomy course at Coursera. So far it's better than the others we've tried there.

[kateincali]

Thanks guys! I cant wait to try some of these!

[Chrysalis Academy]

I'm just finishing Coursera's History of the World since 1300 class. It's interesting. I listen to the lectures and I'm reading the text, but I haven't done the papers.

 

I also just started Coursera's How to Reason and Argue. It is great!! I'm really enjoying it. This one I can definitely see having dd do in a couple of years.

 

I've watched some fantastic Teaching Company lectures (that I could get from the library). My favorites have been the Great Books lectures and the Foundations of Western Civilization by Thomas Noble.

 

The Open Yale course on the American Revolution is also excellent, and I think we'll incorporate it into high school American History. I learned a ton.

[CyndiLJ]

I'll second for the Great Courses. Have listened to 3 or 4 over the past 3 years, and deeply enjoyed each one. They are pricey, but on sale they are a bargain, and our library does have a few on their shelves as well.

 

Cindy

[Jayne J]

If you have any interest in Tolkien or fairy/fantasy literature, check out The Tolkien Professor. (I can't hyperlink on my iPad, but you should get it right away if you google it.). He is a college prof. who has recorded his courses on Tolkien's literature and on fantasy literature in general and made them available for download free of charge. Good stuff.

[swimmermom3]

If you are short on time, I am a big fan of TED talks.