I think that many of us place great value on receiving an education, but forget that education and learning should continue beyond just your years of schooling.
Our brains are like sponges, and they tend to thrive when we challenge them and allow them to soak up information that we expose them to.
While many of us enjoy challenging ourselves and learning new skills, I think that it’s not always feasible with everyday life to expect yourself to enroll in classes you have to attend in-person or pay thousands of dollars for.
That’s why I’ve compiled a list of completely free (yes, free!) resources to help you further your education. You can learn new skills in the comfort of your own home without even having to pay a dime to do so.
Now you have no excuses to work that brain of yours and challenge yourself to learn something new today! I hope you enjoy and have fun furthering your education while building up your skill set 🙂
Free resources to further your education:
Learn a new language
Learn technical skills
Have you ever been interested in learning how to build websites, programs, applications, games, etc?
You can use Code Academy to learn HTML, JavaScript, CSS, PHP, Python, Ruby, and API to be able to have the skills to create these things!
Prestigious universities that offer open education programs
Another open education program
Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. They offer classes on a wide array of subjects!
TED Talks
I love TED Talks. Nothing gets me feeling more fired up and passionate about an idea than listening to someone give a powerful TED Talk on that very subject.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less).
You can find an archive of all TED Talks here, but these are some great ones to get you started:
- How to buy happiness
- How to run a company with (almost) no rules
- How to make a splash in social media
Is there something you’ve been wanting to learn lately but haven’t wanted to spend money to do so?
[photo source: Ashley Ella Design]
I’ve always wanted to study graphic design but it’s so expensive to go back to school! My brother is studying it at the moment, so I plan on borrowing his notes and eventually ask him to teach me some of the stuff he learns. Also, Duolingo is highly addictive! Thanks for these resources, Christina.
J – I would LOVE to learn graphic design too. It would be so beneficial for me with my business, and just plain old fun too! And you bet!
These are GREAT resources! I have heard a couple TED talks, and they are so inspiring! I also used duolingo at one point for Spanish. Such a fun way to learn the basics of a new language 🙂
That’s awesome that you have personal experience with duolingo, I’m thinking of using it soon to sharpen up my spanish from high school that I’ve completely lost! If you don’t use it, you lose it unfortunately lol.
This is a great post Christina! I’m try to watch a TED talk once a day, they are so interesting and get me excited about different subjects. I’m going to check out livemocha I want to learn Spanish and didn’t realize their were free resources 🙂
That’s great Mary! TED talks are so inspiring!!
I would definitely would love to learn some coding. So far I have just learnt myself by googling and reading and experimenting and so on.. But I wish I could do so much more!
Me too Reelika! I’m also self-taught by Google University 😉 I’m going to try this one out though to learn from a legitimate source. The little I do know has been so beneficial in running this blog!
Great list. I didn’t realize that there were TED talks on such specific business subjects. I guess I’ll have to check that out. Coursera sounds interesting too. I’d also add that local libraries typically offer free educational online resources. Our family is studying Russian with a great online program through our local library (mango languages).
They are AWESOME Janeen! Definitely take a look at them. And great tip, that’s so cool that you’re learning Russian!
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