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Thursday, September 23, 2010

survey - chime in, please!

I have a friend who cannot go to college at this time - she is neither physically nor financially able to attend at this time - but she really wants to learn, improve, and expand her horizons & knowledge.

I have already suggested to her that she read the Harvard Classics & the Newberry books for Juvinile fiction.

So, my dear readers, I/she would like your help - what could you suggest to her to read to educate herself?

3 comments:

  1. Well, there is always reading books. How about a different approach: there are a lot of podcasts/videos published of basic college courses. If she watched some education podcasts/youtube videos that would be a great start. Here is some calculus: http://youtu.be/ANyVpMS3HL4

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  2. As Andrew mentioned, for math there is the Khan Academy:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy

    You could also learn a lot with iTunes U:

    http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/

    Then there are open courseware sites, such as MIT:

    http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

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