Online Courses and/or Lectures

 

 

LifeHacker's review of online learning opportunities:  http://lifehacker.com/software/education/technophilia-get-a-free-college-education-online-201979.php

 

"A collection of public affairs lectures, panels and events from academic institutions all over the world -- for you to view, listen to, stream or download." (Go, Princeton!)

http://uc.princeton.edu/main/index.php

 

List of colleges participating in OpenCourseWare: http://collegefinder.globalscholar.com/blog/299/opencourseware-colleges/

 

Videos and audio files via iTunes U:

A video overview of the service is here: http://www.apple.com/education/itunesu_mobilelearning/landing.html?cid=ITS-ITUMAIN080829-CN4X9

 

Videos from some of the world's most interesting and inspiring thinkers (via the annual TED - Technology, Education, Design - conferences):

http://www.ted.com

 

Google's "talk channel"... they bring in some terrific speakers, and record every one for re-broadcast:

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

 

Royal Society of the Arts - "video lectures from some of the world's most inspiring thinkers"

http://www.thersa.org/events/vision

 

David Harvey's lectures on Karl Marx's Capital: http://davidharvey.org/

 

Offline (DVD) courses:

The Teaching Company

http://www.teach12.com/teach12.asp?ai=16281

 

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Online Book Clubs

 

Via the Guardian (UK newspaper):

http://books.guardian.co.uk/readinggroup/

 

Via Barnes and Noble:

http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/

 

Via Borders:

http://www.gather.com/groups.jsp?filter=recent&facetTag=books

 

Via the New York Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/ref/readersopinions/reading-group-picks.html

 

Via Powell's bookstore (includes links to selections for the BBC World Service Book Club, Good Morning America Book Club, and Oprah's Book Club):

http://www.powells.com/features/bookclubs.html

 

Via the Washington Post (more discussion group than reading group oriented):

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/community/groups/front.html

 

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Independent Book Clubs (not affiliated with an existing media organization)

 

 

http://www.readinggroupsonline.com/

 

http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Organizations/Reading_Groups/Online/

 

http://www.bookgrouponline.com/forum/

 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bookworms_Reading_Group/

 

http://bookgroupbuzz.booklistonline.com/

 

 

 

 

 

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