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Stuck at Home? Try Learning Something
Like many of us, I am in lockdown, have been for a while and expect to be for a while more.
During this time, I am building up new skills and pursuing some fun interests, using online platforms like Coursera.org and free courses from reputable service providers (e.g. Modzilla or LinkedIn). Some relate to work, others to my side hustle, others to random interests. I set aside about an hour a day for it, some of which used to be commute time.
So far I have learned about the history of magic in medieval times, SEO, and now transmedia storytelling. I've also added a course completion in scientific writing to my LI profile.
Who else is taking this road, and what courses or platforms can you recommend?
Soap, seclusion and safety everyone!
Megan Smolen
Director of Community at Fairygodboss
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04/01/20 at 12:47AM UTC
Such great advice from everyone! Thanks, Marne!
JENNIFER NACorporate merchandising professional
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03/30/20 at 8:43PM UTC
EdX is great for a wide variety of courses from Ivy League and other higher education courses. The only challenge is that it's difficult to sort through what is undergraduate level and graduate level that are more geared towards professional level continuing education material.
Maxine Chang-AvetisyanStrive for progress not perfection.
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03/30/20 at 5:42PM UTC
For my fellow marketing professionals, I recommend Google Ads and HubSpot certifications. Please share any other free courses you have tried!
Barb HansenStartup Product, Growth & Strategy
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03/30/20 at 5:37PM UTC
Google has free classes and certifications if your want to learn stuff that falls into the Google-y world (adwords etc)
Lalitha JanakiramanKeen in Entrepreneurship and Authoring.
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03/30/20 at 7:28AM UTC
yeah...I am in that path as well already! I have completed a 7-day 1-hr learning program from Stanford Great Learning as well as doing another on Digital Marketing/SEO over the weekends. It's a nice feeling to have learnt something new for the day! Hope we are making best use of the opportunities that have presented themselves without we going for it!
Anonymous
03/30/20 at 1:48AM UTC
I too love Lynda.com through my local public library. Iike the fact that Lynda.com gives you a certificate of attendance, which I will place on my personnel file at work in case I'm audited. I'm also able to access Gale courses through my public library, and I bet you can too. It's truly a blessing how many FREE online educational opportunities are out there, and this is the perfect time to make use of them. I'm able to count a lot of them as professional development credits, which is great.
Anonymous
03/30/20 at 6:52AM UTC
Gale is new to me -can you tell us more about it?
Anonymous
03/30/20 at 8:06PM UTC
Gale courses are free and they are 6-week long. My public library grants free access to Gale courses. With our library membership we can take two 6-week long courses per year. There are over 300 courses available on a myriad of topics. Check it out. I hope that helps, Marnie:-)
Kimberly HansenCurrently seeking opportunities
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03/31/20 at 5:54PM UTC
This one is new to me as well, I'm going to check to see if my library offers Gale courses as well. Thank you for sharing!
smoleyx3
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03/30/20 at 1:14AM UTC
I love khan academy!
Anonymous
03/30/20 at 6:52AM UTC
I've heard positive feedback about them - it's time to check out the site. Thanks for reminding me!
Kimberly HansenCurrently seeking opportunities
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03/29/20 at 2:43PM UTC
I'm taking this time for personal development as well, and have challenged myself to study an hour daily.
Sites I recommend are;
coursera.org
lynda.com (LinkedIn through my local library)
GCFlearnfree.org
(short youtube video link https://youtu.be/Zpc5kS39ICs)
If, for some reason, you don't have a lot of time but like to learn; I recommend gohighbrow.com. When you sign up and select a topic, you will receive one 5 minute daily lesson via email.
Anonymous
03/30/20 at 6:50AM UTC
2 new ones for me, thank you for sharing
JenniferJohnson
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03/29/20 at 2:06PM UTC
Talk about making lemonade from lemons - what a great use of time! Check out your public library website - the Philadelphia one has amazing opportunities to learn from courses to databases to ebooks and audiobooks. Thanks for sharing!
Anonymous
03/30/20 at 6:49AM UTC
Great Idea! I used to live in Philly, the public library is a wonderful resource
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