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Learning

Here is a starting point for many links to thousands of online ways to learn new things and increase your knowledge. Go on, learn something new, give it a go!

* Gresham College Past online Lectures on many subjects
* David Rumsey Collection of Maps over 67,000 historic maps to explore
* More Mindfulness Meditation Advice from u3a
* Mindfulness by u3as own Nancy Taylor Subject Advisor
* Muslim Schism: How Islam Split into the Sunni and Shia Branches
* Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
* A Geopolitical Tour of the World
* Gardening 101: How To Start A Garden
* The Learning Brain
* Re-Learning Math with Scott Flansburg, the Human Calculator (Part 1)
* Re-Learning Math with Scott Flansburg, the Human Calculator (Part 2)
* Simple Memory Tricks to Remember What You Read
* Learn To Paint TV E103 - Simple Landscap Painting For Beginners
* How to Draw Anything! The Basics Part 1 Shapes: Narrated Step by Step
* How to Draw Anything! The Basics Part 2 Shading: Narrated Step by Step
* Portrait Painting Tutorial - A Strategy for Success
* How To Paint Realistic Trees in 3 Easy Steps - Oil Painting Tutorial
* Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe
* Internet Archive: An enormous non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more
* Rodneys Recommended MOOCs: Frequently updated samples of courses on a whole range of subjects on our own website
* Openlearn: Free Learning from the Open University
* Futurelearn: A selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world
* Coursera: Hundreds of free courses from more than 200 top Universities
* eDX.org: 2500+ online courses from 140 Institutions
* TED Talks: 3600 Influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity
* Khan Academy: A non-profit organisation with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
* Ignite: Fast and fun 5 minute presentations
* Project Gutenberg: A library of over 60,000 free ebooks
* The Free Library: a collection of more than 21 million free articles and books
* Royal Institution Christmas Lectures2020
* Royal Institution Christmas Lectures2019
* Why is life the way it is? Michael Faraday Prize Lecture
* How to Speak
* Carl Sagan: Christmas Lectures 1 - The Earth as a Planet
* Coffee Break Languages - Learn from 7 languages as a coffee time podcast
* Learning How to Learn
* Mind Mapping with Tony Buzan
* 1.Thinking Course with Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame. Part 1 of 3.
* 2.Thinking Course with Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame. Part 2 of 3.
* 3.Thinking Course with Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame. Part 3 of 3.
* Learning Music Theory in 1 Hour
* How to Acquire any language, NOT Learn It
* How to triple your memory