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 |