Online Courses

Genealogy

$$$ National Genealogy Society (NGS): http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/

$$$ National Institute for Genealogical Studies: http://www.genealogicalstudies.com/

Free RootsWeb's Guide to Tracing Family Trees: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rwguide/

Free BYU Independent Study: http://ce.byu.edu/is/site/special_offers/freecourses.dhtm

$$$ Heritage Genealogy College: http://www.genealogy.edu/

Free Genealogy.com Genealogy Classes: http://www.genealogy.com/university.html
   How-To Articles: http://www.genealogy.com/backissu.htm

Free Rookie's Guide to Genealogy Research: http://www.acceleratedgenealogy.com/free_lessons.htm

Free Genealogy 101: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~digginforroots/documents/genlessons/one.htm

$$$ & Free Ancestry.com: http://ancestry.com/learn/
   Getting Started: http://www.ancestry.com/learn/start/main.htm

Free FamilySearch.org - How to Start Your Family History: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/Welcome/frameset_information.asp

Free One-Stop Beginner's Genealogy: http://genealogy.about.com/library/onestop/bl_beginner.htm?PM=ss12_genealogy
   Introduction to Genealogy Course Outline: http://genealogy.about.com/library/lessons/blintro.htm

$$$ Oxford University Undergraduate Advanced Diploma in Local History (all online): http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/localhistory

The Rest of Life

Writing: http://www.visualwriter.com/, http://www.writing.com/, Guide to Grammar & Writing

OpenCourseWare - over 500 courses available FREE from MIT: http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
   Courses available in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Anthropology, Architecture, Biological Engineering Division, Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Comparative Media Studies, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Economics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Engineering Systems Division, Foreign Languages and Literatures, Health Sciences and Technology, History, Linguistics and Philosophy, Literature, Materials Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Media Arts and Sciences, Music and Theater Arts, Nuclear Engineering, Ocean Engineering, Physics, Political Science, Science, Technology, and Society, Sloan School of Management, Urban Studies and Planning, Women's Studies, Writing and Humanistic Studies

Stanford CS Education Library: http://cslibrary.stanford.edu
Computer science tutorials, starting with C++ and working towards programming a complete game of Tetris

UC Berkeley on Google Video: http://www.video.google.com/ucberkeley.html
Lecture videos on science, humanities, and public policy

OpenUW: http://www.extension.washington.edu/openuw

Open Learning Initiative: http://www.cmu.edu/oli
Online courses in 10 areas, including statistics and causal reasoning

Tufts Open Courseware: http://ocw.tufts.edu

BBC Languages: http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages
Audio lessons in 13 different languages, downloadable in MP3 format

American Sign Language Browser: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
Online video dictionary of hundreds of standard signs

iPlayMusic: http://www.iplaymusic.com
Basic video tutorials for things like stringing and tuning a guitar, and constructing chords

Drawspace: http://www.drawspace.com
Step-by-step instructions for learning how to draw everything from cartoon animals to something more realistic


A good adjunct to courses might be one of the history lists> here: http://www.h-net.org/lists/

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