I really do enjoy learning. At least, when I’m able to study subjects that I’m interested in at my own pace. I’ve toyed with the idea of going back to school to further my education, but that’s very expensive. So for right now I’m exploring other ways to learn more about things that of interest to me.
One great resource that I’ve found is iLearn at iVillage.com. iLearn offers new courses online each month. The courses are free, set at your own pace and have topics that are applicable to most people (especially women which are the target audience). In addition to the online lessons, assignments and quizzes, if you fill out a short survey from the sponsor of the class, you get access to a PDF of the course that you can print out and reference later.
This month I’m enrolled in two courses that I’m excited about completing. The first is Sweat the Small Stuff: Plan and Budget for Your Future Goals. We took a basic budgeting course for our home buyers class, but I think this well help me kick off our budgeting for the new house. The second is Advanced Microsoft® Excel 2003, Part I: Analyzing Data, which is awesome because as far as career goes, you never know when you might be able to utilize more Excel skills. Of course, there are other great courses this month as well, but these are the ones that I think will be most applicable for me. And for free? I can’t really beat that.
Wendy says:
Neat!
And yes! Learning Excel is a good thing!
March 12th, 2008 at 10:53 am
Jane says:
Thanks for the link. I think I might enroll in some courses. =]
March 13th, 2008 at 2:47 am
Michelle says:
That is so cool! You find the neatest things. =) Thanks for sharing.
March 13th, 2008 at 11:44 pm