Free Online University Courses

Coursera is social entrepreneurship company that partners with the top universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free. They envision a future where the top universities are educating not only thousands of students, but millions. Their technology enables the best professors to teach tens or hundreds of thousands of students.

Classes offered on Coursera are designed to help you master the material. When you take one of our classes, you will watch lectures taught by world-class professors, learn at your own pace, test your knowledge, and reinforce concepts through interactive exercises. When you join one of our classes, you'll also join a global community of thousands of students learning alongside you. We know that your life is busy, and that you have many commitments on your time. Thus, our courses are designed based on sound pedagogical foundations, to help you master new concepts quickly and effectively. Key ideas include mastery learning, to make sure that you have multiple attempts to demonstrate your new knowledge; using interactivity, to ensure student engagement and to assist long-term retention; and providing frequent feedback, so that you can monitor your own progress, and know when you've really mastered the material.

They offer courses in a wide range of topics, spanning the Humanities, Medicine, Biology, Social Sciences, Mathematics, Business, Computer Science, and many others. Whether you're looking to improve your resume, advance your career, or just learn more and expand your knowledge, we hope there will be multiple courses that you find interesting.

Visit Coursera https://www.coursera.org/

Microsoft PowerPoint - Fabulous free templates await: The PPT65 project is complete

Happy to announce that all 165 templates created by PowerPoint MVP Julie Terberg are now available as free downloads at Office.com. You can use these templates as-is, or unlock your inner designer (reproduction steps appear in each template's Notes pane in PowerPoint). This is a sequel of sorts; we created PPT157 on the first set of Terberg's templates and, well, you don't mess with success.
Microsoft PowerPoint - Fabulous free templates await: The PPT65 project is complete

USA National Train Day

Discover the Rail Way. On May 8, 2010, the 3rd Annual National Train Day will be a FREE coast-to-coast celebration. Don't miss out on your chance to tour private and Amtrak train cars, explore interactive and educational exhibits, enjoy live entertainment and much more!

USA National Train Day Events:

Los Angles

800 N. Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
FREE!

• The Railroad Braceros Exhibit*†
  
• Train Equipment Displays*‡
• Model Train Displays*
• AmtraKids Depot Go-Green Express: Eco Exhibit*
  
• National Park Service Trails & Rails Exhibit*
• Snapshot Station
  
• Trains Move our Economy Exhibit*
• Amtrak: Dining the Rail Way* exhibit and culinary demonstrations, featuring Chef Marcel Lagnaz
• Amtrak Brand Display - Enjoy the journey®*
• Amtrak California: A Winning Partnership*
• Live performances by the USC Trojan Marching Band and Playhouse Disney's Choo-Choo Soul with Genevieve!
• Appearance by California Gold’s Huell Howser

Washington, D.C.

Philadelphia

Chicago

Other Cities