Try Online Courses

There are thousands of organizations that offer free, sample courses or modules over the Internet. Some are quite basic (as in self-directed websites), some are quite elaborate (as in full multimedia presentations with student interaction). Here is a small smorgasbord some of the different types of E-Learning currently out there.

4Assorted Courses

Canada's Campus connection - Demonstration courses from a number of Canadian universities. Changes weekly!
WebCT Workbench - Sample courses ranges from Rhetoric to Genetics to HTML.
First Year French at UT Austin - An excellent example of an integrated online course. Be sure to check out Tex and Tammy's Grammar section!
World Lecture Hall - 83 categories of courses, all for free.

4Software Training

Blackboard Tutorial - Faculty and Student Resources at Algonquin College.
Software and Email Tutorials - List of suggested websites to visit through Algonquin College.
Learnthat.com - Lists hundreds of free online tutorials in many different subject areas. Try some of the Windows tutorials, especially the viewlets (short animated tutorials).
Intelinfo - Whether you're going for technical certification or teaching yourself programming, web design, or networking, you will find plenty of web resources here.
ActDEN - Access timely content for classroom or home use, and introduce both children and parents directly to the Internet education experience.
Free sample course(s) from ElementK - mostly computer software, but also business and management skills and workplace safety.

4How To Do Research / Information Literacy

Information Literacy Tutorials - These eight multi-media, interactive tutorials from the Dalhousie University Libraries cover basic research skills. (Note: These tutorials were created using Authorware 6 and require the free Authorware Web Player which can be downloaded from the site).
TILT - Texas Information Literacy Tutorial - After completing three 30-minute modules, you will be able to identify a variety of information sources, perfect your skills for effectively searching databases and the Web, evaluate the credibility of sources, and cite print and online information (UT Austin).
Information Literacy Tutorial - These tutorials will familiarize you with types of sources you can use to find information, explain how you can make the most effective use of these resources, discuss how to evaluate the information you find, and review the appropriate conventions for citing the research of others in your own work (Five Colleges of Ohio).
Internet Navigator - Teaches basic research techniques using libraries and the Internet that will help students succeed in college and in their future careers. Contains exercises, assignments and a quiz (University of Utah).

4Human Resources Issues

Francis Tuttle Courses - Communicating with Difficult People: Working with Difficult Employees. Scroll down to "Try it Out" and follow the directions.
Blackboard Sample Course - Troy State University. Try an Organizational Behaviour course!

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