You may have heard of LexisNexis, the giant full-text, searchable database of newspapers, magazines, legal documents,and other printed material It’s used extensively by journalists, law students (and lawyers), as well as a variety of student researchers. Lexis.com is geared primarily to law, while Nexis.com covers the non-legal branches. While no website offers full-text archive searching [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Free Alternatives to LexisNexis
Posted in Free Education on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Be Your Own Doctor
Posted in Free Education on November 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a wealth of knowledge on medicine out there for people willing to look into it. While it’s not recommended that people literally become their own doctors, there’s plenty of information out there to educate yourself on medicine. One of the most under-used resources is the military and military contractors. They produce field manuals, textbooks, [...]
The Lowdown on Accreditation
Posted in Education on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you’re looking into online education, you may have heard or seen the term accreditation being used, and not really known what it’s about or why it’s important. Having accreditation means that a certain regulator has certified that school or program meets a certain educational standard. This means, for instance, that a University’s program meets [...]
Prior Learning and Recognition
Posted in Education on November 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have several years career experience but no diploma? Do you need one to get a promotion, enrich your resume, or just for personal satisfaction? Well, you don’t have to spend the 2 or 3 years normally required to earn a diploma. Through a concept known as Prior Learning and Recognition (PLAR), you can [...]
The OpenCourseWare Consortium
Posted in Free Education on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The OpenCourseWare consortium is a group of Universities who provide the courseware (e.g. lecture materials, PowerPoint presentations, audio/video clips, and so on) for certain courses for free, in order to advance the pursuit of knowledge. Browsing through the University list it’s quite obvious there are plenty of options to look for material. Visiting UC Berkeley’s [...]
Learning French for Free
Posted in Free Education on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There are many resources online that allow people to learn French with little to no price involved. French is a very popular language, with an estimated native speakership of 200 million people (http://www.utm.edu/staff/globeg/profren.shtml.) Here are several French courses or places that link to French courses http://www.frenchtutorial.com/standard/toc.php http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/frlesson.html http://www.realfrench.net/index.php The Foreign Service Institute is the United [...]
Use, Advantages, and Drawbacks to the GED
Posted in Inexpensive Education on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Many people who have dropped out of high school or who are considering dropping out may have heard of the GED, or General Education Development diploma. The GED is a formal diploma that certifies that its holder has an education level similar to that of a high school graduate. Normally to write a GED you [...]
The Professor Dustin Blog
Posted in About Me on November 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m Professor Dustin! The reason I started this blog was to help you realize just how much potential the Internet offers for learning and educating yourself. You can earn your high school diploma, college diploma, or University degrees completely online. If you’re not interested in for-credit courses, there’s an even larger body of courses, tutorials, [...]
