Comments on: How to Educate Yourself Online http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/ Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:44:23 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: learn urdu online http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-72238 learn urdu online Mon, 06 Apr 2009 07:27:59 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-72238 Interesting article that how to educate your self online.... Thank you for a nice guideline on how to increase learning with the internet as a resource.On net there is plenty of useful information about related topic of your interest and also some useful resources for Online learn Education.... Interesting article that how to educate your self online….
Thank you for a nice guideline on how to increase learning with the internet as a resource.On net there is plenty of useful information about related topic of your interest and also some useful resources for Online learn Education….

]]> By: James http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-59055 James Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:51:11 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-59055 The following web site is the best one I have found for self education in the liberal arts. http://strongbrains.com/ The following web site is the best one I have found for self education in the liberal arts. http://strongbrains.com/

]]> By: emendatio » Blog Archive » How to make e-learning work. http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-45463 emendatio » Blog Archive » How to make e-learning work. Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:00:49 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-45463 [...] NDA I can’t give out anything here. Therefore I highly recommend John Wesleys article on How to Educate Yourself Online. Although you could write many books on the topic, this short article gives a brief but very good [...] [...] NDA I can’t give out anything here. Therefore I highly recommend John Wesleys article on How to Educate Yourself Online. Although you could write many books on the topic, this short article gives a brief but very good [...]

]]> By: Links for 1 December 2007 | Life Optimizer http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-39879 Links for 1 December 2007 | Life Optimizer Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:59:01 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-39879 [...] How to Educate Yourself Online by John Wesley There are a lot of opportunities to learn from the Internet. This article outlines the “best practice” you should use. [...] [...] How to Educate Yourself Online by John Wesley There are a lot of opportunities to learn from the Internet. This article outlines the “best practice” you should use. [...]

]]> By: Marti http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-25798 Marti Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:22:08 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-25798 I disagree with the statement that for some topics you are better off at the public library. So many libraries are filled with old, outdated, and downright erroneous material. I think there is more information available online, and more accurate information, too, especially using the new academic source search facilities. But as with anything internet, caution, discrimination and a grain of salt are key. But this is definitely a great post, along with the thoughtful and helpful comments. I have printed it all out for hardcopy reference. Marti in Mexico I disagree with the statement that for some topics you are better off at the public library. So many libraries are filled with old, outdated, and downright erroneous material. I think there is more information available online, and more accurate information, too, especially using the new academic source search facilities.

But as with anything internet, caution, discrimination and a grain of salt are key.

But this is definitely a great post, along with the thoughtful and helpful comments. I have printed it all out for hardcopy reference.

Marti in Mexico

]]> By: Ludwik C. Siadlak http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-21558 Ludwik C. Siadlak Sat, 03 Nov 2007 07:13:10 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-21558 Interesting points. I've started on-line studies on Oxford University this year and found it *very* exciting. And that's why it's called a world-class education, isn't it? :) Interesting points. I’ve started on-line studies on Oxford University this year and found it *very* exciting. And that’s why it’s called a world-class education, isn’t it? :)

]]> By: shobaday http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-21424 shobaday Fri, 02 Nov 2007 01:08:03 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-21424 Thank you for a nice guideline on how to maximise learning with the internet as a resource. often we can be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information out there, yet there is a specific question we want to ask and don't know where to start. I have heard about the online podcasts and lecture notes from MIT and similar unis. Being a uni student, I'd like to see that become popularised. I sincerely believe that knowledge is better shared. Thank you for a nice guideline on how to maximise learning with the internet as a resource. often we can be overwhelmed by the sheer amount of information out there, yet there is a specific question we want to ask and don’t know where to start.

I have heard about the online podcasts and lecture notes from MIT and similar unis. Being a uni student, I’d like to see that become popularised.
I sincerely believe that knowledge is better shared.

]]> By: Tiny Planet » Links o' the day http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-21371 Tiny Planet » Links o' the day Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:14:42 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-21371 [...] How to educate yourself online. Sure, we’ve all been wandering the net for years, but now and then it’s good to get a refresher. [...] [...] How to educate yourself online. Sure, we’ve all been wandering the net for years, but now and then it’s good to get a refresher. [...]

]]> By: Steve Kaufmann http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-21349 Steve Kaufmann Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:00:47 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-21349 We are only at the beginning of the role of the Internet in education. I think that increasingly we will see systems that tie educational content together in ways that offer more depth, more sustained focus, while at the same time helping people to use the computer for easy retrieval with less clutter than now. We will see more learning communities. Also we will see less stressful and more evolutionary ways of grading and evaluating the progress of the learner. We are still at the "twitter" stage in all of this, still playing around the edges of the revolutionary force that can eventually liberate learners from the shackles of the education establishment, and its phony pretense to a quasi-monopoly position in the production and transmission of "le savoir" as Bourdieu would have it, knowledge, wisdom and thought. It is not only the learners who will be liberated, but also all of the thinkers and creators who are not recognized and supported by schools, universities, publishers, Oprah Winfrey etc.. We are only at the beginning of the role of the Internet in education. I think that increasingly we will see systems that tie educational content together in ways that offer more depth, more sustained focus, while at the same time helping people to use the computer for easy retrieval with less clutter than now. We will see more learning communities. Also we will see less stressful and more evolutionary ways of grading and evaluating the progress of the learner.

We are still at the “twitter” stage in all of this, still playing around the edges of the revolutionary force that can eventually liberate learners from the shackles of the education establishment, and its phony pretense to a quasi-monopoly position in the production and transmission of “le savoir” as Bourdieu would have it, knowledge, wisdom and thought.

It is not only the learners who will be liberated, but also all of the thinkers and creators who are not recognized and supported by schools, universities, publishers, Oprah Winfrey etc..

]]> By: John Wesley http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/comment-page-1/#comment-21335 John Wesley Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:17:51 +0000 http://www.pickthebrain.com/blog/how-to-educate-yourself-online/#comment-21335 Haha, I feel your pain, Alex. I need a way to mass unsubscribe from feeds from Google Reader. That's the thing with free stuff, you're always tempted to pick it up that after a while you have too much to deal with. Haha, I feel your pain, Alex. I need a way to mass unsubscribe from feeds from Google Reader. That’s the thing with free stuff, you’re always tempted to pick it up that after a while you have too much to deal with.

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