Free e-learning courses from www.Alison.com.

On the John Murray show this morning a gentleman was interviewed who has established an e-learning programme of courses that are completely free of charge and available to anyone. I looked at the website - it is called www.Alison.com. It seems very interesting and well worth a look.

from the site:

ALISON provides high-quality, interactive certified and standards-based learning free to the individual learner. ALISON can offer free learning because:

1. Advertising is displayed throughout the Web site. When a learner clicks on an advertisement, ALISON earns revenue. That revenue is then shared with content publishers and used to invest in new 'free to the learner' offerings. Click here to review our advertising policy.
2. Nominal fees are charged for the use of ALISON Manager, the service which allows for the creation and monitoring of learner groups.
3. Much of our learning available is sponsored by partner organisations who wish to see learning on a particular subject freely available. Other content is provided by owners and developers of learning content who provide it at no charge and are seeking no monetary return. Others publishers earn a split on the revenue we generate through the display of their content.
   
   Recent developments in learning, education, and Internet technology make the ALISON free learning service possible. Such a service is a very powerful new force for change in global education.

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Personally I'm bored to tears by e-learning. I've tried it a few times, from different companies and didn't like. I do much better in a traditional instructor led classroom environment. Perhaps others find it more engaging than myself though. I would be interested if any long term AAM members do the courses and what they think of them. I haven't tried them yet.