Learning

Here is a starting point for many links to thousands of online ways to learn new things and increase your knowledge. Go on, learn something new, give it a go!

Online safety tips for Seniors - helping you avoid scams
Gresham College Past online Lectures on many subjects
David Rumsey Collection of Maps over 67,000 historic maps to explore
More Mindfulness Meditation Advice from u3a
Mindfulness by u3a's own Nancy Taylor, Subject Advisor
Muslim Schism: How Islam Split into the Sunni and Shia Branches
Introduction to Human Behavioural Biology
A Geopolitical Tour of the World
Gardening 101: How To Start A Garden
The Learning Brain
Re-Learning Maths with Scott Flansburg, the Human Calculator (Part 1) 
Re-Learning Maths with Scott Flansburg, the Human Calculator (Part 2)
Simple Memory Tricks to Remember What You Read
Learn To Paint TV E103 - Simple Landscape Painting for Beginners
How to Draw Anything! The Basics Part 1 Shapes: Narrated Step by Step
How to Draw Anything! The Basics Part 2 Shading: Narrated Step by Step
Portrait Painting Tutorial - A Strategy for Success
How To Paint Realistic Trees in 3 Easy Steps - Oil Painting Tutorial
Quantum Fields: The Real Building Blocks of the Universe
Internet Archive:
An enormous non-profit library of millions of free books, movies, software, music, websites, and more
Rodneys Recommended MOOCs:
Frequently updated samples of courses on a whole range of subjects on our own website
Openlearn: Free Learning from the Open University
Futurelearn:
A selection of courses from leading universities and cultural institutions from around the world
Coursera: Hundreds of free courses from more than 200 top Universities
eDX.org: 2500+ online courses from 140 Institutions
TED Talks:
3600 Influential videos from expert speakers on education, business, science, tech and creativity
Khan Academy:
A non-profit organisation with the mission to provide a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere.
Ignite: Fast and fun 5 minute presentations
Project Gutenberg: A library of over 60,000 free ebooks
The Free Library: a collection of more than 21 million free articles and books
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures2020
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures2019
Why is life the way it is? Michael Faraday Prize Lecture
How to Speak
Carl Sagan: Christmas Lectures 1 - The Earth as a Planet
Coffee Break Languages - Learn from 7 languages as a coffee time podcast
Learning How to Learn
Mind Mapping with Tony Buzan
1. Thinking Course with Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame. Part 1 of 3.
2. Thinking Course with Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame. Part 2 of 3.
3. Thinking Course with Edward de Bono of Lateral Thinking fame. Part 3 of 3.
Learning Music Theory in 1 Hour
How to Acquire any language, NOT Learn It
How to triple your memory