If you’re like most of us, you have limited time to do your basic daily business and personal tasks, let alone take time for personal enrichment.
Yet, we know it’s critical to keep on top of the latest industry topics and skills to maintain a competitive edge.
Thankfully, innovative learning tools provide us a distinct and unique learning alternative.
Audio and video education can be wildly effective and efficient for personal and professional development. You can easily turn “task time” (commuting, exercising, chore) into learning sessions.
From learning new business theories or trying a foreign language, there are hundreds of educational subjects available. From a cost, time and convenience perspective, it’s certainly worth a try.
Here are a few tips to guide you toward the best sources and topics for your needs.Libraries:
Your local library is one useful and cost-effective source for audio books and video materials.
Many offer the service free of charge.
Audio and Video Books: If you want a larger selection, you can buy or download audio and video materials Audible or LearnoutLoud. Both services have tens of thousands of title from which to choose.
You can buy one at a time, or subscribe to one of their monthly plans. (www.audible.com and www.learnoutloud.com).
Podcasts: Podcasting is a rapidly growing way to reach listeners around the world. A podcast, by definition, is a collection of digital media files which is distributed over the Internet, often using syndication feeds, for playback on portable media players and personal computers. With small cost of entry, hundreds of thousands of new “broadcasters” are hitting the podcast “airwaves” daily.
Millions of listeners around the globe are finding new, fun, interesting, entertaining, enlightening, and informative content that they want to hear. A podcast is distinguished from other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added. For more information, check out http://www.learn-on-the-go.com/directory/ or visit iTunes.
E-Learning: E-learning is a general term used to refer to computer-enhanced learning and uses a variety of different tools (Webcasts, CD ROMs, blogs, etc.) Online education is rapidly increasing, and online doctoral programs have even developed at leading research universities. If you’re thinking about specific courses or even a program of study – but can’t dedicate the actual “in-person” time to a formal class setting, consider this alternative. Go to www.elearners.com for more information.The good news is that you don’t have to sacrifice your own development because of time or money constraints. Thanks to continuous technological advancements, alternatives for “education on the go” will continue to appear.
Watch this space for future updates.
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