Friday, 10 February, 2012

Online Learning Resources

The National Extension College - http://www.nec.ac.uk/info/?usca_p=t

The National Extension College is an educational charity dedicated to providing learning opportunities for all. They offer a wide range of distance learning courses for adults, including GCSEs, A-Levels, basic skills courses, childcare courses and much more.

The Open University - http://www.open.ac.uk

This University offers over 360 undergraduate and postgraduate courses and is one of the biggest providers of Distance Education courses.

Daycourses.com - http://www.gotocollege.ie

This website contains a complete guide to full-time and third level education courses in Ireland

National Extension College - http://www.nec.ac.uk/info/?usca_p=t


The National Extension College is an educational charity dedicated to providing learning opportunities for all. They offer a wide range of distance learning courses for adults, including GCSEs, A-Levels, basic skills courses, childcare courses and much more.

Oscail - the National Distance Education Centre of Ireland - http://www.oscail.ie

Oscail, the National Distance Education Centre of Ireland offers the opportunity to receive an Irish university qualification through Distance Learning.

Kilroy's College - http://www.kilroyscollege.com

This private college provides many courses in home study.

Nightcourses.com - http://http://www.nightcourses.com

This website contains a searchable database of National evening courses and Distance Education, IT training and Lifelong Learning

Bluebrick - http://www.bluebrick.ie

Bluebrick is an online resource for learners - essentially it is a web portal which provides an adult with flexibility to achieve accreditation using a building block approach. The site provides an efficient and flexible search facility, profiling of prospective learners, a recommendations system and an academic roadmap.

Quinn Business School - http://www.ucd.ie/quinn/

Quinn Business School, UCD offer business related distance learning courses.

Write On - NALA E Learning Site - http://www.writeon.ie/

The National Adult Literacy Agency launched www.writeon.ie in September 2008. This site allows independent learners to study and gain awards at FETAC Level 2. Users will find over 2,700 interactive exercises designed to improve reading, writing, listening, speaking, numbers and technology skills. The site is intended for independent learners but increasingly practitioners from all over Ireland have been using the site to support learners who decide to use the site to complement centre-based learning.

FÁS Net College - http://193.120.211.207/support/

This college provides a range of E-Learning courses, aimed at employers, employees and unemployed people.