My previous post, To Learn, To Lead, highlighted McGill professor Henry Mintzberg’s criticism of traditional MBA programs. That inspired me to go through the archives of the Free Learning Monitor to dig up all of the free self-learning options for business education that I have published in the past year. So, here they are. I may come back and add to them, as they don’t currently include selections from the Human Resources and some other categories in the Monitor. Comment or contact me to let me know if there are others you would like to see here. Categories here include (anchored links coming soon!): General Collections and Libraries Planning & Starting Nonprofit Sector Marketing Green Business Strategy Accounting & Finance Odds & Ends General Collections & Libraries Small Business Administration - New Courses New courses include:* Finance Primer: Guide to SBA’s Guaranty Programs * Technology 101: A Small Business Guide * Marketing 101: A Guide to Winning Customers * Global Enterprise: A Primer on Exporting * How to Prepare a Business Plan * How to Prepare a Loan Proposal *** OPEN Forum by American Express OPEN A wealth of resources for business owners — videos, articles, blogs, and expert advice to boost your business, sponsored by American Express OPEN. *** Management Methods | Management Models | Management Theories Management portal explaining 250+ methods, models and theories on strategy, performance management, finance, valuation, change, corporate governance, communication, marketing, leadership and responsibility. Value Based Management. *** Free Management Library The Library provides easy-to-access, clutter-free, comprehensive resources regarding the leadership and management of yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations. Content is relevant to the vast majority of people, whether they are in large or small for-profit or nonprofit organizations. Over the past 10 years, the Library has grown to be one of the world’s largest well-organized collections of these types of resources. *** American Management Association Free Learning Resources *** IRS Small Business Video and Audio Presentations These short presentations are dedicated to helping your small business. In addition to these video and audio presentations, please visit the Small Business Tax Workshop Video page for instructional lessons. *** Free Business Training Keep your employees up to date on today’s important skills & requirements.Test out the best business training system available online by taking one of our free business training courses. Simple course authoring, student administration & branded for your company. *** Businessballs Free online learning for careers, work, management, business training and education. **** How to Get a Valuable Education Without Mortgaging Your Life From The Personal MBA - Skip business school: get a world-class business education by reading the 77 best business books available. (Visit your local library to make this one free!) *** read it for (dot) me A growing collection of business book video summaries. *** Brain Trust: 100 Ivy League Business & Entrepreneurship Courses You Can Take for Free *** 5 Minute Management Course 6 lessons with morals. Tongue-in-cheek, but with a dose of wisdom as well. Planning & Starting Free Business Plan - Start a Business Free business plan to download. Read basic core knowledge about how to start business and how to run a business. Be an entrepreneur. *** Learn Online | SCORE Learn your way. Take these courses anytime. Try these useful & interesting courses to help your business get started and grow. *** Learn how to Start A Business, how to Write A Business Plan, and all about Business Start Up The Internets Top Free Start A Business Course. Learn how to write a business plan, pick a business, sign a lease, do small business accounting and much much more! Nonprofit Sector Wild Apricot Blog : Social Media for Non-Profits: 26 Great Slideshare Presentations You Can Use Great new presentations on social media are coming out almost daily, and many are directed specifically to the needs of non-profits. But it can be time-consuming to search out those that are up-to-date, actionable, and appropriate to nonprofits. Here’s a list. *** The Free Nonprofit Micro-eMBA Free Management Library’s Free, Online Nonprofit Organization and Management Development Program Marketing Free Marketing Courses | IttyBiz Starting a Home Business | Home Business Ideas | Work From Home, Starting a home business? Legitimate home based business advice, tips, and ways to work from home. (Note: Some readers may take offense at Naomi’s language, but she knows what she’s talking about!) *** ShoeMoney Xtreme Internet Marketing Guides (Registration Required.) I’m Jeremy "ShoeMoney" Schoemaker and for 13 years I’ve been building successful online businesses. For the past five years I’ve been working hard writing a book to help others get started online. I recently decided that there is just too much great information in my book to exclude people from reading it. I have now backed out of my major book deal and turned it into a completely FREE 12 week guide to Internet marketing. No strings attached. Enter your email and start receiving the weekly guides directly in your inbox! *** The Word of Mouth Manual: Volume II (eBook) The creator of BzzAgent, co-founder of WOMMA (Word of Mouth Marketing Association) and author of THE GRAPEVINE, Dave has a new book out. It is entitled THE WORD OF MOUTH MANUAL: VOLUME II, and in an rather unorthodox move, he has decided to self-publish it. The physical edition costs $45.00, but he is offering a digital edition to you free of charge. *** System Seminar TV: Internet Marketing Education (Videos) The world’s greatest Internet marketing seminar presents the world’s greatest TV channel for entrepreneurs *** Marketing Webinars from HubSpot Download free on-demand Internet marketing webinars / videos about blogging, SEO, social media and more. *** J.S. Gilbert : Referral Marketing Tips for Voice Actors Join Voice Over Expert J.S. Gilbert in his lecture, "Referral Marketing Tips for Voice Actors". J.S. discusses the importance of referral marketing and how some strategic planning can prepare you for success, both in the realm of business and artistry. Learn how to get business and referrals from people you already know, develop an elevator pitch and get in touch with your prospects. (Podcast) Green Business EcoSector Method: Free Online Course for Green Startups Steps to a successful green enterprise - a short online course! Strategy Corporate Strategy A video lecture of corporate strategy from the Life ning. Accounting & Finance Simple Studies - Best Free Online Accounting Lessons Free online accounting lessons on simplestudies.com explain accounting principles in a simple way. They include accounting tutorials on introduction to accounting and accounting exercises with solutions. Intro to accounting is presented in simple accounting terms! *** Free Accounting Course - Bean Counting 101 Bean Counting 101 is a free accounting course for non-accountants that covers debits, credits, general ledger, payroll, inventory, depreciation, accrual accounting, double-entry bookkeeping, etc. *** SMExcellence :: OFFICIAL WEBSITE SMExcellence is a free online learning system that helps you improve your small business and financial management skills. *** Financial Management Training Center "Fast Free Learning in Business Finance" Odds & Ends Trump University (The Donald throws a bone to free learning with this one promo course.) Real Estate Investment Strategies, Foreclosures Investing and How to Buy and Sell Investment Properties - Learn from Donald Trump’s experts. *** Improve your personal networking skills This basic networking tutorial will show you the advantages of networking, how adult social networking can help your business and how to use social networking sites to your advantage. *** IRS Small Business Video and Audio Presentations These short presentations are dedicated to helping your small business. In addition to these video and audio presentations, please visit the Small Business Tax Workshop Video page for instructional lessons. *** Free Business Training Keep your employees up to date on today’s important skills & requirements.Test out the best business training system available online by taking one of our free business training courses. Simple course authoring, student administration & branded for your company. *** Business Change Management Library Check out our sample video covering The Change Agent. You’ll find it to be a lively presentation that gives cutting-edge insight, and pragmatic tools - all proven methods that have produced world class results in organizations all over the planet. *** Play Kebab Van Online Kebab Van Sim Game Review Hints Play Kebab Van sim game free online. No download. Serve kebabs in busy area make big profit. Kebab Van game review hints. tips, cheats. *** Free Online Courses Open to Business Professionals Affected by Down Economy SmartDraw.com, maker of SmartDraw, the software that helps you work smarter by communicating visually, has announced a free, three-part series of e-Courses entitled, "Recession Proof Your Business." This timely series, accessible through SmartDraw’s Working Smarter blog at http://blog.smartdraw.com/ or through the series overview at http://www.smartdraw.com/Recession-Proof-Overview-PDF, is divided into three 20-minute online e-Courses that include printed materials and video instruction. *** Strictly Business The American Society of Media Photographers provides this forum to encourage the development of critical skills and to foster new ideas. Our goal is an informed and savvy professional photography community. Jeff Cobb Mission to Learn P.S. If you enjoy what you read here on Mission to Learn, I encourage you to subscribe to the RSS feed or use the e-mail subscription form at the top right side of this page. Related posts:Customer Education: 25 Sampler Sites Being a learner and being a consumer often go hand...25 Free Online Resources and Web Apps for Lifelong Learners This is a guest post from Karen Schweitzer. The Internet... 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This is a guest post by Caitlin Smith Learning a language on your own can be done, but it’s much more fun and potentially easier to learn through communicating with others. The Web provides a great forum for this, with tools of all kinds that let language learners talk to one another and learn from direct, immersive communication. Here are a few collaborative language learning tools you may want to try: LiveMocha: LiveMocha offers a wide ranfe of self-paced language lessons, but the real power of the site is in its focus on social language learning. The site features real-time text and audio chat tools that let users converse with native speakers to build skills and confidence in the oral and written practice of the language. Babbel: Many people learn well with the aid of flashcards. This site lets users create and share their own flash cards through a slick and user-friendly interface. That isn’t all that the site has to offer, though. Users can also chat with others in the language that they’re learning and take advantage of a  host of other useful tools. Right now the site is limited to English, French, German, Spanish, and Italian. italki: If you’ve got Skype you can take advantage of this great language learning add-on. Through the italki interface you can find other users to talk to, chat with them using Skype or a host of other online chat tools, find language resources, and communicate with other learners through the online language forums. Busuu: Busuu features language tools at all levels that incorporate both writing and speaking practice. Once users have completed a few lessons and built up a general knowledge, the site offers video chat as well so learners can test out their new skills with someone who speaks the language. LingoPass: LingoPass is like a bartering system for those willing teach their language to another person while also having the opportunity to learn a new language of their choice. Everytime you lead a one-hour discussion class in your language of expertise, you earn credits to participate in all other language discussions on the site for a week. If you want to keep learning for free, you have to keep teaching! This post was contributed by Caitlin Smith, who writes about associates degree programs. She welcomes your feedback at CaitlinSmith1117 at gmail.com. Interested in writing a guest post? Contact Mission to Learn. Related posts:20 Language Links from the Free Learning Monitor I just pressed "Publish" on a new edition of the...Free Language Learning Resources - The Master List Open Culture highlighted this one a couple of weeks ago,...25 Sites and Tools to Exercise Your Brain This is a guest post from Karen Schweitzer. Finding ways... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

Open Culture highlighted this one a couple of weeks ago, but having since spent some time on it, I wanted to make sure to point it out to Mission to Learn readers. UniversitiesandColleges.org’s Master List of Free Language Learning Resources is indeed an impressive list of courses, podcasts, and iPhone applications covering a wide range of languages. If you are out to pick up or brush up on a language, it is a great starting place. One of the things I like about the list - and a large part of the reason that I mention it here - is that the author has done a good job of organizing the resources. Too often these kinds of lists are purely about quantity in an effort to attract links. In this case, however, an initial table of contents is provided along with additional navigational tools for locating the language and resource of interest. Here’s a screen shot from the courses section to give you an idea of what I mean: If learning a language online, on you iPod, or on your iPhone is part of your summer learning plan, definitely take a look at this list. And also check out the range of language learning resources here on Mission to Learn. Jeff Cobb Mission to Learn Related posts:20 Language Links from the Free Learning Monitor I just pressed "Publish" on a new edition of the...5 Free Web Tools for Learning a Language Collaboratively This is a guest post by Caitlin Smith Learning a...Free Learning Resources and other Edutweets Free Online Learning Resources It’s been a while since the... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

This is a guest post from Karen Schweitzer. Finding ways to stretch and exercise your brain is important for a long happy life. Fortunately, the Internet is flush with games, tools, and web apps that will boost your mental power and leave your brain sweating. Here are 25 sites to try today: Brain Games BrainBashers - BrainBashers are a collection of brain teasers, riddles, games, puzzles, and optical illusions. This impressive brain game site updates games and puzzles regularly. BrainDen.com - This brain teaser site provides a variety of games and trivia to challenge your mind. BrainDen.com offers jokes, puzzles, trivia, riddles, games, and optical illusions-all designed to exercise your brain. Sharp Brains - Sharp Brains provides 50 top brain teasers and games everyone will enjoy. These games help to work your language, logic, math, memory, and attention skills. Braingle - With over 17,000 user-rated brain games, Braingle is the perfect place to boost your brain power. As an added bonus, this site also offers exercises to increase memory, vocabulary, creativity, and stress management. Brain Metrix - Brain Metrix is designed to build brain fitness. The site can increase your memory, reflex, and concentration through a collection of activities. Brain Teaser Central - Brain Teaser Central is a good place to stretch your brain with logic, math, illusions, games, puzzles, trivia, and more. Fit Brains - Fit Brains is a site with fun, free games that exercise five key cognitive brain areas: memory, executive, visual-spatial, concentration, and language. Brain Teasers Network - With daily brain teasers and an assortment of popular and challenging games, Brain Teaser Network is a handy site for building mental capacity. Oxbrain - Oxbrain offers lateral thinking puzzles and crossword puzzles. These custom-made crossword puzzles are entertaining and educational. Thinks.com - Thinks.com offers several fun games to challenge your brain, including crosswords, word searches, jigsaw puzzles, chess, and brain teasers. Brain Boosting Techniques Speed Reading - Speed reading is a great way to boost your brain power for sales, education, and careers. This free speed reading course builds memory and comprehension. Increase Brain Power - Increase Brain Power offers five simple and easy-to-use techniques for increasing your comprehension and memory. About.com - This site features 10 useful strategies for improving your memory. These techniques are simple to incorporate into everyday life. Illumine Training - Illumine Training offers workshops to increase creativity, mental agility, and concentration. The workshop on mind mapping is an excellent way to expand your mind and organize ideas. Fun-with-words.com - This mnemonics page from Fun-with-words.com offers three different mnemonics to retain important information like words, numbers, and names. Web Apps Flash Card Machine - Flash cards are a super way to study and retain important information. Flash Card Machine features a free web app for creating and sharing your own flash cards. OuTWIT me - This free Twitter app contains games for improving and exercising your mind. OuTWIT me features games like Code cracker, Tweet word, Tweet quiz, and Story teller. Imagination Cubed - Looking for a way to exercise your creative side? Check out this free app from GE. It allows you to illustrate and share your ideas with free drawing tools. Mindmeister - Mindmeister is a brainstorming app that increases your brain power through creative thinking. The app allows you to organize and visualize your ideas through mind mapping. Twivia - Twivia is a Twitter app that exercises your memory through daily trivia questions. Misc Tools LibriVox - Books are an excellent way to keep your brain fit and active. LibriVox offers lots of free audio books to keep your mind moving. Visuwords - Visuwords creates a visual neural network to demonstrate how words associate with one another-a great way to exercise your memory and build your vocabulary. Creative Writing Prompts - Creative writing makes connections with your thoughts, ideas, and the world around you. This site of writing prompts will give your creative side a major workout. Popling - Popling is a desktop app for people who want to learn without studying. It regularly displays small windows with questions on your computer screen so that you can learn languages, chemistry, geography, and more without really trying. WebMD - Exercise is the best way to keep your body and mind healthy. WebMD illustrates how exercise can make you think clearly and perform better. Guest post from Karen Schweitzer, the About.com Guide to Business School. Karen also writes for OnlineCollege.org an online college resource. 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A while back I highlighted a visual explanation of the global financial crisis created by Say It Visually! The company has recently released a "visual explanation" of Skype, the popular Internet telephony application, that also seems worth highlighting. Here it is. (Click through to the post if you don’t see it.) Popout Jeff Cobb Mission to Learn P.S. If you enjoy what you read here on Mission to Learn, I encourage you to subscribe to the RSS feed or use the e-mail subscription form at the top right side of this page. Related posts:The Financial Crisis: A Visual Explanation Popout After my posting  yesterday on 12 learning resources... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I’ve become increasingly fond of Twitter as a tool in my learning mix. I use it as one way of making notes on my travels across the Web and sharing them with others. I also use the hashtag functionality as one of the ways to track various topics of interest or to "channel" topics or issues I am finding into a single stream. For example, I have created #learningmonitor to tag items that I am considering for the monthly Learning Monitor newsletter. Not sure what a hashtag is, or for that matter, how to send out a "tweet"? Check out the excellent presentation below from Jane Hart. And when you are done, consider adding Twitter to your learning mix. (If you don’t see the presentation, click through to the original post. I also recommend clicking the "full" icon toward the lower left of the Slideshare box to view the presentation in full-screen mode.) (Note: Jane has embedded video from Commoncraft in this and Slideshare seems to set it autoplay - at least in Safari.) Click forward a few screens until you get to the video and hit "pause" to stop the audio. A pain, but worth it for the content.) Twitter Workshop View more presentations from Jane Hart. Jeff Cobb Mission to Learn P.S. Follow Mission to Learn on Twitter at http://twitter.com/missiontolearn Related posts:Where Leaders Go to Learn (This I Believe) I was at a monthly gathering of local business colleagues... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I don’t have any data on overall effectiveness, but englishcafe.com’s approach to teaching English can certainly be quite entertaining. Here’s the start of a new series that leverages the legacy of King of Pop Michael Jackson to expand the English learner’s vocabulary. It’s a thriller. (Click through if you don’t see the video.) Popout Jeff Cobb Mission to Learn P.S. If you enjoy what you read here on Mission to Learn, I encourage you to subscribe to the RSS feed or use the e-mail subscription form at the top right side of this page. Related posts:Facing Up to All There Is to Learn I had the pleasure recently of seeing Dan Roam speak...All There is to Learn, Cont. Several posts back, under the influence of having seen Dan...Skype: A Visual Explanation A while back I highlighted a visual explanation of the... Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

I watched the excellent Century of the Self series some time ago (I think at the suggestion of Maki), but recent ponderings and events have brought it back to mind (more on those at a later time). If you aren’t familiar with it, Century of the Self is a fascinating four-part documentary series that explores the influence of Sigmund Freud and his nephew, Edward Bernays, on modern life, particularly in the areas of public relations, advertising, and politics. Really, it is a must see if you want to have a better grasp of the types of influence at play in all parts of our lives. And yes, that certainly includes learning! Below is the first installment of the series. And here are the links to all four parts: Century of the Self, Part I, Happiness Machines Century of the Self, Part II, The Engineering of Consent Century of the Self, Part III, There is a Policeman Inside All Our Heads: He Must Be Destroyed Century of the Self, Part IV, Eight People Sipping Wine in Kettering It’s a bit of a time commitment to watch all of these, but I think you will find it is time well spent. Trust me Popout Jeff Cobb Mission to Learn P.S. - If you enjoy what you read here on Mission to Learn, I encourage you to subscribe to the RSS feed or use the e-mail subscription form at the top right side of this page. No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.

This is a guest post from Dena White. Open courseware collections focusing on health and medicine assist students and healthcare professionals learn more about their particular field, further their careers, and increase their learning potential without enrolling in and commuting to expensive continuing education organizations or colleges. Health and medical open courseware collections are available free of charge and are accessible any time and any place, as long as you have a connection to the Internet. Counseling Counseling professionals and psychology students can find training guides and other educational resources on the Internet via open courseware classes. These courses provide students with a broad-based perception of all of the different kinds of counseling. In addition, they also help students determine which sector of the field they would most like to pursue. These courses also provide working counselors and psychologists with access to cutting-edge theories and practices within the field. Anyone taking these courses will be able to build strong interpersonal, communication and decision-making skills as well as a firm understanding of the social and scientific issues that surround the field of health and medicine. Classes in the counseling open course collection are provided by several fine schools such as the University of Massachusetts Boston, Utah State University, The Open University, the University of Michigan and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health. Dental Hygiene For a basic background on dentistry and human biology, in addition to specific training in public health, denture care, and geriatric dentistry, students can use open courseware classes to build on their education and dentistry skills. Tufts University School of Dental Medicine offers classes in this collection covering topics such as cancer, dentures, elderly patients, public healthcare and water fluoridation. The open courseware classes related to dental medicine and dental hygiene is effective in preparing students of advanced programs in the dental field as well as help professionals learn even more about the dental industry. Emergency Management Disaster relief, emergency management, and terrorism response are all rising fields in the healthcare industry. Respected institutions such as Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health allow students to use educational resources online that teach skills in making decisions, responding to terrorist acts, analyzing public health policies, treating mass populations, as well as treatment in a wide variety of conditions and symptoms. Food And Nutrition Science This open course collection features topics such as the basics of human nutrition, bioterrorism, official food policy and agricultural science. Schools such as the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Tufts University and the University of California Berkeley provide a wide range of resources and courses that will assist students in understanding farming and economics, environmental systems, the effects of terrorism and so much more. Students will learn all about crop breeding, biology, plant infestation, healthy living, human metabolism, natural nutrients, as well as poison in public water and food supplies. Relevant classes are available for farmers, nutritionists, agricultural leaders, emergency management professionals, healthcare professionals and scientists to help them stay up to date in their specific fields. Gerontology Healthcare professionals who work with elderly or aging patients are able to increase their educational training with online classes through schools such as MIT and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The topics covered in these courses include Medicare, the aging process, nursing homes, mental disorders, health care policies, and neurological conditions in elderly patients as well as many more helpful subjects. Rounding out the top ten free health and medical open courseware collections are courses in Health Care Administration, Occupational Safety and Health, Pharmacy, Public Health and Radiologic Science. Open courseware collections offer students and professionals with a unique opportunity to learn all kinds of relevant information to help keep them on top of their field. Stay tuned for more on these! DENA WHITE is a freelance writer and covers topics such as nurse assistant and medical careers, health care topics, and more. Related posts:Free, Open Stanford Engineering CoursesOpen Education Marches On At YaleLearn to Save a Life: 10 Free Online First Aid Resources

Free Online Learning Resources It’s been a while since the last collection of Edutweets (from the Mission to Learn twitter stream), so this a pretty healthy collection with some great resources in it. Enjoy! RT @russeltarr: SqoolTube Educational Videos (RT @dianadell): http://tinyurl.com/nhqne2 #learningmonitor # Good resources for learning philosophy from Open Culture: http://bit.ly/8hYrG # 50 Open Courseware classes on fitness and nutrition: http://bit.ly/8n5O5 #learningmonitor # 100 Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists via @openculture http://bit.ly/vfvnJ #learningmonitor # RT @ResearchChannel: Is your food safe? Explore issues surrounding food quality and safety: http://ow.ly/gB7C #learningmonitor # RT with corrected hashtag: Free online writing courses: http://bit.ly/XKNky #learningmonitor # Free audio seminars from the Hadley School for the Blind: http://bit.ly/o9ZsX #learningmonitor # Free couponing 101 course. Save money with coupons: http://www.choystercash.com/ecourse.html #learningmonitor # Science made simple - everything you need for winning science fair projects: http://www.sciencemadesimple.com/ #learningmonitor # Free online math courses for teachers: http://bit.ly/RBIm7 #learningmonitor # How to garden videos from http://www.bewaterwise.com: http://www.bewaterwise.com/video_01.html #learningmonitor # Introduction to Strategic Sustainable Development: http://bit.ly/WV3Tx #learningmonitor # Atlas Obscura: A Compendium of the World’s Wonders, Curiosities, and Esoterica http://atlasobscura.com/ #learningmonitor # 20 Free English Language and Literature Courses from EFL Geek: http://bit.ly/2h1gw #learningmonitor # TechSoup’s Roadmap to Microsoft Training Resources recorded Webcast: http://bit.ly/OL1S5 #learningmonitor # Free online financial education program from the FDIC: http://www.fdic.gov/consumers/consumer/moneysmart/mscbi/mscbi.html # 50 Awesome Ivy League Lectures All About the Future: http://bit.ly/1jFCZ #learningmonitor # Surviving the World: Daily Lessons in Science, Literature, Love, and Life: http://survivingtheworld.net/ # 25 Free Online Resources and Web Apps for Lifelong Learners: http://bit.ly/16gUHM # Mission to Learn posts on free and open learning resources >> Languages Learn English with King of Pop Michael Jackson: http://bit.ly/GUg2B # Educational game for Japanese language. Low cost, free trial: http://nihongoup.com/ # Other language resources on Mission to Learn >> Tools & Tips Huge visual list of educational Web apps - http://edu.allmyfaves.com/ - via Downes - http://bit.ly/e6L1b # Twine: free tool for authoring branching stories (viaAldrich): http://bit.ly/14lV5y # A visual explanation of Skype. Nice short video from Say It Visually! : http://bit.ly/tP7WM # RT @rjleaman: Great slideshare presentation from @c4lpt : Twitter Workshop http://tinyurl.com/my58zk #learningmonitor # Just noticed that Evernote has introduced shared notebooks. Good stuff. http://bit.ly/CePEO # From Zaid: Use Google Translator To Translate OER Into 47 Languages! http://bit.ly/E9tUD # Other Tools and Tips on Mission to Learn >> Serious Games New serious game from Gotham Gazette. Getting on the ballot in NYC: http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/issueoftheweek/20090707/200/2961 # Studies suggest video games improve recall, speed: http://bit.ly/CLiwA # 5 Ways Gaming May Transform the Future of Health and Wellness: http://bit.ly/1rfwb9 # New version of Re-Mission Game For Cancer Patients planned: http://bit.ly/FYQ0D # Learning by playing: http://personalmba.com/learning-play/ # Serious Games posts on Mission to Learn >> Brain Science Properly hydrated brains seemingly work better: http://bit.ly/17NjGh # Do Brain Trainer Games and Software Work? Bulk of research "murky" http://bit.ly/FFhl3 # Naps, learning, and REM (not the band   http://bit.ly/lktKK # Free brain fitness Webinar, July 21: http://bit.ly/1a5Key # The Power of Brain Plasticity: http://bit.ly/tkAW8 # Meditate for a bigger brain: http://bit.ly/18JmJh # Brain Scientists Identify Links between Arts, Learning http://bit.ly/uXPXX # Brain Science posts on Mission to Learn >> Learning Habits and Insights Good post by Michele Martin on info literacy and habits of mind: http://bit.ly/xxSbn # Learning via Self-Experimentation: http://bit.ly/JnJnj # 30 Days (is enough time to build a habit): http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/30-days/ # Four intellectual traps for understanding learning: http://bit.ly/eHOpr # 5 Ways You Can Support Self Education on the Web: http://bit.ly/2hrr3 # As Downes suggests, understanding how persuasion/influence works is a critical skill for the 21st century learner: http://bit.ly/73lsl # Write a Life Mission (to Learn?) Statement: http://bit.ly/58hXX # Learning Habits posts on Mission to Learn >> Future of Learning Will Higher Education Be the Next Bubble to Burst? http://chronicle.com/free/v55/i37/37a05601.htm # Seth on textbooks, "more mail about this post than any other post ever" - and a good link for Flatworld Knowledge. http://bit.ly/SwgMg # Wikinomics guy Don Tapscott on the demise of the university: http://bit.ly/4DnbL # UN announces launch of world’s first tuition-free, online university. Via Open Education News: http://bit.ly/Esbkk # Other Learning Resources 25 Edu Blogs Worth Reading: http://bit.ly/DX7De # Brief listing of some nice resources -Digital Literacy and Information: http://bit.ly/E7ctj # If you like what you find here on Mission to Learn, please subscribe! Powered by Twitter Tools. (with a little manual help) Related posts:Best Graduation Advice and Other EdutweetsFree Language Learning Resources - The Master ListSurprise! Assorted Edutweets