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Using your library membership, you can get many courses for free!

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Kanopy

Stream an amazing collection of movies and documentaries. You can also learn new skills with the Great Courses. Users have access to 4 plays per month (but unlimited access to Great Courses and kids' content).

New to Kanopy? View a tutorial.

Download the app: iOS | Android

Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only.

LinkedIn Learning

Watch courses on business, creative, and technology skills. LinkedIn Learning offers more than 8,000 on-demand courses to help you build professional skills across a range of job functions, plus all of the 7,000 courses previously offered on Lynda.com. Support for additional languages, such as French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Mandarin, and Portuguese, is included.

Download the app: iOS | Android. Use Library ID westvanlibrary.

Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only.

Click here for a tutorial on how to use LinkedIn Learning.

Instructions for first time mobile users:
  1. Download the Linkedin Learning app from Google Play/ Apple App Store
  2. Open the app
  3. Tap on "Sign in"
  4. Select "Sign in with your library card"
  5. Enter "westvanlibrary" as your Library ID
  6. Tap on "Continue"
  7. Enter your Library Barcode and PIN
  8. Tap on "Continue"

Mango Languages

Lessons in 65 languages (including English). Sign up for an account on our website, or download the Mango Languages app on your mobile device.

Access Information: Licensed for West Vancouver residents only

Click here for an online tutorial on how to use Mango Languages.

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

A wide range of free and low-cost courses awaits anyone eager to pursue a subject in greater depth. Short for massive open online courses, MOOCs are most commonly offered through consortiums or partnerships between universities and colleges, and open to anyone. 

Course length and time commitments vary. Though most MOOCs are not-for-credit, some institutions offer certificates of completion for a fee. Teaching is through video lectures, podcasts, online discussions and links to articles and ebooks. 

Browse the catalogues of the MOOC providers below, or use Class Central to search by subject across multiple platforms.

How to tell if a MOOC is right for you

  • Watch the instructor’s introductory video
  • Check the course outline for pre-requisites and the level at which the course will be taught
  • Look at the instructor’s college webpage and search the web for course reviews
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Coursera

Coursera has over 33 international partners and courses that span the humanities, medicine, biology, social sciences, mathematics, business and computer science. 

EdX

The first MOOC -  an MIT course in electrical engineering - led to the creation of edX, a partnership between MIT, Harvard, Berkeley and University of Texas. McGill University, the University of Toronto and others have since joined, offering courses "designed to be interesting, fun and rigorous." 

MIT OpenCourseWare

The pioneer of MOOCS, MIT puts lecture notes, exams, and videos from more than 2,200 courses online for free (no registration required). Since many of these courses only include written material, you need to look under the heading "Audio/Visual" at the bottom of the website to find courses that include audio or video lectures.

Open 2 Study

Free 4-week courses in Education, Science & Tech, Marketing, Business, Health & Medicine, Management and Arts & Humanities. An initiative of Open Universities Australia.

Stanford Online – Lagunita

Lagunita hosts many of the free online courses taught by Stanford Univeristy faculty and made available to lifelong learners around the world for self-enrichment. Click on a course for a full description, to see when it's offered, and to find reviews.    

Udacity

Another Stanford initiative, Udacity is funded by Google and other tech firms and is chiefly technology oriented. Course materials are available to anyone, but to enrol in the full course experience, there is a monthly fee (approximately $200/month on average). "Nanodegrees" in specific areas are granted to those who enrol and pass the necessary courses.

Stimulating Lectures

Enjoy lectures by internationally acclaimed experts.

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In Our Time

Episodes of BBC Radio's popular 'history of ideas' show are archived here. Listen to a podcast on the age of the universe, or whether we are near to achieving the thinking, feeling computer.

TED Ideas Worth Spreading

TED (Technolgy, Entertainment, Design) offers "1500+ talks to stir your curiosity." Wondering where to start?

TEDx Events

"Created in the spirit of TED's mission, "ideas worth spreading," the TEDx program is designed to give communities, organizations and individuals the opportunity to stimulate dialogue at the local level." Check out the Editors Picks, or look for upcoming webcasts. 

Tutorial or Mini-lecture Style Learning

Challenge yourself with first rate tutorial style lectures from the Khan Academy.

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Khan Academy

With a library of over 4,200 high quality short videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, they are on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace. Created by Salman Khan who began posting math tutorials on YouTube, it’s a fantastic way for high school and university students to get help with difficult concepts.  

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