28 February 2014
Researchers and writers never stop learning. The very research we do is richly educational. The act of writing also helps us better understand the material we have discovered. Even with degrees in appropriate fields, we benefit from continually exposing ourselves to new findings and concepts developed in related fields. Others among us have pursued professional careers in fields currently unrelated to our current research; now that they have been lured back into historical studies on a personal level, they value educational opportunities that can be worked into their busy schedules.
The Massachussetts Institute of Technology offers wonderful resources online. Course materials for many MIT courses are available for free—hundreds of courses across the academic spectrum, including history, language, religion, and the writing arts.
In the field of history, for example, we can download lecture notes or textbooks for
- American Political Thought
- American Urban History
- Disease and Society in America
- Law & Society in U.S. History
- Technology in American History
- Technology & Change in Rural America
- The Civil War and Reconstruction
- The Places of Migration in United States History
In the Literature section of the Humanities division, we can download course materials for
... and much, much more!
Are you tempted?