Tech Learning Resources

Hi Students!  You will learn a great deal in current NLU program and you probably have little time left to add other learning to your to your busy schedule.  However, if you do end up with some time and you want to continue to learn, here are some resources I have found to help my professional growth: 

1. Class Central with over 250,000 courses.  Why would I recommend?  Well there is a lot of learning here and if you take a course on audit, you can try the entire course out.  You will not get a completion certificate for attending until you pay, but this is a great way to test drive disciplines you never thought about. 

Not only is it helpful to improve your skills, but you can see if a particular subject of field, that you didn't know much about, might actually appeal to you. So I recommend taking courses or trying them out just to see if that subject draws you in.

Website: https://www.classcentral.com/

2. O'Reilly is a portal for the technical person.   It offers lots of digital technology courses, books, webinars, meetings and certification preparation materials.  It offers self-help and career books to that you might find interesting.  What I really like is that they offer "live" events too.  This is a paid access portal but you can get 10 days free to see if you like it:

Website: https://www.oreilly.com/

3. If you work in industry, you will come across Pluralsight.  Pluralsight only focuses on technology training for professionals.  At the companies I worked for, it was always in demand.  One recent company, this is where engineers, IT and software developers went to get certified in Google Cloud.  They offer other training too.  It  is a very comprehensive tech catalog of offerings.  I still subscribe and pay each year for my subscription. They also offer monthly subscriptions and a ten day free trial.  It will cost you nothing to test drive the training.  You might learn something new! 

Website: https://www.pluralsight.com/

4. LinkedIn Learning has a wide offering of courses and you can get the premium (around $30) membership at LinkedIn, which is a professional portal and get access to all that LinkedIn Learning has to offer. LinkedIn learning is a quick way to build credentials and post on LinkedIn.  It isn't as comprehensive as the others I have mentioned, but it offers a wide-variety of learning on many things.  Check it out!   Website: Website: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/

There are more resources out there, but let's start with these.  Do you have a favorite online leaning provider you can recommend?