Online Learning Opportunities

For many people who are visually impaired, completing classwork at any level of education can be difficult, especially if you don’t always have the right equipment or accommodations met.  ZoomText user Kathy Kalaluhi sent in a great suggestion that she wanted to share with you:

“I just went on the web and surfed AARP’s Bulletin where they list their free learning classes on the web.  There is a list of about 15 sites that offer free online learning classes.  They even have classes from MIT, Berkley, and Harvard.  They are classes to audit and are not for credit.  I checked out MIT’s classes and they even have undergrad and grad classes. HP has free online classes for learning how to create a website to office 2007 plus a learning video on Vista and Windows 7 and tons on Adobe and digital photography.  I think a lot of ZoomText users might find this very interesting.”

You can find all the details right here on the AARP site. 

Ironically, that same day, I came across an article about Sidney Crouch, a ZoomText user who is working toward his bachelor’s degree online through Ashford University.  As Sidney states in the article, “Online higher education equals the playing field among all students, regardless of whether or not they have a disability.  Nobody has an advantage...or a disadvantage.”

Read onward for Sidney’s full story about how he suceeded in the online learning world using ZoomText!