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Our U3A has facilities available in the upstairs room of the Scout and Guide HQ for doing a variety of on-line courses. Volunteers will be available on a regular basis for people who are unsure on how to get started and will give continued support if required

U3A members can come on a Monday or a Tuesday morning to the upstairs room at the Scout and Guide Hut between 10am to 12noon to try out or get help for any e-learning activity or just to use any of the facilities. It is better to book a session for a Monday or Tuesday at the Internet Cafe at Horizons

In addition there will be extra courses once a month on a Monday

  • Monday 7th July at 2.00pm. Alan Starkie "Undestanding Picasa 2"

The upstairs room is available for any U3A member to use the Dreamweaver web editing software any Monday from 2pm unless there is a booked e-learning session or a computer club meeting. Please contact Margaret at web@aughton-ormskirk-u3a.co.uk

If you would like any more information please contact Willem Wiechers 573 744 or Alex McMinn 573 136 or e-mail elearing@aughton-ormskirk-u3a.co.uk

Some e-learning courses

The following links are to courses which you might like to try at the U3A or at home

The National U3A offer short on-line courses specially designed for older people.  Both tutored and some untutored courses are offered (a small fee of £8 untutored and £15 tutored is payable).These courses are of interest to individuals and to U3A group leaders who may wish to use them with their group. Details available on the on-line course section at www.u3a.org.uk/

Open Learn gives free access to course materials from The Open University. Details of the range of subject are available at openlearn.open.ac.uk/

Basic Computer Courses: CLAiT, (Computer Literacy and Information Technology): eight units to develop skills in word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail, databases, and e-presentations using Microsoft Office 2003 at www.vision2learn.net/channels/courses/clait-plus.aspx

Learn with the BBC: Links to a wide range of courses ranging from Art and Design to Sports and Fitness at www.bbc.co.uk/learning/

Languages on the BBC: Learn French, German, Italian, Spanish or choose from a range of other languages at www.bbc.co.uk/languages/

MIT opencourseware: Free course materials used at the MIT can be downloaded from ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

If you are interested in finding out more or can offer any help please contact Willem Wiechers 573 744, Suzanne Jackson 01704 513 645 or Alex McMinn 573 136 or e-mail elearing@aughton-ormskirk-u3a.co.uk