Open University "Open Learn" study material

U3A Members and the OU's OpenLearn
The Open University has provided on the web over 5000 hours of study material FREE . All you have to do is go to the website, browse and then register (it's easy and free) and study aunit of your choice.:
Website: http://www.open.ac.uk/openlearn/home.php

The learning material is arranged in units which take from 4 to 50 hours to study. There are currently over 400 units (and the number of units is increasing all the time) arranged in 13 Topic Areas ranging from Arts and History, to Business and Management and to Science and Nature. It is good quality learning material taken from OU programmes from Introductory to Masters level.
How can we use it for U3A purposes?
• Individual study
• Group Study - e.g. a U3A Group could agree to use the material as the basis for study and discussion. This could be a single unit or a series of units.
When you register with OpenLearn please add the tag 'U3A member' to your list of interests on your profile so that U3A members can more easily 'find' each other on the OpenLearn site.
More information about developments in OpenLearn will be sent by National Office in the next few months.