Category: Lifelong Learning

An online college revolution is coming – The Washington Post

Curious about these new university courses called MOOCs? Now is the time to try them on for size. I hope our top universities will continue to be so generous to lifelong learners across the globe! Whether for good or ill, MOOCs augur a disruption of the relationships among students, colleges and trade schools, and the…

July 28, 2013
Life in the Middle Ages: a new blog for the inner child in all of us!

Sunday morning with a large cup of coffee and a fat paper to absorb … In a MOOC storytelling post I reminisced about reinventing myself to fit life’s changing circumstances, so the article in Parade Magazine hit home! Life in the Middle Ages: A New Blog by Connie Schultz Halfway through my sixth decade, I’ve made…

July 21, 2013
Mediterranean-Style Diet Protects Brain | MJH – Nutrition

I’m getting ready for a new Coursera MOOC, Social Psychology – Wesleyan University, so I am starting to think about brain fitness again. Here is good news for all of us who love to eat a rainbow!

July 19, 2013
Could YOU pass the test for US citizenship?

I am learning so much as I get ready as a Literacy Volunteer to help prospective citizens study for the English and Civics tests! The interactive site, PREPARING for THE OATH: US History and Civics for Citizenship, developed by US Citizenship and Immigration Services in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, is…

July 15, 2013
Find your PLACE in Charlottesville after retirement

More and more personal accounts of volunteering include the mention of workshops and training. What a wonderful way to keep on learning as we give back to our communities! Here in Charlottesville JABA can help

July 6, 2013
WASHINGTON ON YOUR OWN | Wednesday, August 7 | Search for the lost symbol?

This is one of my favorite day trips! And there is still time to read the novel before you search for the lost symbol. Grab some friends and hitch a ride to D.C. Travelers are dropped off at the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in the morning and picked up in the…

June 26, 2013