CreativeLIVE!: Free creative education
Great education does not have to cost you a dime! That’s right, thanks to Chase Jarvis and the folks over at CreativeLIVE.com everyone with internet access is now able to attend (virtually of course) a wide variety of live courses. The courses offered range from basics in photography to video editing and Flash development, they even have some courses on mobile phone application development (iPhone and Droid) as well as classes on the newly released Adobe CS5, html programming and more. The courses are being taught by many industry leaders who have been willing to give their time and expertise to everyone.
What does this really mean? In my opinion, the best value in this site is that you get access to these highly talented people in ways previously unavailable. To get this type of “high profile” instruction usually meant dropping hundreds if not thousands of dollars (when you factor in travel and lodging) on a workshop or seminar. Now, you can soak up all the creative genius you can stand in the privacy of your own home or office. If you can’t make a class or you want to “keep” a copy of the class you can always download the class after the fact.
So what’s the catch? The only catch is that if you want to download a class video that you can watch whenever you want that costs money. This method is used as a way to help offset the cost of actually providing this education to you for free. I find this model to be rather interesting, and potentially a very effective. Allowing people to participate in the courses for free, letting them experience the class and spark their interest and determine if the course is valuable to them, then only asking for money if the viewer wishes to keep a copy of the course for personal use on their own time.
I have signed up for a few courses already and have really enjoyed the format so far. When you participate in a course, you are able to interact with all of the other people via a message board visible by all participants. This new format of online education is pushing forward with the idea that education does not always have to cost money, and this new site may prove to be a pioneer in offering courses that provide a sustainable service if people find the material worthwhile and decide to purchase the course for continued use.
I would strongly encourage anyone with even the slightest interest in the creative world, or online education to checkout CreativeLIVE.com have a look around, check out the calendar and upcoming classes, and hey if there is a class going on, drop in it and see for yourself.
Noq go forth! discover the world of free creative education!
-Sean
Online education is also good specially if you have very good and talented students.”~
Online education is quite good too, it all depends on the student and the program.’~`