Free Online Courses » creative writing http://freeonlinecourses.info be free to learn Mon, 31 May 2010 23:51:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The Creative Spark With MIT http://freeonlinecourses.info/2010/05/05/the-creative-spark-with-mit/ http://freeonlinecourses.info/2010/05/05/the-creative-spark-with-mit/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 16:30:09 +0000 Dan Smith http://freeonlinecourses.info/?p=410 Course / Program Name: The Creative Spark

Hosted by / Sponsored by: MIT

Course of Study: Writing / Literature

Course Link: Take This Course

Description: Produced and delivered by Professor Karen Boiko, the primary aim of this course is to provide all learners with a full and practical understanding of both what their purpose as a writer is, as well as who they are writing for.

The course is intended to be delivered over 25 individual sessions, each lasting 1.5 hours and covering everything from small group work to video observations and essay workshops to free writing.

Aimed at those at an undergraduate level, this free online writing course should prove to be a fantastic aid when looking for your true creativity as a writer.

]]> http://freeonlinecourses.info/2010/05/05/the-creative-spark-with-mit/feed/ 0 Writing What You Know With The Open University http://freeonlinecourses.info/2010/03/03/writing-what-you-know-with-the-open-university/ http://freeonlinecourses.info/2010/03/03/writing-what-you-know-with-the-open-university/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:00:21 +0000 Dan Smith http://freeonlinecourses.info/?p=145 Course / Program Name:  Writing What You Know

Hosted by / Sponsored by:  The Open University

Course of Study:  Writing / Literature

Course Link:  Take This Course

Description:  This free online course is provided by The Open University and acts as an introductory course for, among others, creative and descriptive writing students.

Explaining not only the importance of writing what you already know, what you are familiar with and what you are aware of, this free course also provides detailed information on how to become more attentive to your surroundings and events that happen around you on a daily basis, providing you with more subject matter to write on.

Consisting of five overall units, these are broken down into a further nine individual topics and the entire syllabus should take approximately eight hours to complete.

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