I hadn't yet looked at any educational sites other than Saylor. I noticed immediately that they have nearly complete fields of study, and that enrollment is fully open; courses can be taken at any time. In fact, enrollment in a course is only required in order to take a final exam. I also like their free as in freedom philosophy. I understand that they aren't able to adhere to it 100% of the time, but they do adhere to it wherever possible. They also seem to use mostly open standards, with the possible exception of PDF, which I have been told is considered to be an open standard these days, even though Adobe still controls the format as far as I knoe. I am able to read the files for the most part, but some still have some layout issues that are making them difficult to read. Everything related to the website appears to be fullly accessible to Orca using Firefox, although I haven't yet tried taking a final exam. Much of the website is powered by WordPress, and the EPortfolio that keeps track of enrolled and completed corses I believe is using Moodle. Some of the course materials may be available in WikiBooks, so I'll try that as an option as well.
I plan to also at least take a look at EDX and Coursera, which also sound like good places to get a free or otherwise much more affordable college education. None of them offer free degree programs, but most sites like these appear to have a way to "upgrade" to a degree or certificate for a very low price compared to the price of a degree or certificate program at a university. ~Kyle http://kyle.tk/ -- "Kyle? ... She calls her cake, Kyle?" Out of This World, season 2 episode 21 - "The Amazing Evie" -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
