If you are online for educational sources, you know there are lots of sites that will help you improve your subject. Today, I want to focus on Writing courses from world’s famous universities. There are a lot of writing courses available but the engineering courses from giants like MIT overshadow them.
Here are a few of the Open Courseware’s I was able to locate, please add anything in the comments section if you know of any.
Introduction to Writing
These courses are intended to give you an introduction to writing. Gain knowledge about wring from these and advance to more higher levels
- Essay and Report Writing Skills: Learn how to write assignments and reports for academic purposes in this course.
- What is Good Writing?: Consider what good writing is and the importance of effective writing in this course.
Introduction to English Grammar
Frankly, grammar is one of the most toughest part of English for me in school. I can’t differentiate a verb from an adverb. These courses may help you get a grip on English grammar
- Language and Communications: This course covers rhetorical awareness, research, writing, and reasoning.
- English Grammar in Context: This course will teach you about the importance of grammar, features of speech, and more.
- Form and Uses of Language: Here you’ll examine different ways language is used, specifically by looking at the varied works of Siegfried Sassoon.
- The Syntax of Natural Language: Understand theories and technical aspects of grammar and language with this course.
- Introducing Representation: This course discusses language as a way to convey thoughts.
Creative English
If you are into creative English, these links may help you. Want to write poetry, an autobiography, then these links are for you. If you are a blogger, don’t hesitate to check it out and add a new perspective to your writing. Trust me, you can spice up your posts to make it more attractive.
- Writing What You Know: This course will allow you to develop your memory, observation, and senses for creative writing.
- Writing Challenges: Here you’ll be led through a series of creative writing challenges.
- The Creative Spark: Learn how to create your own creative process with this course.
- Poetry: Learn about the form and elements of poetry in this course.
- Expository Writing: Autobiography: This course focuses on narration, critique, argument, and persuasion in autobiographical writing.
- Start Writing Fiction: Delve into characters, settings, genres, and more with Start Writing Fiction.
- Introduction to Creative Writing: This course will help you develop your skills in creative writing, offering elementary skills and structures.
- Theory and Practice: Learn the techniques of creating a computer-based narrative that’s both interactive and non-linear.
- Artistic Writing: You’ll increase your skill in reading and writing about literary text with this course.
Technical/Scientific Writing
Bloggers check this out, if you write about deep technical topics this may help you as well.
- Science and Engineering Writing: Take a look at technical writing and learn how the mechanics of writing for science and engineering in this course.
- The Science Essay: In this course, you’ll write about science and use literary tools like narrative, science, and structure.
- Communicating in Technical Organizations: In this course, you’ll learn how to write technical documents in a clear style.
- Technology for Professional Writers: Get the technological skills you’ll need to succeed in the writing industry with this course.
- Writing and Experience: Learn how to write for a public audience online with this course.
- Word and Image: This course discusses how visual communication can supplement writing.
- Communicating in Cyberspace: This course discusses writing and communication as it relates to the web.
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