Learning is a lifelong process. It shouldn’t stop once you graduate and leave school. Those who succeed in life are those with a growth mindset and in constant pursuit of new knowledge. As long as we are still living, we never stop learning; we learn new things every day which eventually will make us a better person in our life’s journey.

Ever since the pandemic entered into this world, things have changed and we are now welcoming the ‘’new normal’’, people are finding themselves with more free time in their hands and are looking for something productive to do so why not make the most of it and go back to learning once again.

Fortunately, thanks to the internet there are now websites where you can take free short courses about anything in business and you can do this from the comforts of your own home. Below are just a few of those websites you can check out.

1. TESDA ONLINE PROGRAM (PHILIPPINES)

For those Pinoys who are looking for free technical education, check the TESDA Online Program. The TESDA Online Program helps different kinds of individuals who wish to learn core competencies in a specific field but cannot go to any Training Institute.

They offer a star online training program on Entrepreneurship that you can choose from, such as:

a.) Managing your Personal Finances: This covers lessons on managing your money better and gaining financial freedom. It includes modules on saving, investing, financial goal-setting, and managing debts.

It can help you learn to get out of your debts faster and other things necessary to gain you that financial freedom.

b.) Star Online Program: This online entrepreneurship course covers the basics of starting your own business. It also provides strategies in sustaining profits and proper branding of your products.

c.) SMART Technopreneurship 101: This is for anyone who plans to start their own technology-based business.  

This also covers lessons in setting up a tech-based enterprise that requires a special set of skills. This TESDA online course teaches the knowledge and skills that aspiring technopreneurs to start their own business.

Website: www.e-tesda gov.ph

    2.) Facebook Blueprint

For those Pinoys who want to learn about Facebook Marketing. Facebook Blueprint is an e-learning platform that offers free, self-paced courses on Facebook and Instagram advertising.

They offer short courses on Facebook Marketing. Here are some of the courses:

a.) How to create a Facebook Page to grow your business: This course can help you establish your business presence through setup, growth, and management for your Facebook pages.

b.) How to advertise on Instagram: This course teaches you how to create Instagram ads that can help you reach the people who matter to your business.

c.) Get started with Commerce Manager: This course teaches you how Commerce Manager can help you sell your products and manage your business across Facebook and Instagram.

Website: facebook.com/business/learn

3. Google Digital Garage

By this time, you already know that Google is more than just a search engine. They also offer a few learning channels and one of them is Digital Garage.

This is aimed at professionals and Entrepreneurs who want to learn and grow their own business including Digital Marketing.

Some of the few courses they offer are the following:

1. The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing: This course teaches you to master the basics of Digital Marketing accredited by Interactive Advertising Bureau Europe. There are 26 modules included, all created by Google trainers that is full of practical exercises and real-world examples that turn your knowledge into action.
2. Build your online business: This course teaches you to learn how to sell a product/service from the ground up. You’ll also learn some business fundamentals, identify skills, and find a suitable site for your product/service, learning how to market yourself with logo, and more.
3. Business Communication: This course teaches you to learn Business Writing in any written communication used in a professional setting. Whether an email, memo, presentation, or report. You will also learn some tips and guides to help you make your business communication direct, clear, and designed to be ready quickly.

Website: learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalgarage

The websites that were mentioned are just a few of many.  You can also check out the websites of Ivy League universities such as Harvard, Stanford, Oxford, Cambridge, and Yale, you’ll discover that they are also offering FREE online courses.

All these pearls of wisdom and knowledge are available for you to learn for FREE, and all you have to do is commit your time and make the effort.