For the curious among us who are excited by new ideas, new experiences and personal growth, Door County provides many opportunites for continuing education. Learning in Retirement, based in Sturgeon Bay at the Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, provides a large number of classes on a wide range of subjects. The Clearing Folk School in Ellison Bay is another distinguished center of learning with a long and rich local history. And for the creatively inclined, there is the Peninsula School of Art near Fish Creek. A complete list of educational courses is available at the Door County Visitor Bureau web site.

For those who are motivated to learn online from the numerous public-access computers at all branches of the Door County Library or from the comfort of home, there are a number of web sites that offer wonderful educational videos and podcasts.

TED, Ideas worth spreading (video) : Riveting talks by remarkable people, free to the world.

FORA.TV (video) : Feed your inner genius; Fora helps intelligent, engaged audiences get smart.

PBS VIDEO (video) : Full length PBS programs including American Experience, Nova, Frontline and more.

Book TV on CSPAN2 (video) : Top nonfiction authors and books.

JUSTICE with Michael Sandel (video) : Take a front row seat at the first course Harvard has ever made available to everyone.

Princeton University WebMedia (video) : Archived lectures.

Khan Academy (video) : Science and math videos created by a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere.

Yale University Netcasts (audio)

University of Oxford Podcasts (audio)

Another source for continuing education are videos and audiobooks produced by the Teaching Company. "Since 1990, great teachers from the Ivy League, Stanford, Georgetown, and other leading colleges and universities have crafted over 200 courses for lifelong learners." Many Teaching Company audio CD's and video DVD's are available for check-out through the library catalog:

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