“100 Free Open Courseware Classes on Journalism, Blogging and New Media”

… from Online Degree World (“Education for Everyone”):

There was a time when writers and artists were at the mercy of a few decision-makers who said what was published and what was cast aside. The ease of getting your work online has made those days a distant memory. Blogging about your world, reporting what goes on around you, and even publishing your own art is as easy as setting up a blog or purchasing a domain name and creating your own website. The following free open courseware classes will help you learn about new media, writing, reporting, or even just understanding the culture or your rights as an online publisher.

Lots of good stuff here, from the basics of writing, editing, photography and video storytelling, to learning Web skills like HTML and Flash, to the esoteric, like “fundamentals of computational media design,” “social visualization,” “the anthropology of computing” and “numeric photography.”

My favorite, though, comes from MIT: “Topics in Comparative Media: American Pro Wrestling.” Not really surprising, though, since MIT’s a school that’s notoriously lacking in rigor.