I ended my last post by saying I was taking some time away from online learning and blogging. My husband and I had a lovely road trip to north Queensland during which we spent many hours in the car, took hundreds of photos, and soaked up the tropical winter temperatures. I took a break from online courses and writing, which meant that when we returned home, I had no post ready for last week.

Oh, crumbs.

Rather than churn out a hurried post, I decided to take an extra week to collect my thoughts.

Which meant that now I had one week to think of a topic, research it, and write about my findings. While, of course, dealing with all the catch-up tasks that inevitably accumulated while we were away. Not to mention a brain that wanted to stay in relaxed holiday mode.

What to do? I had recently taken a few free very short courses and discovered some others, so here is an overview of three courses.

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