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Digital Learning For Free

There’s nothing quite like getting your hands on something for free – the latest trendy goodie up for grabs? Learning!
Here’s our top 4 picks for those wanting to dabble in the digital and learn some tricks of the tech trade.

Comment or @mention to let us know of any free learning events you’d love to see happening at the Guildford Library!



1. General Assembly: Dash 

Offering physical courses and sessions at campuses all over the world, General Assembly also has a free short course called Dash.

It’s the perfect place for to start exploring, as it gives users the opportunity to dabble in 5 projects that vary from website building, copywriting, blogging, gaming and coding – a sample of the full time kind of courses General Assembly also offers.


2. Digital Garage with Google 

Launched over a year ago, The Digital Garage is a programme delivered by Google with lessons designed to improve the online marketing skills of small business owners.

Each time you finish one of these short video lessons you gain access to another, with over 80 to complete and quick quizzes to test what you’ve learnt.

At the end of the course you receive the ‘Digital Garage Certificate of Online Proficiency,' which is a great little gem to add your CV!


3.    Universal Class

Anyone with a Guildford Library card can access the hundreds of free online learning classes from Universal Class.

Everything from science, history, psychology and even pet care is on offer! There’s some great beginners lessons in coding and CSS programing plus in depth training on specific computer programmes used in todays digital workplace such as Microsoft Excel, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.


4.    Computer Science Education Week

Despite sounding like a one off event, the CSEW website offers a variety of projects and bite-sized learning for young people.

CSEW encourages users to host an ‘hour of code’ with others, allowing them to pick a project that required coding to build – these projects range from game design, programming, building music and art software, Minecraft, and app design.


5. Code Club

Run by volunteers all over the UK, Code Club is an organisation that brings kids aged 9-11 together to learn computer coding.
With over 50 projects to try out there’s plenty to keep exploring after first mastering a code language, so it’s no wonder over 66,000 kids have taken part in the club so far!
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