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Free Online Courses from MIT and Stanford

Atma

Atma

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Roze said:
Nice!!! Does this only apply to Americans or anyone in the world?
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I think as long as you have an internet connection you can sign up from anywhere. The video lectures aren't live and can be watched at your leisure.
 
I don't get the excitement. Sure, you get video tutorials and a forum, but it's not much different from any other website where you can learn stuff for free.

Here's an example from the website I use the most: Le positionnement en CSS. It's in French, but you get the idea. The C++ tutorial has a free ebook (they all do): it has more than 700 pages. For every chapter of every "course", there's a comment section and there's a forum. If such a website exists in French, there must be one in English, don't you think?

Classes are pretty much the least efficient way to learn stuff. Videos are better, but are far from optimal. The best way, IMO, is text along with pictures. (I'm talking about "computer knowledge", it might be different for other domains.) You can advance with your own rhythm, it's easy to skip or go back, it's easy to find specific keywords, you can copy/paste, there's no trouble understanding what is being said, etc. If you prefer videos, there are more than plenty of them already. ;)

It's not about the availability of information. It's motivation (or the need for a diploma!).
 
My Master's course I am currently taking (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) is actually using the material from an MIT course.

I have to say, I am pleased that MIT and Stanford are doing this. The ability to audit courses can be very valuable to people already in a career, for boosting their knowledge, or for people who are possibly interested in a certain field of work/study, and want to get an idea if it is for them.
 
AntimonyER said:
My Master's course I am currently taking (Design for Manufacture and Assembly) is actually using the material from an MIT course.

I have to say, I am pleased that MIT and Stanford are doing this. The ability to audit courses can be very valuable to people already in a career, for boosting their knowledge, or for people who are possibly interested in a certain field of work/study, and want to get an idea if it is for them.
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I agree.

its good to use this to at least try it out and see if its something you can do or like. Don't want to drop a lot of money by going to mit and realize oops I don't like it.
 
The intro to CS class at MIT is called 6.001 internally. Back in the late 90s when I was in school there, they taught Scheme with an emphasis on artificial intelligence. That class was no joke. Wondering if this CS101 class is the same curriculum or something else completely.
 
that is the weedout course.. only true *****ebags make it through to true A-hole dome.

this is the course for SUroot to move to the next level...
 
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