Would anyone here try one of these courses?

_Godot_

So I signed up just for the Solid State Chemistry one so far. Gonna look at the others now.

General General

I do the bump thang on this thread as I think it's worth that.

Boombastic

General General wrote: »

I do the bump thang on this thread as I think it's worth that.

I'm 3 weeks in the the computer programming course:D

Postgrad10

Is the computer programming course difficult?

SuperInfinity

Education on my after hours? It's more likely than you think.

Boombastic

Postgrad10 wrote: »

Is the computer programming course difficult?

Not really it takes you through it step by step...I had no programming experience before this

General General

Postgrad10 wrote: »

Is the computer programming course difficult?

I'm more than half way through an introductory course on the R programming language on coursera.org. I've read most of an introductory book on it (The Art of R Programming) before, but liked the idea of following a course, there's a more advanced one coming up in 2013, I think. The two are offered by John Hopkins in the US.

I must say that I've found it fairly easy going, however some are not. These courses are definitely worth a look, bar you know everything. Great for racing through, if you 'get' it, great for providing a framework for 'getting' it, if you don't.

Following a couple of Python courses too (also coursera.org), as I've known a lot more Perl (almost all forgotten) than Python & Python's lookin' the healthier prospect these days.

Scala course didn't do it for me. Or, perhaps, I didn't do it for the Scala course.

Courses on Parallel Programming coming up over the next few weeks too.

Where To

*checks spam folder*

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Three weeks behind already, this is like Uni all over again.:(

General General

Where To wrote: »

*checks spam folder*

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

Three weeks behind already, this is like Uni all over again.:(

Maybe you'll get the ride this time 'round off some young wan... arf arf arf.

Jimoslimos

Signed up for Health Sciences & SSC. Seems like a good way to kill some time while my MSc is winding down.

seven_eleven

I honestly have no idea whats going on. This is a complete joke site, right?

General General

seven_eleven wrote: »

I honestly have no idea whats going on. This is a complete joke site, right?

How so?

It's not a joke, I can assure you. You can, on a number of sites, sign up for access to video lectures & automated marking of assignments/quizzes - resulting in a digital certificate of completion for those who score (generally, for most courses I've seen) 70% or more.

While you might think it's easy as most of the assessment is open book, it appears it's not for a lot of folks. Courses are online versions of courses offered by many fairly prestigious universities.

readyletsgo

I'm waiting to hear something, anything about this one that I signed up to ( https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/CS50x/2012/about ) when this topic started.

Next Monday (15th Oct) lets hope it starts. If I can do this I can do any kind of course!!!

Thanks again OP for the link!!!!

Lollers

It's fantastic, I signed up for the Greek and Roman Mythology course when this link was first posted. I got an e-mail yesterday about my first assignment. Best of luck with your course everyone

Boombastic

readyletsgo wrote: »

I'm waiting to hear something, anything about this one that I signed up to ( https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/CS50x/2012/about ) when this topic started.

Next Monday (15th Oct) lets hope it starts. If I can do this I can do any kind of course!!!

Thanks again OP for the link!!!!

I just checked and I signed up for that one aswell:)

donegal_road

this is brilliant, many thanks for posting
http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

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Signed up for Offshore Banking and Tax Evasion ......... but gave a false eMail in case NAMA were on my tail