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Showing posts with label Online Courses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Online Courses. Show all posts

Friday, March 25, 2011

Online Courses: The Best Websites!

My pick:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Free lecture notes and presentations



Free lectures, presentations and stuff. One of the best cyber study group! Still in the beta, though.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Understanding Computers and the Internet, Prof. David J. Malan, Harvard

"This course is all about understanding: understanding what's going on inside your computer when you flip on the switch, why tech support has you constantly rebooting your computer, how everything you do on the Internet can be watched by others, and how your computer can become infected with a worm just by turning it on. In this course we demystify computers and the Internet, along with their jargon, so that students understand not only what they can do with each but also how it all works and why. Students leave this course armed with a new vocabulary and equipped for further exploration of computers and the Internet. Topics include hardware, software, the Internet, multimedia, security, website development, programming, and dotcoms. This course is designed both for those with little, if any, computer experience and for those who use a computer every day." (www.academicearth.org)

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Online Course: Literary Theory, Prof. Paul H Fry, Yale

This is a survey of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory. Lectures will provide background for the readings and explicate them where appropriate, while attempting to develop a coherent overall context that incorporates philosophical and social perspectives on the recurrent questions: what is literature, how is it produced, how can it be understood, and what is its purpose?

Monday, June 15, 2009

Online Summer School :)

"An OpenCourseWare is a free and open digital publication of high quality educational materials, organized as courses. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is a collaboration of more than 200 higher education institutions and associated organizations from around the world creating a broad and deep body of open educational content using a shared model. The mission of the OpenCourseWare Consortium is to advance education and empower people worldwide through opencourseware." (OpenCourseWare website)
In other words: free education for all. Let's not discuss get into ethical issues here; just run a search and tell me what you think!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009