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Re:Stanford announces 16 free online courses for fall quarter by xwowsersx on Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:19PM (#4496466)
I love that Stanford, MIT and others make their education available for everyone online. Unfortunately, I'm finding it really hard these days to follow along with a course, as opposed to following my own pace using whatever other materials. So it's kind of annoying because the courses are pretty current/relevant, but working full-time, etc doesn't always allow for following along with a course.
Re:Stanford announces 16 free online courses for fall quarter by hntester123 on Sunday September 09, 2012 @04:15PM (#4496841)
Check http://www.saylor.org . IIRC their courses allow you to go at your own pace. They offer many courses including but not limited to CS ones, and seem to use Khan Academy / OCW material.
Re:Stanford announces 16 free online courses for fall quarter by xwowsersx on Sunday September 09, 2012 @05:18PM (#4497038)
That looks great. Thanks a lot!
Re:Stanford announces 16 free online courses for fall quarter by pavedwalden on Sunday September 09, 2012 @02:36PM (#4496513)
I like the self-paced Udacity model. I think courses "debut" one week at a time (not sure about that part), but established courses can be done in chunks of a few minutes over whatever timespan you choose.