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Free university courses? Sign me up!
Mar. 15th, 2013 08:45 pmJust a quick update today.
I discovered Coursera. As I understand it, the courses are done online, are completely free (or have a small free) and are actually taught by real University professors from places like Harvard, University of Tokyo, University of Melbourne, or my alma mater, University of British Columbia, and many more.
I've signed up for courses ranging from Intro to Computer Science 101, to Nutritional Science, to something about Fantasy and Science Fiction.
If you complete the course and pass you don't get a diploma, but you can get a completion letter from the professor, which could be of assistance in getting into a university program in the future. Or you can just do it for the sake of learning.
I'll report back when I've tried it! My first course is Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights, and it starts on May 6th.
I discovered Coursera. As I understand it, the courses are done online, are completely free (or have a small free) and are actually taught by real University professors from places like Harvard, University of Tokyo, University of Melbourne, or my alma mater, University of British Columbia, and many more.
I've signed up for courses ranging from Intro to Computer Science 101, to Nutritional Science, to something about Fantasy and Science Fiction.
If you complete the course and pass you don't get a diploma, but you can get a completion letter from the professor, which could be of assistance in getting into a university program in the future. Or you can just do it for the sake of learning.
I'll report back when I've tried it! My first course is Nutrition, Health, and Lifestyle: Issues and Insights, and it starts on May 6th.
