[mdlug] universities to put their most intriguing courses online for free

[Carl T. Miller]

Interesting!  I found out about coursera.com before
this message was sent, and I've signed up for the
course in python.

If anyone else wants to sign up and take it for a
drive, just register here:

https://www.coursera.org/course/interactivepython

Since I knew very little about python, I decided to
do some prep work and took a few hours to learn the
basics here:

http://www.codecademy.com/tracks/python

c


gib at juno.com wrote:
> This was an old (2012) video that says active participation is better than
> lecture format for teaching:
>
> http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_koller_what_we_re_learning_from_online_education
>
> It would be interesting to see how this could be done with a local group.
>
>
> Daphne Koller is enticing top universities to put their most intriguing
> courses online for free — not just as a service, but as a way to research
> how people learn. With Coursera (cofounded by Andrew Ng), each keystroke,
> quiz, peer-to-peer discussion and self-graded assignment builds an
> unprecedented pool of data on how knowledge is processed.
>
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