More than 40 online courses from Coursera and Udacity
Today, the project Coursera , which has been repeatedly written in Habré , has finally moved from beta to fully working status. And this transition can be called, to put it mildly, successful - to the already announced and partially reaching 16 courses from Stanford and Berkley and 1 course from Michigan, 12 courses from Penn (Philosophy, Literature, Economics, Medicine), 6 from Michigan (Literature, Economics , Law) and 8 from Princeton (History, Mathematics, Computer Science).
It seems that what was promised last year, is finally happening before our eyes - university education in all areas becomes available to everyone. Now, in free time, anyone can study under the guidance of the most prominent professors of the region what he had long wanted to do, but lacked self-discipline, knowledge, or just the materials themselves - how vaccines work, game theory or social networking features. The future of universal education is coming, and it is beautiful.
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Well, after such an optimistic introduction - the courses themselves. For most, the duration and the start date are known, so you can already plan your time in advance. Go:
It is worth noting that part of the courses appear in several lists at once, and on April 23, six new courses in Computer Science are beginning (in the lists are highlighted in bold).
Unfortunately, not without loss. Information Theory, Medicine, Designing Green Buildings and the very promising Computer Security and Human-Computer Interaction disappeared from the list of courses offered. Hopefully, they will come back.
Well, even behind all this diversity we should not forget another project - Udacity , which also just came out of beta status. A week ago, the first courses on CS101 (Computer Science fundamentals) and CS373 (robot car programming) had already been a great success. At the same, in addition to the re-recording that opened on these two courses (now without deadlines — everyone can go as fast as they like), four more opened (already with deadlines). Teachers include Peter Norvig (head of Google’s research) and Steve Huffman (co-creator of Reddit). The following courses (all started this Tuesday, go for seven weeks):
If Coursera takes quantity, then Udacity - the quality of the courses offered, which are much more interactive and more like tutoring lessons than the usual listening to lectures and the subsequent homework solution, like on Coursera. However, both platforms are excellent, just each has its own goals, Coursera aims to provide everyone with university-level education, Udacity to change education on the web as such.
That's all, let's meet in virtual lecture halls!
UPD: The comments refer to the fact that Coursera today announced the receipt of 16 million in investments . Well, more interesting is what will happen next.
UPD: Coursera representatives on Twitter wrote that five forgotten courses, including HCI and Security, are still in development, but they will definitely appear.
It seems that what was promised last year, is finally happening before our eyes - university education in all areas becomes available to everyone. Now, in free time, anyone can study under the guidance of the most prominent professors of the region what he had long wanted to do, but lacked self-discipline, knowledge, or just the materials themselves - how vaccines work, game theory or social networking features. The future of universal education is coming, and it is beautiful.
')
Well, after such an optimistic introduction - the courses themselves. For most, the duration and the start date are known, so you can already plan your time in advance. Go:
Mathematics and Statistics (Mathematics and Statistics)
- Automata ( Automata Theory) - April 23, 2012 , 6 weeks.
- Calculus: Single Variable (Basic Calculations for One Variable) - August 27, 2012, 12 weeks.
- Introduction to Analytic Combinatorics, Part I (Introduction to Combinatorics, Part One) - February 2013, 5 weeks.
- Introduction to Analytic Combinatorics, Part II (Introduction to Combinatorics, Part Two) - March 2013, 5 weeks.
Humanities and Social Sciences
- A History of the World since 1300 (New World History) - September 17, 2012, 12 weeks.
- Fantasy and Science Fiction: Our Modern World (Science Fiction, Fantasy and their influence on the modern world) - July 23, 2012, 10 weeks.
- Greek and Roman Mythology (Greek and Roman Mythology) - September 2012, 10 weeks.
- Introduction to Sociology (Introduction to Sociology) - June 11, 2012, 6 weeks.
- Listening to World Music (Music from around the World) - July 23, 2012, 7 weeks.
- Modern & Contemporary American Poetry (Modern American Poetry) - September 2012, 10 weeks.
Healthcare, Medicine, and Biology (Health, Medicine and Biology)
- Basic Behavioral Neurology (Fundamentals of Neurology) - June 2012, 4-5 weeks.
- Cardiac Arrest, Hypothermia, and Resuscitation Science - June 2012, 4-5 weeks.
- Fundamentals of Pharmacology (Fundamentals of Pharmacology) - June 2012, 4-5 weeks.
- Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act - June 2012, 4 weeks.
- Introduction to Genome Science - the date and duration are specified.
- Vaccines ( Vaccines Basics) - June 2012, 4-5 weeks.
Computer Science
- Algorithms, Part I (Introduction to Algorithms, Part One) - August 2012, 6 weeks.
- Algorithms, Part II (Introduction to Algorithms, Part Two) - November 2012, 6 weeks.
- Compilers (Principles of operation of compilers) - April 23, 2012 , 9 weeks.
- Computer Architecture (Computer Architecture) - September 2012, 10 weeks.
- Computer Science 101 (Computer Science) - April 23, 2012 , 6 weeks.
- Computer Vision: From 3D Reconstruction to Visual Recognition (Computer Image Recognition) - July 23, 2012, the duration is specified.
- Computer Vision: The Fundamentals (Computer Image Recognition) - April 23, 2012 , the duration is specified.
- Introduction to Logic - April 23, 2012 , 7 weeks.
- Networked Life (Network Theory) - September 2012, 10 weeks.
- Securing Digital Democracy (Internet Voting Security) - July 23, 2012, 5 weeks.
- Automata ( Automata Theory) - April 23, 2012 , 6 weeks.
- Machine Learning - April 23, 2012 , 10 weeks.
Economics, Finance, and Business (Economics, Finance and Doing Business)
- Gamification (Practical Application of Game Theory) - the date and duration are specified.
- Introduction to Finance - July 23, 2012, 10 weeks.
- Networked Life (Network Theory) - September 2012, 10 weeks.
- Securing Digital Democracy (Internet Voting Security) - July 23, 2012, 5 weeks.
Society, Networks, and Information (Information and Modern Society)
- Internet History, Technology, and Security (Web History) - July 23, 2012, 6 weeks.
- Social Network Analysis - September 2012, 8 weeks.
- Health Policy and the Affordable Care Act - June 2012, 4 weeks.
It is worth noting that part of the courses appear in several lists at once, and on April 23, six new courses in Computer Science are beginning (in the lists are highlighted in bold).
Unfortunately, not without loss. Information Theory, Medicine, Designing Green Buildings and the very promising Computer Security and Human-Computer Interaction disappeared from the list of courses offered. Hopefully, they will come back.
Well, even behind all this diversity we should not forget another project - Udacity , which also just came out of beta status. A week ago, the first courses on CS101 (Computer Science fundamentals) and CS373 (robot car programming) had already been a great success. At the same, in addition to the re-recording that opened on these two courses (now without deadlines — everyone can go as fast as they like), four more opened (already with deadlines). Teachers include Peter Norvig (head of Google’s research) and Steve Huffman (co-creator of Reddit). The following courses (all started this Tuesday, go for seven weeks):
- CS212 - Software Design. Conducted by Peter Norgiv, the course promises to be an excellent guide to programming in Python.
- CS253 - Web application development. Leads Steve Huffman, in fact - also the basics of Python, but for the web.
- CS387 - Applied Encryption. Conducted by David Evans, already leading the CS101.
- CS262 - Programming Languages. Basics of parsing, by the end of the course promise to make a simple browser.
If Coursera takes quantity, then Udacity - the quality of the courses offered, which are much more interactive and more like tutoring lessons than the usual listening to lectures and the subsequent homework solution, like on Coursera. However, both platforms are excellent, just each has its own goals, Coursera aims to provide everyone with university-level education, Udacity to change education on the web as such.
That's all, let's meet in virtual lecture halls!
UPD: The comments refer to the fact that Coursera today announced the receipt of 16 million in investments . Well, more interesting is what will happen next.
UPD: Coursera representatives on Twitter wrote that five forgotten courses, including HCI and Security, are still in development, but they will definitely appear.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/142315/
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