nudge 9,608 Posted April 10, 2020 With most of us stuck at home, it's a good time to learn new skills. Anyone doing any courses online currently? Harvard just listed 67 online courses for free: https://online-learning.harvard.edu/catalog 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny 1,406 Posted April 10, 2020 I’m doing an actual course atm, access course to go to Uni. Looking like they’re going to have to mark the rest of our assignments with predicted grades. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toinho 1,594 Posted April 10, 2020 That teaching course on Harvard looks interesting. May investigate the book it’s based on. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nudge 9,608 Posted April 10, 2020 6 hours ago, Toinho said: That teaching course on Harvard looks interesting. May investigate the book it’s based on. Which one? Leaders of Learning? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nudge 9,608 Posted April 10, 2020 https://www.classcentral.com/ This is a great website to search for free courses across different universities and different platforms, also has ratings and reviews to help you choose. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nudge 9,608 Posted April 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Danny said: I’m doing an actual course atm, access course to go to Uni. Looking like they’re going to have to mark the rest of our assignments with predicted grades. What do you want to study at Uni? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Danny 1,406 Posted April 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, nudge said: What do you want to study at Uni? Looking at social work at this point as that’s the industry I’d like to get into, but you can do a social work conversion with other degrees so I’ve also been looking at Sociology and Ancient History. I initially started my course hoping to do Psychology but the more I do it at college the less I want to do it at Uni and beyond. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gunnersauraus 738 Posted April 10, 2020 I was gonna do a porn star course Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nudge 9,608 Posted April 10, 2020 I just finished the Harvardx CS50 and MITx Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python courses a while ago. Looking forward into continuing on the same path now with more advanced courses in computational thinking/data science and then move towards AI/ML. The quality of the courses has been nothing short of amazing. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toinho 1,594 Posted April 12, 2020 On 10/04/2020 at 18:53, nudge said: Which one? Leaders of Learning? Data Wise one. I see the catch is if you want a certificate you need to pay? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nudge 9,608 Posted April 12, 2020 11 minutes ago, Toinho said: Data Wise one. I see the catch is if you want a certificate you need to pay? That's usually the case, yes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toinho 1,594 Posted April 12, 2020 16 minutes ago, nudge said: That's usually the case, yes. I am tempted by a course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mel81x 2,474 Posted April 13, 2020 On 11/04/2020 at 05:06, nudge said: I just finished the Harvardx CS50 and MITx Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python courses a while ago. Looking forward into continuing on the same path now with more advanced courses in computational thinking/data science and then move towards AI/ML. The quality of the courses has been nothing short of amazing. Their CS50 course is quite good honestly. It lacks some aspects of programming with data structures to help the reader properly use raw data constructs effectively but that is ideally all done with continual practice and exposure. I think all the data you used or the COVID thread could be used to further that but that's just me. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nudge 9,608 Posted April 13, 2020 13 minutes ago, Mel81x said: Their CS50 course is quite good honestly. It lacks some aspects of programming with data structures to help the reader properly use raw data constructs effectively but that is ideally all done with continual practice and exposure. I think all the data you used or the COVID thread could be used to further that but that's just me. Funny you mentioned the covid thread. This is what I played around with a bit: https://www.geodose.com/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-python-map.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mel81x 2,474 Posted April 14, 2020 10 hours ago, nudge said: Funny you mentioned the covid thread. This is what I played around with a bit: https://www.geodose.com/2020/02/tracking-coronavirus-python-map.html Python is truly powerful when it comes to this kind of processing work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pyfish 1,568 Posted April 14, 2020 I'm doing an Audio Imaging and FX course at the moment which I found. Covered most of it in Uni but wanted to do this one as a top up so I can start making some stuff again. Podcasts always need some music beds and imaging sweepers/IDs 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
