Stanford Online Education
Alex N
The Courses
Lean Launchpad: http://www.launchpad-class.org/
Technology Entrepreneurship: http://www.venture-class.org/
CompSci 101: http://www.cs101-class.org/
Machine Learning (repeat of current class): http://jan2012.ml-class.org/
Software as a Service: http://www.saas-class.org/
Human-Computer Interaction: http://www.hci-class.org/
Natural Language Programming: http://www.nlp-class.org/
Game Theory: http://www.game-theory-class.org/
Probabilistic Graphical Models: http://www.pgm-class.org/
Cryptography: http://www.crypto-class.org/
Design and Analysis of Algorithms: http://www.algo-class.org/
Enjoy!
Alex.
osfameron
Alex suggested that this course could be a fantastic study group for
DoES to mentor:
http://www.cs101-class.org/ (January - March 2012)
It would very much fit in with the social and educational mindset of
DoES, and could link into the "kids in programming" topic we've been
discussing at DoES, geekup, barcamp, etc., (Young Rewired State, Hack
the Future, etc.)
(Yes, it's strictly speaking a 1st year Uni course, but it is for a
"zero-prior-experience audience" and it's worth opening up to younger
people.)
So: any volunteers to help with mentoring a group? I think anyone
who has either a) studied some computing, or b) works in IT would be
capable of mentoring, especially if they follow the course: we'd be
more like "classroom assistants" than having any responsibility as
tutors (which would be done through the Stanford video course).
Female mentors would be especially welcome:
http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/19/racism-and-meritocracy/
Also, any volunteers who can publicise in schools, and also have info/
experience/paperwork needed to mentor kids would be great!
Cheers,
H
On Nov 21, 11:43 am, Alex N <alex.no...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Exciting news from the AI Class providers, those education trailblazers at
> Stanford University. On Friday they announced many new free courses, to
> take place around January - April. There literally is something for
> everyone, so take a look through the introduction videos and register your
> interest - don't worry, there's no obligation to actually take part. If
> you're unsure about online or distance learning generally, feel free to ask
> away on here, or pop down to the AI Class study group. If there's local
> interest again, we could probably look into doing some more study groups,
> as even with small numbers they've proved to be a real help.
>
> *The Courses*
Alex N
Make Buildings Green - http://www.greenbuilding-class.org/
Information Theory - http://www.infotheory-class.org/
This is quite an coup that Stanford have pulled off here. Here are some comments on these new course announcements from the database course forums over the past few days:
"At this rate the entire world (all countries, all walks of life) will be studying Stanford online in less than a decade."
"Stanford has democratized the process of knowledge-sharing. Another pluspoint of Globalization!! Kudos"
"Thank you Stanford, you are changing my life."
Hakim Cassimally
> By the way, can someone tell me what DoEs stands for?
The official version is "Do Epic Stuff". There are alternative versions.
> Thanks DoEs for sharing this information with me, it's so good that a
> reputable university is willing to put courses online for free. although the
> cynical of us could say this is all a big marketing ploy. But then again,
> when the courses are of such good quality, who cares?
This would make an excellent topic for a meeting, talk, or round-table
discussion actually! I'm in two minds myself - the courses are
excellent, but *also* represent issues about globalisation, skilled
jobs being technologised (and therefore being lost? or just changed?)
and so on.
> Is DoEs planning on hosting anymore study groups?
I posted yesterday about running a group for the CS101 - that would be
aimed at beginners, (as well as IT people who want to work through the
academic foundation that underlies their day-job), and would be a
great way for DoES to connect to the geeks of tomorrow. I've asked
for volunteers to help run and mentor these sessions - would you be
interested in helping?
I'd also love DoES to do more study groups - one problem is that there
are so many courses. I'm thinking of doing the Game Theory one, but I
don't know that there will be a critical mass for that. I think 2
good options are:
- decide what course(s) you'd like to do, and post to the mailing
list to see if there's interest in running a specific study group. We
love regular groups at DoES, and will do everything we can to help
make it happen if you can muster a group!
- we could also run a (fortnightly? weekly?) "co-studying" evening,
along the lines of Jelly, where we invite anyone studying for
*anything* to turn up and enjoy studying at DoES with other
self-motivated students. We might find that specific study groups fall
naturally out of this.
Hakim
Hakim Cassimally
<snip>
> Well it sounds like a nice idea to mentor but I'm so busy doing a masters course in computing at LJMU at the moment I barely get time to do anything else.
Well, people doing masters in computer are exactly the people that
would make great mentors, so that's a shame ;-) Of course, as it's a
volunteer thing, if anyone does fancy doing *some* mentoring, but only
occasionally, that could work too!
> I'd probably just take a look at the courses in my own time, and maybe pop into the study group every so often. Have you got many people on your AI class?
Great! The AI class started off with 5-6 people, and has settled down
with 2-3. I guess that's a fairly reasonable curve, given people's
time commitemnts.
> I'm interested in the HCI and Natural Language Processing ones the most, but as I said I don't get much time for anything else other than the masters, so can't be promising I'd be coming in every week.
I think someone else was interested in HCI. I'm keen on the NLP one
too, though I'm leaning towards the Game Theory at the mo. If we do a
"generic study evening" weekly, then it's very much a "drop in" thing,
so you can just turn up whenever you get time!
Hakim
Beth Edmondson
I'd be willing to mentor this type of group, depending on how the job situation turns out, i.e. if I'd actually be around or on the road all the time.
Ttfn, Beth
Hakim Cassimally
That sounds fantastic, and fingers crossed it does work out for you with job!
Hakim
Adrian McEwen
yesterday, which I thought might be of interest. More about it at
<http://drblack.posterous.com/the-foundation>
Cheers,
Adrian.