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Has anyone here taken any of the free online college courses offered thru MIT, Stanford, Coursera etc? I have an undergraduate degree in Environmental Engineering and spent my professional career in Software Engineering and general business/management. In the coming year I’m going to have a little more free personal time and I’m considering trying one of these courses and curious to hear anyone’s experience. I’ve done lots of continuous learning over the years- reading blogs and books, listening to talks, plus some formal professional training - but all of a sudden I’m yearning for a classroom and more structured curriculum. The only question I have is whether to do computer science (to satisfy my desire to know the difference between on the job learning and what is being taught) or humanities (because I missed out in college).

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I haven’t taken them for credit but I’ve listened to hours upon hours of lectures. They are gifts to the world

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my hot take - college level compsci is mostly worthless for the majority of people, probably even *worse* for you with your existing background just take a udemy course and build a small app, you'll be lightyears ahead of most recent grads imho i would do humanities, sounds more interesting and fulfilling

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Maybe a bit OT but the entire "blockchain and money" by Gary Gensler (I know, I know, but it is really good) is available online (MIT). https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/15-s12-blockchain-and-money-fall-2018/

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Thank you for asking this question! Loving the thread

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Did a coursera “positive psychology” course from chapel hill. Loved it. Match your description. I’m mech eng who shifted SW world and continuous learner…but I loved the structure and commitment of taking this as a course at right moment in my life.

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I did a bunch on coursera years and years ago when I just got interested in coding. The value of the course really depends on the university and lecturer. I wasn't satisfied with the assignment part as it was mostly p2p of those who are doing the course with you. Most were doing it hands off and I was looking for a constructive feedback so yeap. Overall, experience was good. Courses were well structured and had comprehensive resources.

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Yes! LOTS of them over the years! Lifelong learner and all that fun stuff :D They give a great structure and pacing to learning with a lot of flexibility for your schedule. Self-directed learning is *great*, but you don't know what you don't know, so having a teacher-created curriculum, and depending on the class you're taken, the feedback of teachers and other students is SUPER helpful for accelerating that learning.

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I’ve done many, like an IRL classroom quality is very instructor dependent .

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Neither. Do this course on Game theory!! https://www.coursera.org/learn/game-theory-1

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What are you trying to get out of the experience? I separate my online learning by experts in a field I intrinsically care about (eg karpathy), missing foundations (eg Feynman physics lectures), upskilling for money (eg write of passage).

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Aunt HoⓂ️ie

Philosophy would be the ideal Class I think!

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Trish🫧 pfp

This would make a great channel. I have so many lectures I’ve loved and would love to share

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I’ve taken some of the machine learning ones on Coursera but years ago. The problem was almost that it was too convenient

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I joined Stanford's "Code in Place" program few months ago, and it was a great experience! The curriculum is well-structured, and the study groups and sessions with TAs offer plenty of opportunities for discussing problem-solving strategies, so you’re never stuck without guidance. I learned quite a lot (especially considering I started with absolutely knowing nothing about coding).

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Personally I used to being a heavy user of Coursera and attemped a online master from Georgia tech try - https://pll.harvard.edu/course/cs50-introduction-computer-science - https://ocw.mit.edu/ to see if you like it then try - https://www.coursera.org/ - https://www.udacity.com/ and if you still like the experience, then you could try a actual degree from - Georgia Tech (10k usd?) - UCB (100k usd?) which would take significantly more time with all the assignments and tutorials etc. Checkout the commitment here https://www.omscentral.com/

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Tbh I haven’t I’ve also heard quite good things about online learning and all Though I’m looking forward to do courses to add to my bio but I don’t know if I’ll love it as much as being in classroom But soon I’ll give it a try

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I've taken on coursera for project management

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college student here! how’d you manage your time between all of this?

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have any of you tried free online college courses from MIT, Stanford, Coursera? I have a background in environmental engineering and software/business management. Hoping to gain more knowledge through these classes. Deciding between computer science and humanities for a different learning experience

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