Futurelearn

[SueEllen]

So how much is anybody going to actually learn? It can only be telling people exactly what to type.

This was featured on R2 the other evening, but they didn't say what kind of level courses they were offering. Talking about the OU connection, and US universities doing distance learning made it sound like an alternative way of doing a degree, which obviously it isn't. It's an alternative to a council run evening class, but without getting out of the house and meeting new people, which is probably the main reason people do council run evening classes.

How many people go on from council run evening courses to degree courses?

[cojak]

From a very loud young lady at the next table to I learnt all about Futurelearn and MOOCS (Never heard of MOOCS? Neither had I.)

She worked for the OU apparently.

FutureLearn Moocs unveiled | News | Times Higher Education

Massive open online course - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Introduction | MOOCs |

FutureLearn Launches First Batch Of 20 Free Courses As It Chases Coursera, Et Al. | TechCrunch

[VectraMan]

Good to see that the first course that comes up is :-
Learn the basics of Java programming by developing a simple mobile game that you can run on your computer, Android phone, or tablet.

This course is suitable for complete beginners – you do not need any knowledge or experience of programming to take this course.

So how much is anybody going to actually learn? It can only be telling people exactly what to type.

This was featured on R2 the other evening, but they didn't say what kind of level courses they were offering. Talking about the OU connection, and US universities doing distance learning made it sound like an alternative way of doing a degree, which obviously it isn't. It's an alternative to a council run evening class, but without getting out of the house and meeting new people, which is probably the main reason people do council run evening classes.

[mudskipper]

Have started thread in Tech suggesting sticky for online learning resources.

(Also signed up to the 'proper' Machine Learning rather than just watching preview vids. Gulp.)

[mudskipper]

That's the first course I did, it wasn't exactly light weight!

I haven't got to the hard bits yet!

[Spacecadet]

Yep, they look good, and have a lot more on offer. I did start to watch the machine learning videos.

That's the first course I did, it wasn't exactly light weight!

[MarillionFan]

Lots of interesting stuff, but courses are short, so I imagine quite sasguru

Ftfy

[mudskipper]

I've been using www.coursera.org for the past 6 months. Currently got 3 courses on the go!

Coursera offer signature track to give some sort of validity to your final grade.

Yep, they look good, and have a lot more on offer. I did start to watch the machine learning videos.

[Spacecadet]

I've been using www.coursera.org for the past 6 months. Currently got 3 courses on the go!

Coursera offer signature track to give some sort of validity to your final grade.

[mudskipper]

Good to see that the first course that comes up is :-
Learn the basics of Java programming by developing a simple mobile game that you can run on your computer, Android phone, or tablet.

Sidcup old swimming pool(I took babybp to the new one this one) is being turned into a college. Not for engineering or anything useful - but for dance.

Lots of interesting stuff, but courses are short, so I imagine quite superficial.

[BrilloPad]

Good to see that the first course that comes up is :-
Learn the basics of Java programming by developing a simple mobile game that you can run on your computer, Android phone, or tablet.

Sidcup old swimming pool(I took babybp to the new one this one) is being turned into a college. Not for engineering or anything useful - but for dance.

[mudskipper]

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses

New, free online courses in the UK.

Looks like the first ones have filled up already.