"Now Sebastian Thrun, one of the world's top robotics experts, has given up teaching at Stanford University to transform what he views as a broken college education system from the outside. Last year, Mr. Thrun, also a senior Google executive, co-founded a Palo Alto-based start-up, now called Udacity Inc., to teach large groups of people through free online courses and help them find jobs."
alamo11 said: My son has expressed an interest in taking geometry this summer. Does anyone know an accredited online class? Preferable free? BYU offers accredited high school courses but they are not free. Click for BYU. As a suggestion, if this is of interest to your son, take the course description to the high school registrar or principal to make sure in advance that the course is acceptable as a substitute for the in-class course (get this in writing).
codemaster
Member
posted: Apr. 19, 2012 @ 2:49p
Good to hear that. Are the certificates recognized as such for job markets, or credits ?
StinkPot
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Apr. 19, 2012 @ 2:54p
Nice find OP. You will also find free classes at Khan Academy online!
brainpain
Blissful member
posted: Apr. 19, 2012 @ 6:54p
Thanks for linking to this, I bookmarked an article about it last month - and it got buried (of course).
Codemaster - not sure if the classes are recognized for credit, but I thought this (from the article) was cool: "Near the end of the term, he emails his top 1,000 students, the ones with perfect or near-perfect scores on homework and tests. The subject: Job Placement Program. Thrun solicits résumés and promises to get the best ones into the right hands at tech companies, including Google."
Might be a nice back door for people who don't have friends at these companies.
codemaster
Member
posted: Apr. 20, 2012 @ 4:34p
Thanks brainpain for the info
fw9999
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Apr. 20, 2012 @ 6:55p
brainpain said: Thanks for linking to this, I bookmarked an article about it last month - and it got buried (of course).
Codemaster - not sure if the classes are recognized for credit, but I thought this (from the article) was cool: "Near the end of the term, he emails his top 1,000 students, the ones with perfect or near-perfect scores on homework and tests. The subject: Job Placement Program. Thrun solicits résumés and promises to get the best ones into the right hands at tech companies, including Google."
Might be a nice back door for people who don't have friends at these companies.So the business model here is recruiting fees? Forgive the admittedly crass attitude, but I have yet to figure out the online business model of MIT or Stanford, which have been at this "free online course (but no college credit)" thing for much longer.
"Much of traditional American higher education prides itself on a false promotion of diversity, opportunity and excellence. But to my knowledge..., Thrun has provided a level of diversity, opportunity and academic rigor not seen before. People from any country, any background and any income level can receive an elite education at virtually no cost. We have been talking about equal educational opportunity for years. What is going on here may be its true advent."
bighitter
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Jul. 6, 2012 @ 10:01p
Thanks turtlebug, aadam101, and stinkpot. I have recommended all 3 of these sites to friends and family
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