11
Internet University DiscoTech 2012 Receive an education from the Internet

Internet University

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

DiscoTech 2012 at MOCAD presentation on April 15, 2012

Citation preview

  • 1. Internet University DiscoTech 2012 Receive aneducation from the Internet

2. Learning almost Anything http://www.instructables.com/With Instructables youcan share what youmake with the world and tap into an ever-growing community of creative experts. 3. Learn to make Projectshttp://makezine.com/ 4. Back to School Learninghttp://www.youtube.com/educationGet more into learningYouTube EDU brings learners andeducators together in a globalvideo classroom. On YouTubeEDU, you have access to a broadset of educational videos thatrange from academic lectures toinspirational speeches andeverything in between. 5. Back to School Learninghttp://www.khanacademy.org/Watch. Practice.Learn almost anything for free.With over 3,100 videos oneverything from arithmetic tophysics, finance, and history andhundreds of skills to practice, wereon a mission to help you learn whatyou want, when you want, at yourown pace. 6. Back to School Learningwww.youtube.com/user/TEDEducationTED-Eds mission is to capture and amplify the voices ofgreat educators around the world. We do this by pairingextraordinary educators with talented animators toproduce a new library of curiosity-igniting videos. 7. Back to School Learning http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/ The OpenUniversity iTunesU (Access through iTunes Software)Try over 600 free online courses from TheOpen University.Available from introductory to advancedlevel, each takes between 1 and 50 hours tostudy.Complete activities to assess your progress andcompare your thoughts with sample answers.Sign up for free to track your progress, connectwith other learners in our discussion forumsand find the tools to help you learn. 8. Back to School learningwww.freeworldu.org .We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit online school offering ourstudents a complete preschool through 12th grade curriculum.Our proven program is supported by research that shows thatchildren can learn faster and enjoy learning more using ourmethods. The curriculum is taught via flashcards that breaksubjects down into small, easily assimilated fact units. Theflashcards are presented through a program that rememberswhat each student has learned and what he or she needs tokeep working on 9. College Educationhttps://www.coursera.org/Take the Worlds Best Courses, Online, For Free.We are a social entrepreneurship company that partners with thetop universities in the world to offer courses online for anyone totake, for free. We envision a future where the top universities areeducating not only thousands of students, but millions. Ourtechnology enables the best professors to teach tens or hundredsof thousands of students.Through this, we hope to give everyone access to the world-classeducation that has so far been available only to a select few. Wewant to empower people with education that will improve theirlives, the lives of their families, and the communities they live in. 10. Career Development Lynda.comThe lynda.com Online Training Library - Learnat your own paceCodecademy Stay current and keep skills sharp Learn to code Learn innovative and productive techniques Access over 1,310 online courses, 24/7 Codecademy is the easiest way Video instruction by recognized industry to learn how to code. Itsexpertsinteractive, fun, and you can do Gain confidence and marketabilityit with your friends. Stop, rewind, replay movies as you need to NOT Free, pay as you use site.Major Universities Free Educationw3schools.com Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)At w3schools.com you will learn how to make Carnegie Mellon Universitya website. We offer free tutorials in all web(cmu.edu)development technologies. Tufts University (tufts.edu)Select a tutorial from the menu to the left. University of California, Berkeley (berkeley.edu) 11. Wrap UpQuestionsThese slides are available athttp://www.bdpa-detroit.org/portal/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=28&Itemid=23