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- brandonr, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18For those without itunes: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/feeds.php
- Petronski, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9"The *****" kind of Buddhist are you?
- CasaMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8there are a lot of them on Google Video
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=UC+Berkeley+Educational+Technology+Services
Great stuff! - madoxx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6queens university (canada) has this too: www.queensu.ca/itunesu
- MySchizoBuddy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6stop hating and grow up.
these are podcasts, so u can use any podcast client u wish. no one is shoving itunes down ur throat - Qumahlin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6It's very wrong to say that an online class sucks. It all depends on your style of learning. I've learned more from reading and self instruction then I EVER learned while trying to pay attention to my professors (Except 1 or 2 that actually made things fun/insteresting)
Online classes aren't for everyone. Some people need an actual person to instruct/teach them and they need the constant re-enforcement of daily assignments to properly learn the material. Other people do not need this, all they need is to be presented with the principals of what they are learning, a few examples walked through for them. Those are the types of people that online classes are more designed for.
Bottom line is, if your a visual learner who relies on asking lots of clarifying questions (Or hoping your classmates ask those questions) then most online programs won't work for you as well as being in a classroom would, but as I said for plenty of others including myself they are just as good as if I had been in a classroom only I actually don't have to deal with moody teachers, being on time, etc, you can learn at your own pace and not be pressured to "oops you don't fully grasp this yet? well too bad the class is moving on anyway" Which is another benefit to online courses since it works for both fast and slow learners. When I'm ready to move onto the next lesson I can move on...I don't have to wait until everyone else or the teacher is ready. - cafzal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Old news, but Dugg anyway. I've been downloaded the International Relations podcast course ages ago...
- mikeroySoft, on 10/19/2009, -0/+4are you serious?
Ironic nickname too... lolzorz - EonZ, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Go Bears!
- Pic0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6ever taken an online class? they suck.
- Cink420, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5no I haven't but I have heard they suck and that's why I am against them...I'm pro university not pro electronic sorry if that wasn't clear
- jkleinfeld, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i just tried the MIT courses
they were really difficult to access once you downloaded the .zip file
and some of them had no content in them!
i like the idea of listening to an .mp3/.aac podcast. especially on my daily routines, i can just listen to the free knowledge where otherwise i would just be doing nothing.
perhaps if all students (not just in the usa, in the whole developed world) were encouraged to use their initiatives and get free podcasts of this nature, then world wide education would go up. perhaps even spring up a few einsteins here or there - elmerfudd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I highly recommend the "Intro to Astronomy" webcasts by Alex Filippenko. I watched one of his lectures, and became hooked on watching the entire series. Not only is the field of astronomy going through a neo-renaissance (with new and astounding discoveries it seems every day), Alex is a very entertaining (at times outrageously funny) lecturer with that rare gift of making complex concepts comprehensible to the rest of us.
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/archive.php?seriesid=1906978334 - iandanger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There are Buddhist admonitions against outbursts of anger and judgement.
- joshuaxls, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Just to let people know, this has nothing to do with iTunes. You can use any feed reader you want.
- Wisgary, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Oh snap, SICP course is in there, dugg.
- Jerim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have taken many online courses. Some are good, some are bad. You shouldn't denote all online courses as bad. I would certainly prefer a classroom based education, but since I can't swing that with my work schedule, at least online courses give me an option. In fact, I think online courses is a way for many people to get an education who otherwise couldn't. It may be that those who take traditional classroom based courses come out with more knowledge, but that doesn't mean anyone who can't get a classroom education should just go without. I would put online courses somewhere between a traditional learning environment and simply buying the course textbook and just reading it.
As someone already pointed out, it is all about learning styles. I spent a few years at the local college taking traditional courses. I spent money on a textbooks that I never opened, instead relying on the instructor to tell me what I needed to know and I did just fine. However, in online courses, I find myself actually reading the book. The emphasis switches from lectures to the textbook. Some people, like myself, do better with lectures. It is just a different delivery method for the same knowledge. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"it's the homework, projects, and tests that typically separate Berkeley from the average State University"
I wouldn't put Berkeley on that high pedestal. They don't provide anything better then most state universities. I turned down their full ride and constant calls to accept their scholarship numerous times. I'm more then happy with that choice and in a MUCH better place because of it. - sparkrainfir, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i'm stoked!
- ihtfp10, on 03/25/2009, -1/+2most all of MIT's courses are open to public
http://ocw.mit.edu - GuJu, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1as a sophomore in high school, i clicked on the MIT chemical engineering lectures and knew most of the stuff on there lecture notes. the PDF files they had on it.
- teheyes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Free education is the way of the future. I suggest "Intro to Nonviolence" and "Physics for Future Presidents"
- msgyrd, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3The only things online courses are good at are humanities subjects where you're assigned a film or a reading and then submit your paper about it. The professors in real life don't usually have much to say that couldn't be expressed in written form, and you don't get any in class discussion.
I had a friend that took a cooking class (for degree elective credit even). She had to cook something then take pictures of it and upload them. A prime example of how online classes can go wrong.
There are a few things you can do online that can successfully teach you like a real classroom setting would, but there are also tons of subjects that can't be done. Math (they're trying though, and it sucks, especially if you get an answer correct but it's in a different form than what the program expects), science lab courses like chemistry or physics, art, speech/debate, or any other course where a timed performance matters. Also, effectively teaching via the internet requires someone knowledgeable of computers. I've seen professors scan assignment documents at huge resolutions and upload the 4mb bitmap images instead of simply retyping the questions or using OCR and uploading a 50kb .doc file. Or professors with web pages that only render in IE. Powerpoint presentations that are almost unreadable due to font/color choices. I could go on and on, but you get the point. Online courses may have their uses, but they won't be overtaking traditional classrooms any time soon. From my experience, online courses tend to be used by students to get easy A's since they're almost never as difficult as the real thing, or for people who's schedules or locations wouldn't allow them to attend real classes.
Online video courses like what are presented here are used all the time at colleges, but they aren't accurate depictions of course difficulty. (i.e. having the books/videos doesn't mean you understand whats inside) Anyone can watch a professor explain differential equations or multidimensional calculus, but actually becoming proficient in those subjects is a different matter. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2great set of classes. this will keep me busy for a whilel
- msgyrd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well ya, almost everything is a 100 level course or lower...stuff entering freshmen take, right out of highschool.
- dralezero, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I like how the professor/teacher rambles on for the first few days about his personality or how he will be teaching compared to other teachers".. just rambling on.
- msgyrd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Because, uh, sometimes you can't express everything in words and sounds?
- konaken, on 04/14/2009, -0/+1fyi, this page has moved to http://www.openculture.com/weblog/2007/01/attend_u ...
- tantrik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think this is great. Thanks.. Cherpie for posting it. I hope to see more advanced courses and its better than having to read them all.
- yabos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Some of them could use video, like the electrical engineering, physics, and pretty much anything involving math. I'm sure some of them will be of use to people though.
- michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yeah, they shouldn't have protested the Vietnam war.
We were winning unitil they interfered with their hippie ways. - BigPayday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Does anyone know what you have to do to get your songs listed in the itunes online music catalog. Is there a fee? I have a friend that would like to get his songs listed?.
name Mack Rodd
BPD
myspace.com/mackroddmusic - hiPpymIck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 i forgive you
- michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1maybe they love America but they are just smarter than you.
So it seems to you like they hate it but really they just have a better understanding if its history and how democracy works.
I know, sounds crazy. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1an identical story to this was my number 1 for a while a few weeks ago, but i'll digg it again anyways.
- ucbmckee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1re: http://webcast.berkeley.edu
For the record, these are NOT 'online classes'. Instead, they're webcast recordings of actual classes. The goal is not to do teacherless instruction, but to provide students in the actual class with a solid reference of past lectures (and to accommodate students who miss an occasional class). Sometimes, for some of the insanely popular/crowded classes, it's also a way of dealing with overcrowding (e.g. bio 1a/1b). What you're seeing is what we Berkeley students saw. They're not dumbed down, like you see with typical 'online courses'.
Of course, they're all incomplete w/o the class websites to go with them (should be listed on the course links). The lectures make the classes look deceptively simple - it's the homework, projects, and tests that typically separate Berkeley from the average State University. Nonetheless, they're often fascinating to watch - especially if you just want cursory education on a topic you wouldn't otherwise take as a real class. - michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've downloaded some of these course podcasts from UC and other schools.
I download the same courses I am taking at my school, where they don't have podcasts.
Its a great supplement for my class lectures that I can listen to on the way to class.
Also having another prof explain things increase the chances that something will stick to my grey matter. - danggit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Sweet contribution! Thanks for sharing; there can never be enough of free educational resources such as these.
- Jerim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If you are looking for the UC Berkley video webcasts, look here: http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/index.php
- ucbmckee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0He won an award last month for being one of the best professors in the entire nation. He almost always wins an award for being one of the best profs on campus. Everyone loves him. If it's online, the same is often said of MCB61 w/ David Presti (Drugs and the Brain).
- hollinj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Wasn't this on Digg last Spring?
- johnnyrotten, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I listened to the History 7B class on my daily commute. It was interesting and informative. I'll be starting a CS course in another week or so.
- masnevets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0And what is this MUCH better place, if you don't mind?
- GotGamble, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, I never imagined Internet news to be slower than radio news. I was listening to an NPR article about this almost 2 weeks ago. Pretty cool stuff though, it's nice to see that you can still get useful free stuff on the Internet
- Oli666, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yay free education! finally....
- ChiIotaStigma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've been listening to these for a while . . . the 'Foreign Policy after 9/11' class from spring '06 is amazing, and the 'Physics for future presidents' is a hoot too (the story of SOFAR spheres and the sound channel blew me away).
- djjester, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lol @ "Physics for Future Presidents"
- masnevets, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm not sure why people are recommending this one. It's just a dumbed down version of Physics for liberal arts majors who need to satisfy their physical science requirement.
- zaren, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1@brandonr:
Thanks for the link. I was going to look at that "Foundations of American Cyberculture" when I get home from work, but I see it's not on iTunes according that your link. Good to know ahead of time. - Jerim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Not every person needs an indepth, extensive knowledge of physics. A future president needs to have a basic understanding of many, many, many fields. Sometimes just a broad generalization of the subject matter is all you really need.
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