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- honeybrass, on 11/03/2008, -1/+17Thankyou, I have learnt more self studying than I ever got from the education system. but self study doesn't come with a piece of paper. *sigh*
- jggube, on 11/02/2008, -2/+18or...
"You didn't happen to bring them with you, did you?"
"Ummm... just go to www.FreeCollegeDegrees.net and log in as "Stoner412"". - ileftfark, on 11/02/2008, -2/+17This will work awesome for a job interview...
"... and you say you have three degrees in the field?"
"Yes sir."
"You didn't happen to bring them with you, did you?"
"Umm... can I use your printer?" - JohnFlux, on 11/03/2008, -1/+10In the UK we have the Open University. You study from home by reading books etc, but at the end of it you do get the piece of paper. The US should set up something similar.
- egrefen, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7Speak for yourself. My university fees are £3000+, and you gotta throw roughly £2000 of college fees on top of that. Eeek.
- AshsToAshs, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
- Torx, on 11/03/2008, -3/+10Employer: So, details about your educational background..
Me: I got a free education watching online video lectures.
Employer: ... am i being punked? - Trykt, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7What better way to reinforce a meritocracy than to require a ***** of money?
- b166er01, on 11/03/2008, -0/+7oh and:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm - str3ama, on 11/03/2008, -0/+6education isn't always about getting a degree, for many it's about learning about the world around you, learning concepts and philosophies you didn't know before, getting a better grasp of history, and other cultures. If you limit yourself to only learning what you must, you'll miss lots of opportunities that may not be as clear as requiring X degree.
Lots of good places
MIT's Courseware - http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm
Berkley - http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
TED Talks - http://www.ted.com/talks
University Stream- http://www.freetube.us.tc (Click Education>Pick from channel list)
More University Courseware - http://oedb.org/library/features/236-open-coursewa ...
Teacher TV - http://www.teachers.tv/video (click sub-category, pick from video list) - b166er01, on 11/03/2008, -1/+7Don't forget Google Tech Talks.
http://research.google.com/video.html - rewritable, on 11/03/2008, -1/+6This type of education is worthless if you are seeking to gain employment from it. Employers will only except a PhD and 30 years experience and then you start at minimum wage because you have to prove your worth to the company except for the HR person they get to start at higher because they are uh the HR person. YAY1
- Lazydriver, on 11/03/2008, -0/+5Don't you think that's more from clout? Like, the fact we're reasonably friendly to foreign intellectuals and the fact most people in the World have to know English for a technical trade?
- andergriff, on 11/03/2008, -2/+6"Free"? You mean tax supported, don't you? That's not free. NOTHING is free except gravity.
- SHv2, on 11/03/2008, -1/+5*spams digg with university of phoenix emails* get your degree in as little time as it takes for your printer to warm up
- MtheoryX, on 11/03/2008, -0/+4I tried to come up with a witty response indicating that gravity isn't really free...
I failed. - Elranzer, on 11/03/2008, -0/+3The knowledge shouldn't be esoteric, but the only way to be sure you've actually learned the material is if you paid for and received the degree. Anyone can just "say" they've read the weekly MIT lectures on iTunesU.
There has to be ways to sort out who's really educated or not. Not everyone gets a PhD. - SiGiN, on 11/03/2008, -2/+5Envy me :) I am from Finland - gotta love local education system.
- JohnFlux, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2You know that 'learnt' is the British-english spelling of learned?
- dbxz, on 11/04/2008, -0/+2Its not registered! yet....
1. Register www.FreeCollegeDegrees.net domain
2. Print Degrees with advertisements on them
3. ????
4. PROFIT! - edmoser, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2My dog could sit in front of a computer and listen to lectures... it doesn't mean anything unless you have a transcript or at least a GPA to show that you actually comprehended anything.
- Elranzer, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2Parent is exaggerating, but shouldn't be Dugg down it's based on fact.
Employers these days ask for too much and offer too little (two PhDs and a million years of experience to start at $35k/year to work for the "privilege" to work there).
Most Bachelors and Masters (and probably even PhD) graduates make less than $40k/year in the US. - misterparry, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2See mom, told you I didn't need to go to college.
- DenRoedeBaron, on 11/03/2008, -1/+3Move to Scandinavia.
- honeybrass, on 11/03/2008, -0/+2"their" Since when did I become a group?
"So, yeah." Incomplete sentence, "yeah" is a exclamation, so cannot act as the sentence object, subject, or verb, or any mixture of those (in this context anyway). True, this is colloquially used, but your previous post made it clear that colloquialisms are unacceptable.
"And" Although this is occasionally used in literature as a matter of emphasis, its use is not formally recognized, and considered incorrect in formal writing.
Yes, I grew up in a British-English environment. - ufee, on 11/03/2008, -1/+2Free education is the best kind of education there is. And no, government sponsored education isn't free.
- lusenok2, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1You are starting from the wrong end.
Off-line education MUST be free for everyone (who qualify). - Handout, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1There is a free series called Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) available at longnow.org, and they honestly top nearly anything you'll find in the article above. Speakers range from Will Wright to Vernor Vinge to Brian Eno. Topics stretch from religion, a debate between a historian and a futurist, SETI, and to how societies fail (and sometimes succeed). All looked at from a perspective stretching 10,000 years.
They've been doing these for years, and you really should check them out. - BxBoy, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1Nothing Interesting or Worth Learning!
- happyMensch, on 03/28/2009, -0/+1I agree. Tests are needed. If you pass while others fail, then the fact that you passed might actually be worth something.
- MtheoryX, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1Supplement, sure.
Replace? Hell no. Not even close.
There's a reason why that online degree from Phoenix University is laughed at, and guess what...it's not because they aren't teaching the same basic stuff. - Jektal, on 11/03/2008, -1/+2Well... I do now.
Anyway, their grammar's still weak with the "Thankyou" and "...system. but..." ...So, yeah.
And honeybrass might or might not be from a British-English speaking region. If so, my bad. - andergriff, on 11/03/2008, -2/+3This is a great idea. If anyone out there is more interested in getting an education and less in parties, there are great opportunities. I predict that there will be an economic collapse in higher education, and when that happens, you'll see all sorts of online options. K-12 has already substantially moved online, which greatly assists homeschooled children. The internet offers a marvelous opportunity to supplement our current creaky system.
- MtheoryX, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1Why?
- MtheoryX, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1Who pays for this "free" education from prominent universities?
Well, faculty should get paid...and they do. So how are they paid?
Paid by students' tuition fees. Ok, so how are the tuition fees paid? Some are via cash. Some are from private loans. Still others are from government grants and government-subsidized loans.
So, it appears as if even the "free" education is still funded, at least in part, by taxpayer money...otherwise known as "government sponsored education." - theodenking, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1And you think European and Canadian universities don't get foreign students?
- Zippo, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1Except for the fact that a metric *****-ton of foreign students go to other schools in different countries. There are plenty of foreign students in Canada, that's for sure.
Also, for the most part, few employers really give a damn where you went to school. Unless you've got a masters degree from some Ivy League school, employers just care if you've graduated and can do the job. - MtheoryX, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1^^ I lol'd
- MtheoryX, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1@Zippo:
"Unless you've got a masters degree from some Ivy League school..."
Still, why would that matter?
Would getting a non-terminal Master's (that means you didn't go all the way to a PH.D when it is available) from an Ivy League school be viewed as better than continuing to a PH.D in the same field at a non-Ivy League school? - dilbert, on 11/03/2008, -0/+1Shhhh, the sun and oxygen are still free. Use it while it lasts.
- NinaOdell, on 11/13/2008, -0/+0This is great - I put it in my favorites for future reference. This high school drop-out is gonna get some book larnin'...
- adriantr, on 11/03/2008, -1/+1Or maybe they only accept a PHD?
- Jektal, on 11/03/2008, -2/+2Apparently you never "learnt" good spelling and grammar.
Learnin's hard! - DarthTater, on 11/03/2008, -1/+1Wait! England is in Europe? ;)
- webkami, on 11/03/2008, -1/+1Shouldn't this be "Want free education"?
- MrJagil, on 11/03/2008, -7/+7And since i am from Europe, education is already free...
- c0j0e, on 11/03/2008, -1/+0Try http://www.Scholarspot.com
It has much more interesting educational videos then the sites listed here - Elranzer, on 11/03/2008, -6/+2You get what you paid for. American universities are the most competitive in the world and most desired on a resume from anyone worldwide.
This is evident in the amount of foreign students we have in our universities. They all would rather be educated in the United States rather than their own country, or somewhere in Europe or Canada.
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