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frontpageshifter25 posted May 03, 2024 11:38 AM
frontpageshifter25 posted May 03, 2024 11:38 AM

edX/Harvard University Online Courses: Computer Science, Game Development & More

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HarvardX via EDX.org is offering select Harvard University Online Courses for Free when you login and enroll to the available sessions

Thanks to community member(s) shifter25 & phongdn for finding this deal

Note, must login and enrolled in the available sessions, while offer last.

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  • Each course offers a specific study w/ allocated time frame per week, progress and optional upgrades available
  • Please note that each completed course does not offer a certificate of completion, as these are free courses
  • Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally
  • Offer valid while courses/enrollment last
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  • Please see original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion - Discombobulated

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HarvardX via EDX.org is offering select Harvard University Online Courses for Free when you login and enroll to the available sessions

Thanks to community member(s) shifter25 & phongdn for finding this deal

Note, must login and enrolled in the available sessions, while offer last.

Some Example Online Courses

Editor's Notes

Written by Discombobulated | Staff
  • Each course offers a specific study w/ allocated time frame per week, progress and optional upgrades available
  • Please note that each completed course does not offer a certificate of completion, as these are free courses
  • Harvard University is devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines who make a difference globally
  • Offer valid while courses/enrollment last
Additional Notes
  • Please see original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion - Discombobulated

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DealzRGood4U
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Yale has a lot of free courses as well.

https://online.yale.edu/courses?f...wMode=grid
Jdmalibu
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Just waiting on my neurolink data port then I'll absorb this knowledge…
ellemdee
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This isn't a new offering, but awareness is always a good thing. There are more classes available than are listed in the op - a total of 151. Here's a direct link to all of Harvard's free courses:

https://pll.harvard.edu/catalog/free?page=1

If you've ever heard of auditing a class - that's exactly what this is. You get the knowledge, but you don't take tests or get actual credit. It's like sitting in the classroom as an observer, but the advantage of it being online is that the courses are self-paced. You do have to pay, IF you want a certificate verifying that you took the class.

Many colleges and universities offer similar programs. Googling "free Harvard courses" brought up the link above. Substitute "Harvard" with the name of the school you're interested in to see if they offer a similar program.

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May 05, 2024 09:00 PM
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MaxBuzzMay 05, 2024 09:00 PM
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Quote from jkloisdafoiwdaf :
Too bad no astrology by Sheila Jackson Lee
She taught me a lot about the moon and sun.
Carl Sagan would be in awe if he were still here.
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May 05, 2024 09:33 PM
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MaroonBird313May 05, 2024 09:33 PM
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Quote from TalentedRaccoon666 :
Going to try intro to python I would like to understand what my son is talking about thanks
I wanted to get into automation at work and all we got is VBA kind of sucks but has unlocked some awesome potential with our work.

I've been using ChatGPT to learn it by asking what I want it to do and then do that and test the code it provides.

It's great way to learn for me who is terrible at tests and studying.
May 05, 2024 11:02 PM
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HonestPenguin348May 05, 2024 11:02 PM
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As a joke I put on my high school graduation thingy I was going to Harvard… now time to fulfill that LOLOL
May 05, 2024 11:43 PM
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quark4May 05, 2024 11:43 PM
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Our community has rated this post as helpful. If you agree, why not thank quark4

Quote from lou44gehrig :
Why? People can add whatever they want. You're some kind of academic police?
Interesting story about this.
I work at one of the largest corporations in the world, and hire frequently. We made an offer to a candidate, he accepted it right away, and we started the background verification. It was during this phase that we found that the candidate had misrepresented an online course as a real credential. The offer was rescinded and the candidate was blacklisted.
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May 06, 2024 12:21 AM
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ghanvass7May 06, 2024 12:21 AM
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Quote from TalentedRaccoon666 :
Going to try intro to python I would like to understand what my son is talking about thanks
I too would enjoy being able to communicate with snakes.
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May 06, 2024 12:57 AM
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PopRockPrideMay 06, 2024 12:57 AM
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Quote from cjwl :
My oldest took intro to CS, high quality free course IMO, good for a high schooler to get going early.
I'm curious- did they take it over a few weeks? Or days? Thinking my oldest might like this over the summer break.
May 06, 2024 12:59 AM
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JoeBellMay 06, 2024 12:59 AM
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Funny ..... Politicians passed law making student loan debt permanent and inescapable via bankruptcy. Following government "intervention" costs of college skyrocket. Colleges and banks no longer hold any risk of bad loans or bad degrees. Student Debt rises as schools never have to worry about having any responsibility. Banks also now make guaranteed loans at high interest rates.

After years of this abuse of big government stupidity. People say the answer is big government. Big government created the issue. Remember every $1. In taxes in less then 30% actually makes it to where it's supposed to.

This is a great post thank you Op. Free and near free education.

The world needs ditch diggers too. Learn a trade.

Read some history books to understand the larger and more powerful a government gets the worse the people suffer.

Also I paid for my education via summer jobs and working part time during college. GI Bill is a great way to get a free education. FYI.
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May 06, 2024 01:34 AM
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MrShawnMay 06, 2024 01:34 AM
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If you just go outside an watch people or plants. You'll learn more than a degree can ever teach. If you talk to them. You need a degree salary to pay for bodyguards; but learn even more.

I took some courses for fun back in like 2019 an they were teaching me stuff the nutrition community already was annexing. It was online so I was weight lifting while attending (srs; I listened while benching). But totally useless if eduction was my purpose
Last edited by MrShawn May 5, 2024 at 06:39 PM.
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May 06, 2024 02:36 AM
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jxmillerMay 06, 2024 02:36 AM
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I watch the lectures on YouTube. For the most part, a CS50 is just barely highschool level. Still fun though, and some courses are at least in current times, so that is refreshing.

SD site/app has some issues with the redirect pointing to a site that is not https, which probably is hurting some sort of bottom line.

go dot redirectingat dot com

It's been that way for a couple days.
May 06, 2024 03:43 AM
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GS4May 06, 2024 03:43 AM
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Good. Ok
May 06, 2024 04:58 AM
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Rookies1000May 06, 2024 04:58 AM
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Quote from MrShawn :
If you just go outside an watch people or plants. You'll learn more than a degree can ever teach. If you talk to them. You need a degree salary to pay for bodyguards; but learn even more.

I took some courses for fun back in like 2019 an they were teaching me stuff the nutrition community already was annexing. It was online so I was weight lifting while attending (srs; I listened while benching). But totally useless if eduction was my purpose
I didn't realize you could learn power system engineering by watching a cactus 🌵. Such a genius idea!
May 06, 2024 06:18 AM
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ThriftyPlastic9739May 06, 2024 06:18 AM
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Quote from lou44gehrig :
Why? People can add whatever they want. You're some kind of academic police?
You can add it but make sure you write "took HarvardX course(s) on edx.org

otherwise they can fire you later for lying about your education if you try to lie or imply you graduated from the actual institution.
May 06, 2024 06:55 AM
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GhostNoteSymphoniesMay 06, 2024 06:55 AM
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Change your resume to attended Harvard.
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May 06, 2024 07:20 AM
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Quote from elefante72 :
Do you work for free? Someone has to pay for it, you are just suggesting forced wealth distribution. Then if it were free there would be zero innovation until we turn it over to AI and someone has to pay for those $40k Nvidia cards, and then AI tells us what to do. There is no free except for time and we as linear beings cannot escape that.

Besides there is an abundance of knowledge free or subsidized today than ever before so it boils down to the individuals time, competency, and willingness. I would go to Kahn academy (a pay a sub) which had vastly better training than the in class for my kids, especially in math.
The problem is the cost they charge isn't commensurate with the work it takes to produce the content.

Do you feel textbooks on say Calculus should cost as much as they do?

It's not like how Calculus works has changed suddenly, right?

Mind you that education is considered a common good. Educated people are more valuable to society. They.ideally will make better decisions, require less government support and pay more taxes, due to higher earnings.

That's as opposed to fattening filthy rich universities that has massive endowment exceed major corporations.

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May 06, 2024 07:49 AM
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gargh16May 06, 2024 07:49 AM
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the web links does not work for some reason

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