links - education

1. Online education

• Computer classes at MIT Open CourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/ Not very many computer courses. They are mostly theory, and are excellent (it's MIT, after all!). MIT : 2010
• MIT Open CourseWare http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/ "a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world." MIT : 2006
• Open University http://www.open.ac.uk/ "The United Kingdom's only university dedicated to distance learning." ... "Over 570 courses can count towards more than 200 qualifications. With specially designed introductory courses, you can gradually build towards your first university-level qualification, towards a degree and even beyond." Open University : 2010
• TutsPlus Computer Tutorials http://tutsplus.com/ "From graphics to web development, audio to video and more, get the skills you want from our family of tutorial and resource sites." Tuts+ : 2010
• TutsPlus Premium Tutorials http://tutsplus.com/premium-program/net-premium/ "Your ONE Premium membership gives you access to members-only content for ALL our Premium sites." "I pay — well, my wonderful parents pay — over $500 for my PCgraphics class, and I have learned more in a $9 subscription period of one month here than all year at school." — Nico Valencia on Psd Premium Tuts+ : 2010
• Webcast Berkeley http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses/ "Podcasting automatically delivers MP3 audio recordings of classroom lectures to computers and portable MP3 players." Only a few programming courses - theory. UC Berkeley : 2010
• Worldbridges http://www.worldbridges.com/ webcasting, online education resources Jeff Lebow : 2010

resources

• EdTech Talk http://www.edtechtalk.com/ "EdTechTalk is a community of educators interested in discussing and learning about the uses of educational technology. We webcast several live shows each week." EdTech Talk : 2010
• School Computing Home Page http://schoolcomputing.wikia.com/wiki/School_Computing_Home_Page Wiki: "Collaborative Guide to Information Technology in K-12 Schools" School Computing : 2010
• WebHeads in Action http://webheadsinaction.org/ "For ESL learners and facilitators as a student-teacher community. It has expanded to encompass a myriad of educators involved in e-learning in TESOL EVOnline (Electronic Village) and other language or cultural-based curricula. Webheads meet online regularly to explore the latest synchronous and non-synchronous communications technologies, including video and voice, to adapt and demonstrate new innovative ideas for e- learning and classroom curriculum." WebHeads : 2010

teaching

• The 'I lied' method of explaining technical concepts http://www.numenorean.net/blog/archives/2006/03/the_i_lied_meth.html "Step 2: Say 'Wait a minute. I lied' and explain what the lie was and how to convert it to the truth. In doing so, construct a more technically sophisticated explanation of the concept." "... takes advantage of the way in which our brains are wired — to notice change. Given a changing scene with a uniform background, our perceptual system is wired to tune out the background once it has been processed initially. Subsequently, the perceptual system notices only incremental changes in the scene ..." Vishy : March 2006

training

• Doeacc http://www.doeacc.edu.in/index.jsp "DOEACC Society is implementing a joint scheme of All India Council for Technical Education and Department of Information Technology (formerly Department of Electronics (DOE)), Government of India. The objective of the Scheme is to develop quality manpower in IT by utilizing the expertise available with the computer training institutes who are granted accreditation for conducting specified Levels of courses, subject to their meeting well-defined norms and criteria." Syllabus and courses used by VTC computer DOEACC : 2010
• IIT in Himachal http://himachal.us/2008/05/29/iit-himachal-to-be-set-up-with-assistance-from-iit -roorkee-%E2%80%93-hrd-ministry/5538/general/ravinder Giving the go ahead for setting up 8 new IIT in the country ... [including Himachal Pradesh] ... proposed to locate the premier institute in Mandi district. The state government was still scouting for about 500 acres of land to set up the IIT in Mandi district. One of the prerequisites for setting up such an institute was good rail and air connectivity. Himachal.us : May 2008
• Rooman Technologies http://www.rooman.net/ Training and solution in Networking domain covering LAN,MAN,WAN with the complete offerings in Internet Security, in India. rooman.net : 2010

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