MIT Gives it (education) away for free.

sweetnpetite said:
MIT gives education away for free.

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html

Probably you have all known about this for ages, and I'm the only one who didin't know. Has anyone taken advantage of this service?

Sweet.
Let's just put it this way. I am now Doctor Bare.

I'd heard of this, but only because I haunt geek news sites.

But seriously : college without coeds? What's the point?
 
Learning for it's own sake is cool and all, but why bother with structured classes if you can't put it on your resume?
 
I've heard

and I think it's great.

I detest the privatization occurring on the net, where its 'libraries' are 'pay to get in.' why should Harvard get to 'own' literary classics and charge per view???

besides 'education', much of 'knowlege' or 'information' should be freely accessible (allowing for national security, 'trade secrets' and investment return for inventors).
 
The BF will love that ty sweetie

he would learn anything for the sake of knowing more than anybody else..lol
:nana:
Nymphy
 
I knew it

he spent the whole night in an engineering lecture, really having a ball with it .. thanks for the heads up sweet :)
Nymphy
 
woodnymph_O said:
he would learn anything for the sake of knowing more than anybody else..lol
:nana:
Nymphy

ARe you married to that guy who wrote the book about reading the entire encyclopedia? ;)

I thought that was really stupid when I first heard it, but then I have to admit I'm jeleous I hadn't thought of that. I've been reading the encyclopedia (for fun) for years. Not in a highly structured way like he did- but still. Oh well. Such is life. Simple and stupid ideas make some people rich and the rest of us go on dismissing our own ideas as simple and stupid. :rolleyes:
 
cloudy said:
Learning for it's own sake is cool and all, but why bother with structured classes if you can't put it on your resume?

I think some people just work better with a more structured environment.

ON the other hand, your basicly in control, so it could be as structured as you want it to be. Also- I think, certain courses you could take for knowledge and then go to a local comunity college and take a for credit test on the subject. You have to pay for the test, but it's less than a class, books, transportation, child care ect..

Someone who was really on the ball (ie. not me) could probably manage to get a real degree this way. (Maybe having to take a few on campus- or online through the school courses depending on the requirements of the degree awarding school.
 
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