One of my New Year’s resolutions is to develop more coding skills. Good thing I have a library card so I can easily access our wonderful collection of programming books! I can learn javascript, css, html5, C++, python, etc.
Last fall, three professors at Stanford University tried a little experiment. They opened up their classes – Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Introduction to Databases – to the entire world, with no tuition cost. Launched and delivered between October through December 2011, they had great success (e.g., 35,000 people stuck with the Artificial Intelligence [...]
Recently, Massachusetts Institute of Technology launched an online learning initiative, called MITx, aimed at enhancing the way they offer the online content of their opencourseware classes. MIT expects that MITx will continue to expand, hosting a virtual community of millions of learners around the world.
… and learn something new! If your brain is craving a little growing, come to the library! We, of course, have lots of things for you to expand your mind in all sorts of directions. One great way to do this is to check out a series of educational courses on CD or DVD by [...]
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