Stanford professor resigns, launches Udacity: Free, online, university-level computer science courses
Online higher education got a big boost this week when Sebastian Thrun, a professor of computer science at Stanford,...
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Computer Coding: Not for Geeks Only
Free online courses are instructing non-techies in JavaScript and other coding and design of Web apps
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Welcome to the desktop degree…
Three courses created at Stanford University prove that free online education can compete with traditional teaching methods Once upon a time, a very long time ago, in 1995 to be precise, a scholar named Eli Noam published an article in the prestigious journal Science under the title " Electronics and the Dim Future of the University ". In it, Professor Noam argued that the basic model of a ...
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Top U.S. Professors Unite With The Faculty Project To Offer Free Online Courses
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan.26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Udemy , a marketplace for online learning, today announced the debut of The Faculty Project ( www.facultyproject.com ), a remarkable initiative that brings ...
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Stanford IT professor's new venture offers free, online technology classes
Free online courses from leading IT educators promise to teach students how to build a search engine or program a robotic car within a matter of weeks.
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