Build. Measure. Learn. Lean Startup SXSW 2012. by Eric Ries (and 4 others) Video Listing. Coursera. UPDATE: we're doing a live, updated MOOC of this course at stanford-online July-2014 (not this Coursera version).
See here: CS101 teaches the essential ideas of Computer Science for a zero-prior-experience audience. Computers can appear very complicated, but in reality, computers work within just a few, simple patterns. CS101 demystifies and brings those patterns to life, which is useful for anyone using computers today. In CS101, students play and experiment with short bits of "computer code" to bring to life to the power and limitations of computers. Online Courses - Distance Learning Courses - Online Classes for College Credit - StraighterLine. EdX - Home. All Courses. IndieGoGo's Co-Founder Wants Kids to Launch 10 Startups in 10 Years. Slava Rubin, co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding website IndieGoGo, has an ambitious plan to plant the seeds of entrepreneurship in the minds of students: He wants them to launch a new startup every year for ten years in middle school through college.
"The best way for students to become entrepreneurs is through practice and experience," writes Rubin in his contribution to the #FixYoungAmerica book, to be published in May. "LeBron James became a basketball star because he practiced and played basketball regularly from an early age, not just because he watched Michael Jordan on television. " Rubin believes entrepreneurship deserves a place in classrooms nationwide, right alongside calculus and biology.
Few schools, says Rubin, teach students that they can become successful entrepreneurs and business owners, so the career field doesn't appear on students' radars the way that "doctor" or "lawyer" might. Rubin's curriculum is divided into four parts, one for each semester of the school year.
Study Guides, Lecture Notes, Flashcards, Practice Exams, Lecture Videos. Screw University, Course Hero Curates YouTube Into Free Business and Coding Classes. You can learn just about anything from YouTube…if you’re willing to dig through millions of videos.
Luckily, Course Hero has done the work for you, offering coherent classes by hosting collections of the best educational YouTube videos and other content. The newly launched courses section of the eduTech startup’s site now has classes in entrepreneurship, business plan development, and programming in a variety of languages. Meanwhile, Course Hero offers crowdsourced study guides, tutoring, and flashcards. Khan Academy is great, but isn’t as scalable since it create the content itself. By drawing from YouTube and other openly available education, Course Hero plans to set up courses for anything it, or you, can think of. 12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free.