Get a free education from MIT

Vince Lombardi · 02-22-2007, 10:53 AM

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm

This is killer, MIT has all of their course materials and lectures for free online, the only thing is that you don't get a degree obviously. For somebody who doesn't have $50,000 for a year of school and just wants the knowledge this is freakin great.

Jughead10 · 02-22-2007, 10:54 AM

This just further proves my opinion that when you send in your tuition check, you aren't paying for an education, you are putting a down payment on a piece of paper.

Vince Lombardi · 02-22-2007, 11:04 AM

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This just further proves my opinion that when you send in your tuition check, you aren't paying for an education, you are putting a down payment on a piece of paper.

Exactly, but that piece of paper is a requirement at many jobs and would likely be the deciding factor for an employer with one job opening looking at a person with it and without it.

JPLUFF · 02-22-2007, 11:26 AM

This is actually really cool. As an Econ major here I can look at different slides to gain new perspectives or find more practice problems. Props to whoever found this.

steel man · 02-22-2007, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Vince Lombardi

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm

This is killer, MIT has all of their course materials and lectures for free online, the only thing is that you don't get a degree obviously. For somebody who doesn't have $50,000 for a year of school and just wants the knowledge this is freakin great.

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Originally Posted by JPLUFF

This is actually really cool. As an Econ major here I can look at different slides to gain new perspectives or find more practice problems. Props to whoever found this.

no kidding this is frakin cool. as an Engineer and studying for my PE thanks!!!! this is really helpful

Vince Lombardi · 02-22-2007, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by steel man

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Originally Posted by Vince Lombardi

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Global/all-courses.htm

This is killer, MIT has all of their course materials and lectures for free online, the only thing is that you don't get a degree obviously. For somebody who doesn't have $50,000 for a year of school and just wants the knowledge this is freakin great.

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Originally Posted by JPLUFF

This is actually really cool. As an Econ major here I can look at different slides to gain new perspectives or find more practice problems. Props to whoever found this.

no kidding this is frakin cool. as an Engineer and studying for my PE thanks!!!! this is really helpful

No problem guys, it's definitely an amazing resource. They were talking about it on NPR last night, that's how I found out.

I'd like to give a shout out to all my peeps over at NPR and PBS, I couldn't have done it without you. :)

njx9 · 02-22-2007, 03:53 PM

i'm far too lazy to pull them up, but there are several colleges that do the same thing, with varying degrees of material (i believe MIT's is the most compelte). one of the big Cal university's has all their material up, and there are at least a couple of law schools that do. Computer Power User (yes, I'm that big a geek) ran the story last month.

02-22-2007, 04:40 PM

I thought this was spam, until I saw the poster. Then I was sure it was spam.

Anyways, MIT is for hippies.

Vince Lombardi · 02-22-2007, 04:57 PM

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Originally Posted by njx9

i'm far too lazy to pull them up, but there are several colleges that do the same thing, with varying degrees of material (i believe MIT's is the most compelte). one of the big Cal university's has all their material up, and there are at least a couple of law schools that do. Computer Power User (yes, I'm that big a geek) ran the story last month.

Berklee has videos of their lectures online

njx9 · 02-22-2007, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Vince Lombardi

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Originally Posted by njx9

i'm far too lazy to pull them up, but there are several colleges that do the same thing, with varying degrees of material (i believe MIT's is the most compelte). one of the big Cal university's has all their material up, and there are at least a couple of law schools that do. Computer Power User (yes, I'm that big a geek) ran the story last month.

Berklee has videos of their lectures online

that's the one. except Berkeley. =P

02-22-2007, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by njx9

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Originally Posted by Vince Lombardi

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Originally Posted by njx9

i'm far too lazy to pull them up, but there are several colleges that do the same thing, with varying degrees of material (i believe MIT's is the most compelte). one of the big Cal university's has all their material up, and there are at least a couple of law schools that do. Computer Power User (yes, I'm that big a geek) ran the story last month.

Berklee has videos of their lectures online

that's the one. except Berkeley. =P

njx making a face that doesn't have rolling eyes? :shock:

Eaglez.Fan · 02-22-2007, 05:06 PM

Do you get any sort of recognition? That would help you get into a very good school or say get a part scholarship

The Unseen · 02-22-2007, 05:13 PM

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Do you get any sort of recognition? That would help you get into a very good school or say get a part scholarship

I doubt it, because it can't be proven and I don't think colleges would look for that info.

02-22-2007, 05:20 PM

You can do this at any college almost... Classes are so big you can just walk right in.. Its not like the take attendance.

The Unseen · 02-22-2007, 05:24 PM

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You can do this at any college almost... Classes are so big you can just walk right in.. Its not like the take attendance.

Thing is, I don't plan on flying up to Massachusetts any time soon..

MichaelJordanEberle (sabf) · 02-22-2007, 05:25 PM

I thought this was spam at first too. This is really cool though.

njx9 · 02-22-2007, 05:27 PM

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I thought this was spam at first too. This is really cool though.

even canadians can get the vague equivalent of a college education now...

Ward · 02-22-2007, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by snuff

You can do this at any college almost... Classes are so big you can just walk right in.. Its not like the take attendance.

I'm taking 16 hours, and only one class doesn't take attendance. You could get away with that in lower level courses held in auditoriums, but not actually interesting courses.

VoteLynnSwan · 02-22-2007, 07:13 PM

yea... this would probably help me a lot being that I'm a mechanical engineering major... however... i'm way too lazy to look at this material when i barely take the time to look over my own class material...

o yea, and **** those punk ass bitches from MIT.

themaninblack · 02-23-2007, 12:08 AM

"you spend $50,000 a year on an education when you could do the same thing with $1.50 in late fees at the library."

what movie?

02-23-2007, 08:46 AM

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Originally Posted by CutlerChris

I thought this was spam at first too. This is really cool though.

even canadians can get the vague equivalent of a college education now...

Who wants a college education anyway?

And Ward, for second year Criminology, there's still over 100 people in my class. We have random people come in all the time. It just depends on the University you go to.

ricky bobby · 02-23-2007, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by frogstomp

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Originally Posted by njx9

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Originally Posted by CutlerChris

I thought this was spam at first too. This is really cool though.

even canadians can get the vague equivalent of a college education now...

Who wants a college education anyway?

And Ward, for second year Criminology, there's still over 100 people in my class. We have random people come in all the time. It just depends on the University you go to.

Loser's mentality.

02-23-2007, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by frogstomp

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Originally Posted by njx9

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Originally Posted by CutlerChris

I thought this was spam at first too. This is really cool though.

even canadians can get the vague equivalent of a college education now...

Who wants a college education anyway?

And Ward, for second year Criminology, there's still over 100 people in my class. We have random people come in all the time. It just depends on the University you go to.

Loser's mentality.

I was making a joke that most University students make about college, in order to justify why they are better. I was also being completely sarcastic, and I don't know how the hell you could have thought that I have anything against post-secondary education when I stated I'm in University.

But thanks for being horribly slow on the uptake, and forcing me to waste 2 minutes of my life posting this. I have a feeling you were left behind a lot as a child.