TheSwamp
Code Red => .NET => Topic started by: Kerry on April 07, 2015, 09:16:21 PM
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https://www.edx.org/course/programming-c-microsoft-dev204x#.VSSAkl2UdnM
Starting NOW
6 weeks 7-10 hrs/week
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Interesting, signed up just because.
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I signed up as well.
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Hope you enjoy the course guys...
Perhaps I'll see you there :)
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Thank you very much for noticing about that opportunity :)
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Kerry I'm wondering if this course is too basic for you to learn anything new. Please let us know what you think during and after the course.
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Yes, Is is a little basic, I'm using it for a bit of a refresher.
Most of my effort is going into Javascript and TypeScript at the moment ... and some C# for the Unity#D game engine.
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Interesting, signed up just because.
I signed up as well.
Way to throw the grading curve out of wack guys! lol :tongue2:
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Interesting, signed up just because.
I signed up as well.
Way to throw the grading curve out of wack guys! lol :tongue2:
Bah! I got my first question wrong! I read the question, waited about an hour before I got to actually sit back down from putting out a fire and convinced myself the question was different then the one asked. :/ lol
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Not related to this class in particular but in general for online courses. Is the "verifiable certificate" worth it?
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I, personally, can't comment on that; I've only taken one other online class (but that was MITs SICP years ago).
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I've taken several online classes from the local community college as well as traditional classes. IMO they are the same content. They are harder if you need help and easier if you know the content. Online grades tend to be based on quiz and test scores wheras traditional sometimes factor in homework, etc. But, like any class, it all depends on the school and teacher quality in the end. I will say the free stuff that can be found online has been, so far, the most intensive for me. Go figure.
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Not related to this class in particular but in general for online courses. Is the "verifiable certificate" worth it?
If you need to apply for advertised jobs I think yes, any certificate in IT is helpful.
Every now and then I look at advertised jobs to see what's going on and there are quite a few that I could take on but they all want some sort of proof that you know what you are doing.
While a certificate is definitely no guarantee that you do know what you are doing it is proof that you have at least studied and when (i.e. proof of knowledge _and_ experience over time).
Being a contractor and having no formal IT qualifications I rely solely on word of mouth for my work and at my age and temperament I much prefer it this way :)
If I was younger and needed a job I'd be gobbling up these 'verified' cert's where I could as there are not so many opportunities to study these topics, especially here in Australia, unless you can get into university. A lot of these courses are from reputable universities such as Harvard and MIT and these would be the courses worth doing I think and the ones I have participated in have been very good.
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I can imagine cases where the verified certificate would be beneficial.
... though it's a bit late in my lifetime to do me much good :-)
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My hope is to learn/re-learn something each day.
Having a predefined target helps keep focused.
I don't think there is a risk of breaking the honor code for this chess board assignment ...
Simple looping and conditionals lesson.
(http://i61.tinypic.com/1z1dwfo.png)
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Kerry I'm wondering if this course is too basic for you to learn anything new. Please let us know what you think during and after the course.
Not new, but
- Read the destructions twice.
- Peer grading is subjective.
- It's a big topic to fit into 7 - 10 hours per week for 6 weeks
did I say Peer grading is VERY subjective.
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Not happy I missed a module, got confused on the timezone and thought I had until midnight Monday morning.