I think education is extremely important. Even if you have already graduated college, it's still wise to continue building upon your knowledge. This may be for an advancement at work that you want, a change in career, knowledge to build your own business, or just for personal bragging rights.
If you've been keeping up with this blog, you know that I am getting into the Tech Industry. I will be taking an actual iOS development course starting in January, but I thought it would be helpful to add anything I could to that, i.e. computer science, Intro to VR and AR, UX Design, UI Design, etc. Granted, I won't become an expert by taking intro courses, but it will give me a general idea of how it all works.
Luckily, these resources are free and can be added to my resume and LinkedIn page!
Here are some of my favorites:
1. HarvardX - This is Harvard's free online course program. The lectures are recorded from actual classes at Harvard and posted online. I am currently taking an Intro to Computer Science course. I'm highly impressed so far! I'm about halfway finished.
Link--> https://www.edx.org/
Link--> https://www.edx.org/
2. Yale - Yale has a free online platform as well. The website is linked to their YouTube channel which has several lectures on different topics. I watched a few lectures from their 'Intro to Psych' course and it was very good. Even though I have already taken several Psych classes in college way beyond an intro class, I still couldn't resist. It's a weakness :-) I also got sucked into watching several lectures on 'Game Theory'. It honestly blew my mind, because I had no idea that was even a thing. After watching a few lectures I realized that it could apply to my future career as well.
3. Stanford - This Uni also has a YouTube channel. I found this one by accident. As I searched through their channel, I noticed that they had many courses to choose from as well.
4. GA Tech - All of us from GA know that this school is top of the line. Luckily, they offer free courses as well. I have already taken and completed an Intro to UX Design course from them. The lectures were great and the assignments/projects were great as well.
Link--> https://www.edx.org/
I have not done any classes from these Uni's yet, but they also provide free courses:
3. DUKE - https://www.coursera.org/
4. UC Berkeley - https://www.edx.org/school/
5. Columbia - https://www.edx.org/school/
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