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Name:	Anton Bursch
Date Posted:	Mar 28, 2007
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ocw.mit.edu/index.html

I am so excited right now that I can barely contain myself. This link above is to a MASSIVE repository of actual MIT courses from under-graduate to gratuate. You can't earn the degree from taking these, well, you might get a head start toward one, but you will LEARN.

Here's the list of links to the types of courses as found on this site. Now, let me tell you, this isn't just some half ass job on these... it's the lectures in audio and video, it's class notes, it's the fricken CHALKBOARD notes, it's EVERYTHING but the teachers. I am seriously in some kind of nirvana right now going thru this website.

I could never afford to attend MIT. Yeah, in college I did very well, 3.9, but my high school was C- and D + due to undiagnosed ADHD. Yeah, some of us really have it. I'm 32, almost 33, and I can't really think about going back to school fulltime while I'm working fulltime developing games now, but I can now take the classes I have been dieing to take!

Now, before you decide that my excitement is just being hyper... take a look at these areas of study from the coolest place on the planet.

ocw.mit.edu/index.html My new homepage. :)

Aeronautics and Astronautics
Anthropology
Architecture
Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation
Biological Engineering
Biology
Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Comparative Media Studies
Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Economics
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Engineering Systems Division
Experimental Study Group
Foreign Languages and Literatures
Health Sciences and Technology
History
Linguistics and Philosophy
Literature
Materials Science and Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Media Arts and Sciences
Music and Theater Arts
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Physics
Political Science
Science, Technology, and Society
Sloan School of Management
Special Programs
Urban Studies and Planning
Women's Studies
Writing and Humanistic Studies

I swear, my new dream in making games is to make it rich so I can retire early and spend 40 years in school!! :) Hey, it's a dream, I can dream can't I?!

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Jason Swearingen (Mar 28, 2007 at 13:06 GMT)

it's a nice start, but honestly their online open courseware curriculum is fairly lacking in a lot of aspects (ex: ebooks of the text?)

at least it has been this way for the last few years. whenever i check up on it it seems to be slightly better each time, but still fairly toothless from a "i want to learn about this subject in depth"

Anton Bursch (Mar 28, 2007 at 14:04 GMT)

@Jason Swearingen

Hey! How's it going over there on the other side of the world?

Neo Binedell (Mar 28, 2007 at 15:27 GMT)

@Anton:

Excellent stuff, thanks!

@Jason:

Where in the world is Jason still Thailand was it?

Long time no see... give us an update man ;p

David Higgins (Mar 28, 2007 at 16:19 GMT)

You think Dr Robotnik used this site?

Gamerkitty (Mar 28, 2007 at 17:03 GMT)

Here are some links to check out:
http://www.eliteskills.com/free_education/?foo=x
http://www.oculture.com/weblog/2006/10/free_university_1.html

Michael Hense (Mar 28, 2007 at 22:34 GMT)

great link... THANKS Anton...

--Mike

Eric Roberts (Mar 29, 2007 at 01:57 GMT)

Tons of undergraduates in undergraduate program I'm current enrolled in know about that site. Mainly since it seems to be a source of problems for problem sets and questions we tend to find on our finals - and no I'm not going to MIT.

In fact, I can almost definitely say for a specific course it almost seemed like a direct copy with only slight modifications.

It just goes to show there's not a huge difference in the schools you go to.
A good school is a good school.

- Eric

Jason Swearingen (Mar 29, 2007 at 03:02 GMT)

For me, things are comming along.

it's a bit harder to deal with the buracracy aspect of things in a 3rd world country, for example, I have been here for 3 months and still have government paperwork for the business "being processed".

for the actual tech side of things, i have 1 dev, and 2 more starting this comming monday. in the short term, they will be focusing on some enterprise software ideas, while I do prototyping with TX. I havent had a chance to work with TX for over 6 months, so now that i have the other responsibilities wrapping up, i'll probably be a bit more active on this site over the next comming weeks......

anyway, good to see you both Neo and Anton... i'll be focusing on isometric stuff, so i'll give you both a heads up with what fruits my endevors bring...

Frank Carney (Mar 30, 2007 at 02:20 GMT) Resource Rating: 3

Very cool, will check it out. Thanks for the link.

J Sears (Apr 01, 2007 at 08:33 GMT)

unless I missed it I didn't see any programming type courses on there anyone know of any solid sites for that? I've found plenty of basic sites that get you through adding keyboard and making simple non graphic programgs but not much more online for free

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