Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by sidcool » Sun, Nov 29, 2015, 1:22 PM UTC

Better if technology related, but an open question nevertheless.

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by sonabinu » Sun, Nov 29, 2015, 1:40 PM UTC

https://www.coursera.org/course/rprog - This is the best online course I've taken. Another one I am signed up for and have already done one week of lectures (preview mode) and find very applicable is https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by area51org » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 2:22 AM UTC

sonabinu wrote: post #2

https://www.coursera.org/course/rprog - This is the best online course I've taken. Another one I am signed up for and have already done one week of lectures (preview mode) and find very applicable is https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/

Thanks for posting this.

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by middleclick » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 2:25 AM UTC

Dan Boneh's "Introduction to Cryptography".

(Part 1) https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto (Part 2) https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto2

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by jpetitto » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 2:41 AM UTC

"Programming Languages" - https://www.coursera.org/course/proglang

"Compilers" - https://www.coursera.org/course/compilers

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by dhawalhs » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 2:54 AM UTC

sonabinu wrote: post #2

https://www.coursera.org/course/rprog - This is the best online course I've taken. Another one I am signed up for and have already done one week of lectures (preview mode) and find very applicable is https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/

Interestingly we get a lot of mixed reviews for R Prog course: https://www.class-central.com/mooc/1713/coursera-r-programmi...

Learning how to learn is the best course online that any one can take.

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by thmcmahon » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 2:57 AM UTC

sonabinu wrote: post #2

https://www.coursera.org/course/rprog - This is the best online course I've taken. Another one I am signed up for and have already done one week of lectures (preview mode) and find very applicable is https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn/

I also found the r programming class to be super useful.

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by zzmxleo » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 2:59 AM UTC

The Hardware/Software Interface - https://class.coursera.org/hwswinterface-002

This course is amazing, especially for the assignments.

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by lindbergh » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 3:03 AM UTC

Convex Optimization by Stephen Boyd (Stanford EE364A) available on itunesU. There's also a CVX101 Mooc[1], but I don't how it's different from the original material. IMO it's not the topic itself, but the invaluable material for machine learning, statistics and applied mathematics. And Boyd has such a huge insight on the topic it's always a pleasure to watch his lectures.

[1]https://lagunita.stanford.edu/courses/Engineering/CVX101/Win...

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite online course?

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Post by zzmxleo » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 3:11 AM UTC

middleclick wrote: post #4

Dan Boneh's "Introduction to Cryptography". (Part 1) https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto (Part 2) https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto2

Yeah, the course is really cool.