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It teaches all the tips and tricks to make professional designs, a ton more practical knowledge than my university course or my first EE job.
After a few years working in the work force I decided to go back to get a master in Statistic to get into this field once and for all.
It's not technical but the best I've taken so far is Songwriting on Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/learn/songwriting Presented by Pat Pattison from Berklee College of Music, I started the course thinking who is this guy? By the end I was hanging off his every word. Even if you've never thought of writing a song it opens your eyes to the talent (and tricks!) in the music business.
The quizzes were good and fairly marked, the exam was tough, but the peer-review guidelines for it were very clear and easy to follow.
I'm now working through UCSD Interaction Design specialisation [2], which is a series of courses followed by a project. So far its been very good, although the short course format (3-4 weeks) means that there isn't time for much of a community to form among the participants. I've learned a lot though.
I'd recommend both courses.
[1] https://www.coursera.org/course/maththink
[2] https://www.coursera.org/specializations/interaction-design
"Programming Languages" - https://www.coursera.org/course/proglang "Compilers" - https://www.coursera.org/course/compilers
A great basis for functional and Lisp fundamentals. I'm just starting a journey into Erlang and that course has meant that the switch isn't as difficult as it could have been.
The course format was interesting. I'm not 100% on board with doing peer assessment, but I did like being able to see how other people handled the assignments.
It's not tech-related, but I have achieved near-fluency in one language in less than a year (Dutch), and I'm currently learning 3-4 others. (Russian, German, French, Italian) I find it very effective and easy to fit in around everyday life.
I would definitely recommend it to anyone else seeking to learn languages.
Buddhism and Modern Psychology by Robert Wright (author of The Moral Animal). It uses evolutionary psychology, modularity of mind, and other modern cognitive science theories to explain why some modern version of the buddhist teachings (like meditations) work. It includes interesting interviews and solid book/article recommendations. It's very eye-opening to me and gave me a whole new perspective about happiness and…
Check out https://www.coursera.org/learn/happiness
Have changed for the better because of it :)