I just got a somewhat confusing email canceling my enrollment in the ever elusive Cryptography II course. I guess this is what that's about. If so, it's too bad, I had a great experience in the Crypto I but it wouldn't have been nearly as good without the quizzes and assignments.
Coursera shuts access to old platform courses
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#12Script to save course materials: https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl
I haven't tried it yet. Just was asking around how to save course materials (videos, slides, notes, etc) of an old platform course I want to return to sometimes. Got this advice:
> app which can help you download all the
> materials at one go.
> https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl
> Doesn't work all the time, but for old
> courses should work.Re: Coursera shuts access to old platform courses
#13I'll probably get shot down for being that typical negative HN comment, but do MOOCs like Coursera actually do much in the way of making education more accessible or society fairer? All the content offered on Coursera already exists on the internet. Really motivated people will aggressively look for study materials, and they generally don't have a problem finding it. It seems to me that it's actually the internet tha…
As someone has taken a lot of MOOCs, I have no idea if Coursera makes education more accessible but they certainly make certain teachers and professors more accessible and those professors have a lot of knowledge to offer. A lot of universities don't have open courseware and even if they do the recordings are beyond terrible.
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#14I can not see how Arab Spring made the society fairer. Internet helped the Arab Spring develop, but the Arab Spring is not such a good thing, because look what it left to middle east.
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#15Learning is lovely, but without the advatage of being able to directly apply what you've learned toward actually improving your life, it's all just so much education porn.
Why does everything you do have to go `toward actually improving your life`? Why can't we do stuff just for fun anymore?
Even worse, his comment assumes you can't improve your enjoyment of life just by learning about things you like.
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#16I'll probably get shot down for being that typical negative HN comment, but do MOOCs like Coursera actually do much in the way of making education more accessible or society fairer? All the content offered on Coursera already exists on the internet. Really motivated people will aggressively look for study materials, and they generally don't have a problem finding it. It seems to me that it's actually the internet tha…
Founder of https://www.CourseBuffet.com here. I would say it is a mixed bag. There are without a doubt people getting real value out of MOOCs who otherwise would not be able to take these courses.
This being said I talk to a lot of people about MOOCs and I am still surprised how many people don't know about them. Actually one of the first questions I am often asked is why do they offer free courses!
Edit: to add to my comment and agree with others in this thread "MOOC" confuses people. Sometimes I have to remind myself and say free online courses (even though some are not free).
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#17Script to save course materials: https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl I haven't tried it yet. Just was asking around how to save course materials (videos, slides, notes, etc) of an old platform course I want to return to sometimes. Got this advice: > app which can help you download all the > materials at one go. > https://github.com/coursera-dl/coursera-dl > Doesn't work all the time, but for old > courses shou…
Coursera and Udacity have both been going downhill almost from their inception with every single change.
I've used coursera-dl to archive courses I've taken part in for some time now.
I was considering deleting my archive recently but now I'm really glad I didn't.
However, it doesn't download the quizzes or exams though. You still have to make a local copy of the html pages (easy, but time consuming in firefox for example) or take screenshots.
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#18To save people like me a trip to google, MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course. Today I learned!
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#19I'll probably get shot down for being that typical negative HN comment, but do MOOCs like Coursera actually do much in the way of making education more accessible or society fairer? All the content offered on Coursera already exists on the internet. Really motivated people will aggressively look for study materials, and they generally don't have a problem finding it. It seems to me that it's actually the internet tha…
Maybe I haven't looked hard enough, but I've found no place other than Coursera/EdX offering high quality quizzes and assignments, with feedback, even if just automated. Texts and videos explaining all kinds of topics are abundant, but the most valuable learning experience comes from practice, and that is rare.
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#20If anyone else is wondering, MOOC is Massive Open Online Courses.
It really gets on my nerves when people don't expand their acronyms when introducing a topic. Of course there are exceptions, but is MOOC really that common an acronym?! I just find it a bit inconsiderate.