Is anyone taking any online courses atm?

[RileyTanaka]

Just wondering if anyone else is taking a course online. The constant youtube ads for them were targeting me pretty hard and I eventually gave into one on Coursera. I'm currently taking one for scientific writing, and it's been pretty okay. I struggle to concentrate, stay still, and just watch the damn videos. I guess my mental capacities are going downhill. Somehow I've managed to complete 6 out of the 8 weeks but it's been hard.

If any of y'all are doing online coursework, what are you studying? After this stint, I might try my hand at web development courses if they aren't too expensive.

 

[lmroch]

Open Culture has many free online courses:

1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more. Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

www.openculture.com

Harvard has free online courses:

Catalog of Courses

Browse the latest courses from Harvard University

www.harvard.edu

You can block ads on youtube:

Adblock for Youtube™

Removes ads from Youtube™.

chrome.google.com

 

[RedShoes]

Hey, I'm currently doing a Java course that I've not done anything more on for about a month...still only on basic too. :/

Try freecodecamp for free web development courses.

And also, good luck. :)

 

[RileyTanaka]

Open Culture has many free online courses:

1,700 Free Online Courses from Top Universities

Take online courses from the world’s top universities for free. Below, you will find 1,700 free online courses from universities like Yale, MIT, Harvard, Oxford and more. Note: This page includes a lot of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

www.openculture.com

Harvard has free online courses:

Catalog of Courses

Browse the latest courses from Harvard University

www.harvard.edu

You can block ads on youtube:

Adblock for Youtube™

Removes ads from Youtube™.

chrome.google.com

Spent all afternoon like a kid in th candy store, browsing open culture. Thank you so much for this referral!

I will need to google adblock for Firefox. I don't trust Chrome.

 

[lmroch]

@RileyTanaka

Open Culture has sooo much stuff.. Pretty Amazing.. Archaeology courses, Architecture courses.. Language lessons, Lectures.. What did you find that intrigued you

 

[RileyTanaka]

@RileyTanaka

Open Culture has sooo much stuff.. Pretty Amazing.. Archaeology courses, Architecture courses.. Language lessons, Lectures.. What did you find that intrigued you

I know - you're a real pal for passing this along so thanks again. I found so much stuff I want to dip my toe in - web development (CSS, HTML, Javascript), leadership skills, conflict management, Python, bookkeeping, music... there's so much great stuff I'm still wading through... my partner and I spent some time today watching Earthlings from the movies section. Are you taking anything at the moment?

 

[HelensNepenthe]

I will need to google adblock for Firefox. I don't trust Chrome.

uBlock Origin â Get this Extension for ð¦ Firefox (en-US)

Download uBlock Origin for Firefox. Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.

addons.mozilla.org

Avoid using other adblocks as some may prompt you to ads that are non-intrusive.

 

[RileyTanaka]

uBlock Origin â Get this Extension for ð¦ Firefox (en-US)

Download uBlock Origin for Firefox. Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.

addons.mozilla.org

Avoid using other adblocks as some may prompt you to ads that are non-intrusive.

OMG, thank you SO much. You're a lifesaver!!

 

[HelensNepenthe]

OMG, thank you SO much. You're a lifesaver!!

You're welcome. I suppose it's a good time to link this resource too >> https://www.privacytools.io/

There's a section dedicated for Web Browsers, more specifically there's a page dedicated to what add-ons to install too. Some like HTTPS-Everywhere have become unnecessary because by default Firefox is always priortizing HTTPS connections over HTTP.