Free Online Courses » video http://freeonlinecourses.info be free to learn Mon, 31 May 2010 23:51:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Learn About Ancient Greek History from Yale http://freeonlinecourses.info/2009/03/16/learn-about-ancient-greek-history-from-yale/ http://freeonlinecourses.info/2009/03/16/learn-about-ancient-greek-history-from-yale/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 16:13:26 +0000 Jennifer Mattern http://freeonlinecourses.info/?p=135 Course / Program Name: Introduction to Ancient Greek History

Hosted by / Sponsored by: Yale

Course of Study: History

Course Link: Take this course.

Description: This free online course from Yale is taught by Professor Donald Kagan. In it, you’ll learn about ancient Greek civilization and its various intellectual, political, and creative achievements.

The course is broken down into 24 class sessions where you can choose to watch a video lecture, listen to just the audio of the lecture, or read the lecture transcript.

You will need Flash or Quicktime enabled to watch video lectures from Yale online.

Review: I personally watched several video lectures from this course, and found the professor’s style to be surprisingly engaging and the material quite interesting.

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Hosted by / Sponsored by: MIT OpenCourseWare

Course of Study: Biology

Course Link: Take this course.

Description: Students interested in taking university-level courses can find many options in MIT’s OpenCourseWare course materials.

This free online course offers a comprehensive collection of course materials for students interested in learning the basics of biology.

The course covers the fundamentals of several areas of biology, including cell biology, molecular biology, genetics, and biochemistry.

The free online course includes a syllabus, calendar, readings, recitations, exams, assignments, study materials, and even video lectures. The video lectures are given by Professor Eric Lander, a principal leader of the Human Genome Project and Director of MIT’s Broad Institute, and Professor Robert A. Weinberg, who won the National Medal of Science in 1997.

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Hosted by / Sponsored by: Yale

Course of Study: Physics

Course Link: Take this course.

Description: This free online course is a part of the Yale Open Courses collection. If you’ve ever wondered what a course at Yale would be like, consider this your inside look.

Yale offers some of the most comprehensive online courses available. The Fundamentals of Physics course covers 24 class sessions, from Newton’s Laws to thermodynamics.

When you visit a class session link, you’re given a few options:

  • You can read the class transcript.
  • You can listen to an audio lecture.
  • Watch the video lecture.

You’re also given .pdf versions of a problem set (and solutions) related to that specific class session.

A .pdf midterm and final exam are also available. The only downside to this course is that the solutions to the final exam questions aren’t made available (although the solutions to the midterm exam are available to check your work).

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