Stanford University experiment - free online Artificial Intelligence course! 130313 have signed up s, page 1

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A bold experiment in distributed education, "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence" will be offered free and online to students worldwide during the fall of 2011. The course will include feedback on progress and a statement of accomplishment. Taught by Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig, the curriculum draws from that used in Stanford's introductory Artificial Intelligence course. The instructors will offer similar materials, assignments, and exams.

reply to post by Romanian

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KOOL Beans!!!

signing up

if i can..

****PS** i did,, I-AM #130338.

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How are they going to give feedback to 140,000 students in one semester? I think Mexico City's Pontifica University (the biggest in the world, or one of the biggest) has a population that big and that's spread out through all the different departments. How could one class accommodate that many students? How many grad students do they have working that course? (Just to be clear, I'm fully aware it's an online class, I'm not speaking about class-size in an actual classroom, I'm talking about the logistics of having that student to teacher ratio).


...or is it that, being a class on AI, they are also going to have AI teachers?

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what if by introduction they mean your gonna get taught by an ai and thats tpart of the expirment to see who picks up there being taught by a robot

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Thanks, if you know of any more free online courses please post them. This course subject will be increasingly relevant.

A lot of universities started to publish the courses on the web in a video format. You can download them and watch them for free.

ocw.mit.edu...
openlearn.open.ac.uk...
oli.web.cmu.edu...
ocw.tufts.edu...
itunes.stanford.edu...
webcast.berkeley.edu...
ocw.usu.edu...
www.kutztownsbdc.org...
ocw.usq.edu.au...
ocw.uci.edu...


The main problem I would say , is the lack of recognition for the gained skills. Ideally you would have a global system of evaluation, bit similar with the system promoted by IELTS for example (used for the English language skills) . With this system, people are learning the best way they see fit - self teaching or paying classes. When you feel prepared enough, you can go to an examination centre and take the exam, paying for the exam only. It was about 160 $ (100 £) to take an IELTS academic exam, about 2 years ago. Once you passed, you get a certificate. This could be a very good alternative for adult education, however no BIG money can be made on a system where no tuition fees are milked from the students

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Thanks I appreciate it. Yes, lack of formal recognition is the "price", I guess.

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