World class courses online, free

Alejandro P. Melchor III

Deputy Executive Director

Information & Communications Technology Office

Department of Science & Technology

World-class Courses Online, Free:

Towards a Smarter Philippines!

Advances in ICT have enabled world-class universities to offer free “massively open online courses,” or MOOCs. New technologies allow Stanford, Harvard and Oxford professors to manage certificate courses with thousands of students.

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We provide access to five (5) sites offering world-class courses online, free! 1. COURSERA offers 117 free certificate courses from big name universities. 2. edX is a partnership between Harvard, MIT and UC Berkeley to offer free online courses to students around the world. 3. OpenCulture offers 500 free online courses and language courses from name-brand universities. 4. Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun offers 13 challenging courses at Udacity. 5. FreeVideoLectures offers over 1,000 free online courses with video tutorials.

i-TalentDev.PH is designed to provide access to free world-class resources. ICTO’s new talent development program aims to put powerful educational technologies into the hands of community leaders, to enable them to make an immediate difference in their companies and communities.

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We suggest that you enroll in an online course yourself. Then share with your family and friends. Encourage companies you know to have their employees avail of these free opportunities to boost their skills…towards a SMARTER PHILIPPINES!

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1- Knowledge Workers with 21st Century Skills for the Global Knowledge Economy

4- Learning Organizations, Knowledge Management 2.0, Knowledge Networking; Access to Free World-Class Resources

2- 21st Century Curriculum, Assessment, and Professional Development of Teachers

6- Computer Gaming and Multimedia Arts for Training, Education and Leadership Development

5- Online Learning and Transformative Education Technologies

3- Innovation and Creativity in Education, and Education for Innovation and Creativity

7- Global Perspective and Global Networking and Collaboration

i-TalentDev.PH

Sharing of free world-class resources

Coursera https://www.coursera.org/

Sharing of free world-class resources

Introduction to Operations Management https://www.coursera.org/course/operations

Operations Management

teaches you to analyze and

improve business processes.

You learn about Six Sigma,

Lean Operations, the Toyota

production system, and more.

This 6-week course starts

Sept. 24, 2012, and requires 5

to 7 hours/ wk of work.

Sign up for one of Coursera’s

117 free online courses today!

Sharing of free world-class resources

Free online courses from Harvard, MIT and UC Berkeley

https://www.edx.org/

Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science: Students may qualify for an honor code certificate

https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/CS50x/2012/about

Sharing of free world-class resources

UC Berkeley’s Software as a Service https://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS169.1x/2012_Fall/about

Open Culture http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses

Free online courses from Stanford, Oxford, Yale, UCLA,

NYU, and other world-class universities.

Free online courses available from Open Culture:

Technology Entrepreneurship from Stanford http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/technology-entrepreneurship/id527978262

Free online courses available through Open Culture:

Introduction to Computer Graphics 35 lecture series on Computer Graphics on YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=112A527F83F7A5E4

Udacity

http://www.udacity.com/

Udacity: courses available

FreeVideoLectures http://freevideolectures.com/

Free video courses available from FreeVideoLectures:

Entrepreneurship course from Stanford http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2725/Solving-Problems-Makes-a-Great-Business

Free video courses available from FreeVideoOnline

Free Business Management Courses from Harvard, Stanford, the London School

iTalentDev.PH Resources posted on Facebook

Posted on Facebook July 3 Essential 21st Century Skills

Posted Aug. 5

Coming soon! World-class Courses Online, Free

Posted Aug. 18

Department of Science and Technology- Information and Communications Technology Office

Thank You

Please e-mail feedback & suggestions to improve i–TalentPhil to budmelchor@yahoo.com

Access to free resources— Resources posted on Facebook

• Essential 21st Century Skills • The i-CreativePhil Program • The Perfect Storm and the Next Wave Cities Program •Seeding the Digital Ecosystem to Fuel the Philippine Renaissance •Computer Gaming for Leadership Development • The DOST ICT Office’s Initiatives for the ICT & BPO Industry • The Next Wave Cities Program: Get Ready for the Next Wave of Growth and Investment • Seven Global Shifts: Trends and Opportunities in ICT & BPO

Smarter Philippines--a DOST-wide project--by transforming systems of governance, education, health, etc. nationwide, will create a vibrant domestic knowledge economy, accelerate technopreneurship, and boost domestic knowledge industries.

1- iGovPhil -- i-Business Permit Lic. System -- Gov’t e-Services Portal -- e-LGU -- Community e-Centers -- National Information Infra -- CIO Forum & gCIO Training

2- i-TalentDev.PH -- Knowledge Workers with 21st Century Skills -- Industry-driven curriculum -- Computer Gaming -- Learning Technologies -- Global Collaboration

3- Smarter Industry -- Global Leadership in IT-BPO -- $50 B ICT Industry -- i-CreativePhil -- Smarter Agribusiness -- Makinariya at Teknolohiya para sa Ekonomiya

4- Smarter Transportation and Green Technology -- Eco-Jeep (DOST NCRP) -- UP Monorail (DOST MIRD)

5- Smarter Healthcare (PCHRD) & Nutrition (FNRI) -- Phil Health Research Registry -- Public health surveillance & health intelligence systems -- Sulong Pinoy anti-malnutrition -- Nutritious brown rice

6- Smarter Disaster Mitigation -- Project Noah (DOST-PAGASA) -- Earthquake & Tsunami Early Warning (DOST- PHIVOLCS) -- 3D LIDAR Mapping (DOST & UP Geodetic Engineering)

7- Smarter Cities -- Digital Ecosystem -- Smarter Local Government Svcs -- Smarter Buildings -- Smarter Environment -- Smarter Energy & Utilities -- Smarter Public Safety

“Smarter Philippines” is the brainchild of Science & Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo

Sec. Montejo is an inventor, a trained engineer, and a successful businessman who knows how to commercialize scientific inventions. A member of the Top 100 Graduates of the University of the Philippines College of Engineering, his vision is to create a vibrant domestic knowledge economy in which Filipino technology companies and Filipino technopreneurs deliver indigenous technologies to solve the problems that beset ordinary Filipinos.

iGov, the central program under “Smarter Government,” is the brainchild of the DOST Information & Communications Technology Office’s Executive Director Louis Casambre. His focus is all-out support for President Aquino’s promise of a transparent, equitable and effective government service, through ICT.