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Kratos:
--- Quote from: killermonkey on September 24, 2012, 08:55:07 pm ---I got a certificate "signed" by the instructor of the udacity course, but it means absolutely nothing in the real world. The best it will do is be a kudos for self learning.
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Ahh, I see.
killermonkey:
https://www.coursera.org/about/terms
Scroll down to "Online courses and certification" about 1/4 the way down.
--- Quote ---You acknowledge that the Letter of Completion, and Coursera’s Online Courses, will not stand in the place of a course taken at an accredited institution, and do not convey academic credit. You acknowledge that neither the instructors of any Online Course nor the associated Participating Institutions will be involved in any attempts to get the course recognized by any educational or accredited institution.
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Proxie:
These videos will keep your networking mind sharp: http://www.professormesser.com/n10-005/free-network-plus/
Scroll down a bit to see the sections.
Kratos:
--- Quote from: killermonkey on September 24, 2012, 10:28:26 pm ---https://www.coursera.org/about/terms
Scroll down to "Online courses and certification" about 1/4 the way down.
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Thanks! Yea, good for learning for your own benefit.
--- Quote from: Proxie on September 24, 2012, 11:17:20 pm ---These videos will keep your networking mind sharp: http://www.professormesser.com/n10-005/free-network-plus/
Scroll down a bit to see the sections.
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Thanks. I will look into that as well.
Mangley:
It's a real shame how much importance is placed on 'academic' studies. I see it as an inherent problem with the world-wide structuring of education.
Certification is only necessary in certain fields. It's very important for medicine or engineering and fields in which incompetency puts lives at risk, but outside of that I feel that honestly it's very easy for someone to just grind to achieve a certification and then forget most of what they learned, as they only endured it for the sake of academic certification, not to necessarily because they are interested or passionate about said field.
But this is all really an incremental problem caused by financial influence. Academic importance is promoted by private academic institutions, which are mostly for profit. That's why you have to pay to 'learn'.
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