Thursday, October 31, 2013

iVersity's current German MOOCs

I've decided to list some of the MOOCs from iVersity here for anyone that's interested using my Ambassador links because, if you're interested and you sign up, I might get an iPad mini which would come in very handy for my current app development which is language related and will be announced here when it's released. It won't help you with your German studies, but it will be free :-)

Below are the links to all the current German language courses, with translated titles and overviews in English where necessary. I think that even if you're familiar with the topic area it could be a really good way to learn the associated vocabulary in German in a way that should stick better than just using a list. Good luck to anyone who wants to have a go!

Introduction to Probability Theory: I will be joining this course whenever it starts next.

Mathe-MOOC: Think mathematically! Mainly about Geometry and Algebra and applying them to problems, I believe. There's an example lesson here which I've yet to check out: MatheMOOC example chapter (and check out the computer at the bottom of the page - ancient history!)

Web Engineering I & Web Engineering II: From the basics to HTML5. Looking to get into Web development and improve your German? Here's your chance :-)

Algorithms & Datastructures: A "foundations of programming" style course. Whatever programming language you intend to use or start with, you should know all the stuff in this course.

Chagemaker MOOC - Social Entrepreneurship: This is an interesting one. The first sentence of the description says: "In the Changemaker MOOC you will learn how solve a social problem starting from an idea."

Foundations of Marketing

Introduction to Business Administration.

Sectio chirurgica - 'Interactive Anatomy':

International Agricultural Management

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Free courses for A1 to B1 and ideas for B2+ for improvement

Just a quick note to share this link today which contains a ton of info, and some specific courses for A1 to B1 levels, as well as a decent basic grammar reference. Check it out!

http://deutsch.info/en

Also, here's an idea for intermediate to advanced German speakers - MOOCs! A MOOC is a Massive Open Online Course and some are finally coming for German speakers. So, rather than study German per se, do some study in German. Kill two birds with one stone. The number of courses is currently limited, but hopefully it'll expand. I'm thinking of refreshing statistics through the medium of German and if I do I'll keep you posted. If there's no course currently which interests you, keep checking back. It's only early days for German-language MOOCs. Check it out at iVersity!

Gute Chance!