[Liverpool] Fwd: [DoES Liverpool] CS101 group from Jan? volunteer mentors? Re: Stanford Online Education

[Hakim Cassimally]

wondered if anyone from LUG might be interested in mentoring for this?
H

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From: osfameron <hakim.cassimally at gmail.com>
Date: 23 November 2011 09:50
Subject: [DoES Liverpool] CS101 group from Jan? volunteer mentors? Re:
Stanford Online Education
To: DoES Liverpool <does-liverpool at googlegroups.com>


Hi,

Alex suggested that this course could be a fantastic study group for
DoES to mentor:

   http://www.cs101-class.org/  (January - March 2012)

It would very much fit in with the social and educational mindset of
DoES, and could link into the "kids in programming" topic we've been
discussing at DoES, geekup, barcamp, etc., (Young Rewired State, Hack
the Future, etc.)

(Yes, it's strictly speaking a 1st year Uni course, but it is for a
"zero-prior-experience audience" and it's worth opening up to younger
people.)

So:  any volunteers to help with mentoring a group?  I think anyone
who has either a) studied some computing, or b) works in IT would be
capable of mentoring, especially if they follow the course: we'd be
more like "classroom assistants" than having any responsibility as
tutors (which would be done through the Stanford video course).
Female mentors would be especially welcome:

   http://techcrunch.com/2011/11/19/racism-and-meritocracy/

Also, any volunteers who can publicise in schools, and also have info/
experience/paperwork needed to mentor kids would be great!

Cheers,
H

On Nov 21, 11:43 am, Alex N <alex.no... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Exciting news from the AI Class providers, those education trailblazers at
> Stanford University.  On Friday they announced many new free courses, to
> take place around January - April.  There literally is something for
> everyone, so take a look through the introduction videos and register your
> interest - don't worry, there's no obligation to actually take part.  If
> you're unsure about online or distance learning generally, feel free to ask
> away on here, or pop down to the AI Class study group.  If there's local
> interest again, we could probably look into doing some more study groups,
> as even with small numbers they've proved to be a real help.
>
> *The Courses*
>
> Lean Launchpad:http://www.launchpad-class.org/
> Technology Entrepreneurship:http://www.venture-class.org/
> CompSci 101:http://www.cs101-class.org/
> Machine Learning (repeat of current class):http://jan2012.ml-class.org/
> Software as a Service:http://www.saas-class.org/
> Human-Computer Interaction:http://www.hci-class.org/
> Natural Language Programming:http://www.nlp-class.org/
> Game Theory:http://www.game-theory-class.org/
> Probabilistic Graphical Models:http://www.pgm-class.org/
> Cryptography:http://www.crypto-class.org/
> Design and Analysis of Algorithms:http://www.algo-class.org/
>
> Enjoy!
> Alex.