[OGRUG] coursera

[Prof J C Nash (U30A)]

For what it's worth, I tried the coursera site but experienced a couple
of problems in Firefox, but not Chromium (though see below).

I use NoScript in Firefox, and coursera is wildly script-happy. I
suspect it can easily be a nasty vector for malware. Consequently, I
could not get started with coursera in my instantiation of Firefox.

Thought I would tell them about this, since the messages will confuse
the unwary. Then I found that they have a dead "contact" link. Not good.

This is a complaint about coursera. Roger's R course looks pretty good
for beginners. I've not quite figured out how it might be used for those
with some knowledge. My guess is that there is a real need for ways to
"join in the middle" in a sensible way, and that is a very tricky
teaching/learning issue.

Best, JN


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> Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 15:59:24 -0400
> From: Peter Timusk <ptimusk at sympatico.ca>
> To: Ozlem Cankaya <OCankaya at research4children.com>
> Cc: "r-ug-ottawa at r-project.org" <r-ug-ottawa at r-project.org>
> Subject: Re: [OGRUG] R Training info needed
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> Try the Data Science courses from John Hopkins for Free on this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) web site www.coursera.org. I started their R Programming course last week and they promise to run it every month .
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> Peter Timusk
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>> On May 14, 2014, at 2:37 PM, Ozlem Cankaya <OCankaya at research4children.com> wrote:
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>> Hello,
>> Are there any individuals or organizations doing training for R (preferably in Alberta)?
>> I am also open to suggestions for online training alternatives or good websites.
>>
>> Thank you very much in advance!
>>
>> Ozlem Cankaya
>> http://www.research4children.com/
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