Harvard's Intro to Computer Science course free online

[Leonaerd]

Link

C, PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS.

All the videos are up. Excellent material.

[Winnow]

iTunes U has a ton of free classes from major universities including a lot of computer/software topics. The course you mentioned has a 4/5 star rating. Looks like it's been available since 2007.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/itunes- ... 17893?mt=8

If you have an iOS device you can watch them all for free on the go or can watch them on iTunes at home. It offers a great centralized location to find free learning from Universities.

Here's a long list of all institutions offering free iTunes U courses:

http://apcug.net/itunesu/

You'll find almost every top University on that list. Here are some courses offered by Stanford for example:

Automata
Child Nutrition and Cooking 2.0
Convex Optimization
Cryptography I
Cryptography II
Designing for Deeper Learning: How to Develop Performance Tasks for the Common Core
Game Theory
Game Theory II: Advanced Applications
International Women's Health & Human Rights
Introduction to Computer Networking
Introduction to Databases
Introduction to Mathematical Thinking
Machine Learning
Mastering Language for the Common Core State Standards: Focus on Elementary Grade Mathematics
Mastering Language for the Common Core State Standards: Focus on Middle School English Language Arts
Mobile Health Without Borders
Organizational Analysis
Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis
Solar Cells, Fuel Cells, and Batteries
Statistical Learning
Technology Entrepreneurship Part 1
Technology Entrepreneurship Part 2
Your Body in the World: Adapting to Your Next Big Adventure

Apple also has some amazing interactive textbooks, many for free:

http://www.apple.com/au/education/ibooks-textbooks/

There's really no excuse to not educate yourself. You won't get the diploma but you'll gain the knowledge but that's the most important in some programming fields anyway, or if you're going to develop your own app, etc. Sure you can also go to the library but I'd argue viewing the actual classroom environments helps backed up by visual and audio and interaction from the class participants.

It's worth checking out if you never have. Besides the core topics, there are also some oddball topics that may be of interest to specific people.

[Leonaerd]

Great post (though the 2007 version of the course was likely much different).

[Winnow]

Great post (though the 2007 version of the course was likely much different).

True. I believe they're updated as the Copyright shows 2010-2013.

I just looked at the dates and it was posted September 1, 2010. I checked out your link, while hard to tell, I did see some notes that were updated 9/2013. It lists all quizzes from 2007 through 2013 so your direct link may be preferred. It might be wise to check iTunes U for possible courses and then check the individual Universities to see if there's an updated offering.

I just compared the week one video and it's updated to 2013 on the direct link you provided. You also can choose 1080P which is nice.

It's amazing how young the people are teaching the courses. I feel old!