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		<title>How teaching a free online class changed this prof’s life</title>
		<link>http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/how-teaching-a-free-online-class-changed-this-profs-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have a spare 20 minutes to get choked up, listen to this talk by Stanford University computer scientist Sebastian Thrun. (Skip the intro – Thrun starts talking 2:27 min. into the video.) As I said in my last &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/how-teaching-a-free-online-class-changed-this-profs-life/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3931&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The audacity of Udacity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stanford computer scientist Sebastian Thrun is shaking up the world of higher education again. You may remember that he was part of an initiative last fall that offered three free Stanford computer science courses to the world. More than 160,000 &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/the-audacity-of-udacity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3921&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New UC Berkeley classes on iTunes</title>
		<link>http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/new-uc-berkeley-classes-on-itunes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 18:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic podcasts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new spring semester UC Berkeley classes are up on iTunesU, and you can see them on the webcast.Berkeley site if you click here. A few old friends are back. Principles of Economics, J. Bradford DeLong (iTunes, course website) DeLong &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2012/01/19/new-uc-berkeley-classes-on-itunes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3909&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prospecting for free courses in France, Germany &amp; Israel</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eberhard Karls University]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like there are more free courses on the web every day. Here are a few non-English resources that I have been exploring recently. Eberhard Karls University, Tübingen, Germany (website) Most of these free video courses are in German, &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/prospecting-for-free-courses-in-france-germany-israel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3903&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Classes to start at UCSD, UCLA</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The new rosters of course podcasts are now online for UC San Diego and UCLA. A couple of my favorite profs are making return appearances. At UCLA, Thomas Bradbury will be teaching another edition of his great psychology course Intimate &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2012/01/04/classes-to-start-at-ucsd-ucla/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3896&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NYU rolls out free course on Ancient Israel</title>
		<link>http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/nyu-rolls-out-free-course-on-ancient-israel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 21:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York University recently began rolling out a new addition to its free open education courses on its YouTube channel. The new arrival is Ancient Israel (YouTube) taught by Daniel Fleming. So far NYU has posted only six lectures from &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/30/nyu-rolls-out-free-course-on-ancient-israel/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3889&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Great freeware tool for managing your e-books</title>
		<link>http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/great-freeware-tool-for-managing-your-e-books/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:24:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you have an e-reader or like to read books on your smartphone or Apple i-device, you should check out Calibre, a great freeware tool for managing your e-books. Think of it as iTunes software for your e-books. It allows &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/great-freeware-tool-for-managing-your-e-books/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3879&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday gift from ABBYY</title>
		<link>http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/holiday-gift-from-abbyy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian software company ABBYY usually sells its OCR (optical character reader) programs for $79 and up. But for this holiday season you can get a free download of ABBYY&#8217;s Screenshot Reader for free at this link. This program allows you &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/23/holiday-gift-from-abbyy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3870&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kabbalah-the real deal</title>
		<link>http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/kabbalah-the-real-deal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Age, pop-culture version of the venerable Jewish mystical tradition known as Kabbalah has been fashionable of late, attracting the likes of Madonna and other celebrities. But if you&#8217;re curious to find out what authentic Kabbalah is all about, &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/kabbalah-the-real-deal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3861&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Enrollment opens for 14 new free Stanford courses</title>
		<link>http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/enrollment-opens-for-14-new-free-stanford-courses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past fall Stanford University began a bold experiment, offering 3 free online computer science classes in a new and intriguing format. Now the experiment continues, with 14 more courses planned for early 2012. Enrollment is free. Students watch short &#8230; <a href="http://diyscholar.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/enrollment-opens-for-14-new-free-stanford-courses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=diyscholar.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2351935&amp;post=3854&amp;subd=diyscholar&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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