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Show HN: To-learn list and course reminders
- Inufu 12y agoIt would be awesome if there was a way to specify my knowledge in certain fields, and filter out all courses that are too basic. As an example, I'm not interested in seeing dozens of "Introduction to Computer Science" courses, but I would be interested in a more advanced course on Artificial intelligence.
- dannyking 12y agoCo-creator here - that's an great idea. I'd really like to see more sophisticated course suggestions too - I'll add it to our to-do list!
- otoburb 12y agoPerhaps integration between this site and Metacademy would fit your needs. Metacademy was discussed in a different HN thread[1] recently, and is especially relevant to your query because it seems that the seed topics are machine learning and probabilistic AI. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7617683 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7617683
- dannyking 12y agoWe'd be totally up for that, Metacademy is fantastic - saw them yesterday too and had fun looking around. They seem to be very focused on Machine Learning at the moment, but could certainly make a great synergy once they've expanded their focus a little.
- aheppenstall 12y agoWe've been working on that as it's something that affects lots of people. A very common case (which applies to me) is that you want advances courses in one topic and then introductory in others. The infrastructure for levelling is already there but we're having to manually assess the level of courses for most providers which takes some time.
- vitaluha 12y agoLooks awesome!
- arnaudbreton 12y agoWill be useful to me!
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- wasyl 12y ago> Password is too short (minimum is 8 characters) Dammit! Let me choose my own password!
- dannyking 12y agoSorry about that - yeah I agree... will change that soon!
- axomhacker 12y agoLove it. However, is there a way to add past courses to my "records"? When I try to add the past iteration of a course to my wall, it adds the next iteration.
- dannyking 12y agoAh sorry about that - that's a bug. You should be able to add previous iterations of a course if you select the 'show past courses' checkbox. Will look into this and fix asap - UX for this does need some work too :)
- axomhacker 12y agoThanks for checking in and the quick responses! Yeah, I selected the 'show past courses' checkbox and selected a course that was over a year ago. If you are looking for specific data points for the bug, it was the Coursera "Machine Learning" class.
- dannyking 12y agoAh thanks for that info, that helps!
- elleferrer 12y agoThis is really nice guys. Great work. This solves the problem of keeping track of all the MOOC courses. I'm looking forward to using it.
- ambitionvc 12y agoI agree!
- zodiac 12y agoIn addition to reminding me when the course starts, could you remind me of homework/quiz deadlines as well?
- dannyking 12y agoThis would be awesome. We are trying to work out the best way to do this (ideally we'll partner with the MOOC providers) but it is certainly on our upcoming feature list!
- PeterWhittaker 12y agoIf the information is available, why not offer to add it to someone's calendar?
- EGreg 12y agoThis is what the courses have been missing!
- stevenmays 12y ago404
- dannyking 12y agoSorry about that - should work now!
- spacesword 12y agoLove it, any plans on adding Lynda and TutsPlus courses?
- davmar 12y agocool - i just used it to search for a course i need some people to take. there may be a bug - i searched for "change management" and it returned the same course twice with different titles. https://www.accredible.com/courses/9692 https://www.accredible.com/courses/9692 https://www.accredible.com/courses/10113 https://www.accredible.com/courses/10113 thanks!
- dannyking 12y agoThanks for letting us know, we'll look into it... looks like that's a bug!
- smokestack 12y agoLooks great. The majority of the classes I plan to take are on MIT OCW. Are there plans to add it?
- dannyking 12y agoYep! That's one of the next we plan to add.
- stockninja 12y agoAwesome. When evaluating MOOCS, I usually have a list of courses that sound cool, but I haven't investigated yet. Once I investigate them a bit more, I put the good ones on a much shorter list of classes which I actually plan to take. Features to assist this process of narrowing down potential courses after discovering them (beyond ratings) would help you offer a better product than CourseTalk. Perhaps a calendar or multiple lists (interesting, will take, currently taking, finished -- you get the idea).
- dannyking 12y agoYes absolutely! We are working on both better filtering and on tools to help with the process of actually scheduling your learning into your free time, as the typical MOOC user tends to fit their learning alongside a job or full-time studies. Multiple lists is a great idea - we'll have a think about how to best implement it! Thanks for your kind words!
- bigsparky 12y agoI love this site, but it could use Ratings functionality. I want to know what other users think about the courses.
- dannyking 12y agoAgreed! We are working on this and it should be live before long. We are also working with other sites to integrate their reviews into Accredible. Thanks for the kind words!
- atari_girl 12y agoSome related services you may want to check out: http://degreed.com/ http://degreed.com/ tracks and creates a scorecard (like a FICO score) for lifelong learning http://www.mysliderule.com/ http://www.mysliderule.com/ is a pretty comprehensive list of online courses / MOOCs http://www.coursetalk.com/ http://www.coursetalk.com/ has MOOC reviews and ratings
- dannyking 12y agoThere's also: https://www.class-central.com https://www.class-central.com another good list of online courses http://www.skilledup.com http://www.skilledup.com a very comprehensive list of learning materials We (Accredible) are attempting to focus more on high quality courses and then on guiding the user through the learning process by helping with organization of your work, connecting you with other learners and creating portfolio credentials that you can link to from your LinkedIn profile or CV. See http://accredible.com/what_is_accredible http://accredible.com/what_is_accredible for more info!
- ZenPro 12y agoIf you could somehow organise a calendar functionality so that I could just log in and see my daily/weekly requirements that would be a massive tipping point. I would happily pay for that. The clunky export to Google Calendar does not work that well and it relies on tutors have the file for import to begin with. I typically partake in 2-3 MOOCs and another personal dev course at the same time. Calendar type functionality = my $$$ Great product BTW. Love it.
- dannyking 12y agoThanks! Yes that would be great - we've thought up some similar ideas too. We'll start working on it :)