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10/03/2012

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Institutions in Brazil and abroad have classes that help to "fatten" the curriculum
 
Have you thought about attending a class from a Nobel Prize at Harvard or a lecture at USP (Universidade de São Paulo) without paying anything and sitting on the couch at home? With a computer and internet access, people around the world are connecting hundreds of universities who agreed to film their lessons and lectures and put on the net for all to see.

The subject is relatively new, started in 2011, with major U.S. universities - Harvard and MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). There, the system soon spread and other major institutions joined as the universities of Michigan, Princeton and Yale.

In Brazil, the courses open (open course, in English) have won numerous fans, who now have the chance to attend classes with renowned teachers translated. Around here, the biggest platforms are USP and FGV (Fundação Getúlio Vargas). Both institutions offer online content, such as classes and lectures. Just do a free signup and watch, like a YouTube video.

Certified

But what good is attending a course at a university renowned if not will get the diploma? The main advantage, according to specialists, is that these classes give an opportunity to live the experience of being at a large university and learn what all they are learning.

Carlos Augusto de Lima Souza, founder of Veduca, Brazilian portal which gathers more than five thousand videos, and more than 200 are translated, says that everything is collaborative and open to the public.

13 universities have registered with the platform, USP and Harvard, for example. Our users are college students, who often want to understand more about a topic that will fall on a test, teachers who want to enrich lessons and trained professionals, who seek lessons that help in their work.

Not all give certificate. In Brazil, according to Stavros P. Xanthopoylos, vice president Abed (Brazilian Association of Distance Education), FGV offers only certificate courses free.

The goal is to disseminate the knowledge to whoever you want, is a global trend. The Internet user receives a certificate, which is not a diploma, but can help improve the curriculum. Companies are already becoming accustomed to this type of training. Gradually universities will begin issuing the certificate.


Help the curriculum

Experts in human resources, attend online classes from renowned universities help to "fatten" the curriculum. But anyone who thinks that studying only the Internet solves a break. Telma Guido, career transition consultant in the company Right Management, says that these courses do not count as proof of university education in time to compete for a job.

For a professional administration, for example, is worth watching a online class on the subject at a top university, and place in the curriculum. It will be a difference, but that is not what will secure a place.

According to the expert, another advantage is that participate in this type of activity on the Internet shows that the trader is interested in learning.

This is well seen in companies, like all professionals attuned.
But it is important to remember that only worth talking about travel in a job interview if he has relationship with work.


Source: The Day Online

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