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Google Summer of Code (GSoC) is a program that offers student developers stipends to write code for various open source projects. Google will be working with several open source, free software, and technology-related groups to identify and fund several projects over a three month period. Historically, the program has brought together over 1,500 students with over 130 open source projects to create millions of lines of code. The program, which kicked off in 2005, is now in its fourth year. If you more...

Do you want to grow up to be a programmer? You have a choice, then. You can go off to college or you can learn the basics now at home. Whether you can learn those programming skills for free or not is the question. So, we went on a search for the most common and the most popular programming languages to see what we could find. We learned that you can learn every computer language known to mankind online through open source projects, free online tutorials, free eBooks and wikis.

This online full course published by the Sofia Open Content Initiative is a very complete course related to the Java programming language. Trainees and trainers will find a complete set of lessons, assignments, exams, as well as a schedule. Course description: "This is a beginning course in the Java programming language. Students will learn object-oriented programming, and will create applets which can be incorporated into HTML documents for the World Wide Web."

This online full course published by the Sofia Open Content Initiative is a very complete course related to Hypertext Mark-Up Language (HTML) and the creation of web pages. Trainees and trainers will find a complete set of lessons, assignments, exams, as well as a schedule. Course description: "This is a beginning hands-on introduction to using Hypertext Mark-Up Language (HTML) to create web pages which can be uploaded and displayed on the Word Wide Web. Students will use HTML to create web pag more...

This online full course published by the Sofia Open Content Initiative is a very complete course related to Adobe Flash Software (Macromedia) used for the publication of animations and self-executable multimedia applications over the Internet. The course contains an introduction, syllabus, schedule, lessons, assignments and exams. it is published under Creative Commons license. Introduction: "This course offers an introduction to the Macromedia Flash multimedia authoring environment. It incorpor more...

This library of Open Educational Resources maintained by Archive.org includes lectures and coursework from the ArsDigita curriculum. These university level materials are available for free download. ArsDigita University was a one-year, intensive post-baccalaureate program in Computer Science based on the undergraduate course of study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The majority of the instructors were professors from MIT and the program was tuition free. After running from Se more...

This online full course published under Creative Commons license by the MIT is an intensive review of information technology. It covers topics in software development methods, data modeling and databases, application development, Web standards and development, system integration, security, and data communications. Most of the homework sets lead the class through a project in which a database and Web application are designed and constructed, using good software process and addressing security, ne more...

This Open Educational Resource was published by Le Mill under the group: History of New Media. The resource is published under Creative Commons License. It includes "Hyperland 1990", a BBC's "fantasy documentary" from 1990 written by Douglas Adams. This educational material introduces the history of Hypertext and hypermedia introducing major thinkers such as Vannevar Bush, Ted Nelson or the Xanadu project. The original texts are by: A. Botero & T. Leinonen.

This full course is made available by Tufts OCW programme. It has been produced by Neal Hirsig. The educational material include twelve units. Each unit is made of several video tutorials and PDF tutorials of excellent quality to discover how to use Blinder Software and learn everything you need about tree-dimensional modeling, light and more. From the introduction: "Like many creative activities, 3-dimensional design and modeling combines technical skill with artistic imagination. Understanding more...