21 free online courses to start in September

September is the month in which the school year begins.Many people will have time to think about a regulated planning and go to conventional educational centers, but, for those who do not, at least the Internet offers the possibility of accessing these free online courses that start right now .

The great advantage is that we can do them quietly from home, at our own pace.However, and as always stressed, it is important to choose the right course, book a series of hours a week to carry it out and have a rhythm constant, since otherwise we will not take as much as we could the contents that interest us.We will see some of the most interesting courses focused especially on topics such as programming, video games or free software .

Programming courses

Of Swift we have already spoken as one of the languages with more future.Now we have a course to learn the programming language of Apple that has started in early September through the MooC Coursera platform.

If we want to learn more about iOS, now we also have the option of taking a course to learn how to create a graphical interface for an iOS mobile application.Perfect for those who are thinking about launching their first iOS app.
For Android developers, there is also the possibility to continue learning with this Java programming course for Android applications.

If what we want is to start in the world of blogs , we have this video course to learn how to create our own through WordPress.

Digital Systems is a course for those who want to learn to build their own circuits, focusing more on the system than on the electronics that support it.This approach allows the student to know the basis of the design of complex digital systems.The course began on September 5th.

Object detection is a course taught by the Autonomous University of Barcelona where the basic principles of any automatic system for detecting and recognizing objects in images will be introduced.It starts from September 12.

Learning to program with Scratch is simple with this course.The fundamentals of programming will be learned visually and is recommended especially for the youngest, since the code is somewhat rough.

Courses to learn how to create video games

Video games is the point of contact with the computers of the youngest and a growing industry and in constant evolution.

Videogames: what are we talking about? It is an introductory course that aims to show all the work behind the creation of a game, from design aspects to the programming as such of the videogame.After its completion, it will allow the student to address basic themes of creation, such as design, art, engine of the videogame and 'play play'.It has also started on September 5.

Development of Video Games in Unity, in this eight-week course you will learn how to create the main scene of a game, how to add code that defines the behavior of the characters, how to reflect the state of the game in interface elements and how to publish said prototype on the web.To do this, Unity, a popular game engine, is used.

Design and creation of videogames.This course provides a basic demo to the user who will then have to complete in the facets of art, programming or design of the videogame itself.

Other interesting courses to do in September

21 free online courses to start in September

We also have other interesting courses:

Free software: Office automation with OpenOffice is a course taught by the Zaragoza University that will help us to realize the full potential of this office suite.It has been started on September 6.

Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Technologies is a Princeton University course on cryptocurrencies, advantages and disadvantages of this payment system and its future as an alternative means of payment.It has started on September 1.

With the course Malicious Software and its Underground Economy: Two Sides to Every Story, the University of London shows us the motivations behind the creation of malware, creation techniques, as well as for its detection.

Another booming sector is the Internet of things, with this course from the University of California, we will learn to create and program plates to create the first prototypes.

Cloud computing course focused on how to transform a company with the help of the cloud, with the help of Google and the School of Industrial Organization.Very interesting if we are thinking about making a change to the business.

Getting started with Augmented Reality: augmented reality regains prominence with this course at the Institut Mines-Telecom.It starts on September 19.

Cryptography I of Stanford University on the encryption of information, something more and more important every day.The course began on September 5th.

Courses also for teachers

But there are also courses for those dedicated to teaching, including the following:

The challenge of Innovating in Higher Education of the University of Chile, which is designed to help teachers link the training of students with social, professional and work challenges, promoting excellence in the classroom and the inclusion of diversity, and proposing participatory teaching approaches focused on cognitive effort.

The use of ICT in Primary Education focuses on explaining how teachers can use ICT to achieve the objectives of teaching.This course emphasizes that they do not replace the teacher or other traditional tools, rather they serve to complement the rest of the activities.

Educational innovation with open resources of the Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey allows the integration of open educational resources (OER) into learning environments through open educational practices.

Search on the Internet for University students, very interesting to avoid infoxicacion, the excess of information we have today thanks to the Internet, and know how to discern which sources are the best for us and find books, scientific articles and other references of value.

Now we just have to choose the one that is most interesting for us and sign up to start.

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