Advances in technology enable professors from Harvard, Stanford, Oxford and other big-name universities to provide free online world-class courses to students around the world, FREE!

1. World-class Courses Online, Free:
Towards a Smarter Philippines!
Alejandro P. Melchor III
Deputy Executive Director
Information & Communications Technology Office
Department of Science & Technology

2. Advances in ICT have enabled world-class universities
to offer free “massively open online courses,” or
MOOCs. New technologies allow Stanford, Harvard and
Oxford professors to manage certificate courses with
thousands of students.
Grand Teton Mountain Range, Wyoming, USA

3. We provide access to five (5) sites offering world-class
courses online, free!
1. COURSERA offers 117 free certificate courses from
big name universities.
2. edX is a partnership between Harvard, MIT and UC
Berkeley to offer free online courses to students
around the world.
3. OpenCulture offers 500 free online courses and
language courses from name-brand universities.
4. Stanford professor Sebastian Thrun offers 13
challenging courses at Udacity.
5. FreeVideoLectures offers over 1,000 free online
courses with video tutorials.

4. i-TalentDev.PH is designed to provide access to free
world-class resources. ICTO’s new talent development
program aims to put powerful educational
technologies into the hands of community leaders, to
enable them to make an immediate difference in their
companies and communities.
The Great Wall of China, near Lanchow

5. We suggest that you enroll in an online course yourself. Then
share with your family and friends. Encourage companies you
know to have their employees avail of these free opportunities to
boost their skills…towards a SMARTER PHILIPPINES!
The Himalayas

6. i-TalentDev.PH
1- Knowledge Workers
7- Global Perspective with 21st Century Skills 2- 21st Century
and Global Networking for the Global Curriculum, Assessment,
and Collaboration Knowledge Economy and Professional
Development of Teachers
6- Computer Gaming and 3- Innovation and
Multimedia Arts for Creativity in Education,
Training, Education and and Education for
Leadership Development Innovation and Creativity
5- Online Learning and 4- Learning Organizations,
Transformative Knowledge Management
Education Technologies 2.0, Knowledge Networking;
Access to Free World-Class
Resources

7. Sharing of free world-class resources
Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/

8. Sharing of free world-class resources
Introduction to Operations Management
https://www.coursera.org/course/operations
Operations Management
teaches you to analyze and
improve business processes.
You learn about Six Sigma,
Lean Operations, the Toyota
production system, and more.
This 6-week course starts
Sept. 24, 2012, and requires 5
to 7 hours/ wk of work.
Sign up for one of Coursera’s
117 free online courses today!

9. Sharing of free world-class resources
Free online courses from Harvard, MIT and UC Berkeley
https://www.edx.org/

10. Harvard’s Introduction to Computer Science:
Students may qualify for an honor code certificate
https://www.edx.org/courses/HarvardX/CS50x/2012/about

11. Sharing of free world-class resources
UC Berkeley’s Software as a Service
https://www.edx.org/courses/BerkeleyX/CS169.1x/2012_Fall/about

12. Open Culture
http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
Free online courses from Stanford, Oxford, Yale, UCLA,
NYU, and other world-class universities.

13. Free online courses available from Open Culture:
Technology Entrepreneurship from Stanford
http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/technology-entrepreneurship/id527978262

14. Free online courses available through Open Culture:
Introduction to Computer Graphics
35 lecture series on Computer Graphics on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=112A527F83F7A5E4

15. Udacity
http://www.udacity.com/

16. Udacity: courses available

17. FreeVideoLectures
http://freevideolectures.com/

18. Free video courses available from FreeVideoLectures:
Entrepreneurship course from Stanford
http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2725/Solving-Problems-Makes-a-Great-Business

19. Free video courses available from FreeVideoOnline
Free Business Management Courses
from Harvard, Stanford, the London School

20. iTalentDev.PH Resources posted on Facebook
World-class Courses Online, Free
Coming soon! Posted Aug. 18
Essential 21st Century Skills
Posted on Facebook July 3 Posted Aug. 5

21. Access to free resources—
Resources posted on Facebook
Thank You • Essential 21st Century Skills
• The i-CreativePhil Program
• The Perfect Storm and the Next Wave Cities
Program
•Seeding the Digital Ecosystem to Fuel the
Philippine Renaissance
•Computer Gaming for Leadership Development
• The DOST ICT Office’s Initiatives for the ICT & BPO
Industry
• The Next Wave Cities Program: Get Ready for the
Please e-mail feedback & suggestions to improve Next Wave of Growth and Investment
i–TalentPhil to budmelchor@yahoo.com
• Seven Global Shifts: Trends and Opportunities in
ICT & BPO
Department of Science and Technology-
Information and Communications Technology Office

22. Smarter Philippines--a DOST-wide project--by transforming systems of governance,
education, health, etc. nationwide, will create a vibrant domestic knowledge
economy, accelerate technopreneurship, and boost domestic knowledge industries.
1- iGovPhil 4- Smarter Transportation
-- i-Business Permit Lic. System and Green Technology
-- Gov’t e-Services Portal -- Eco-Jeep (DOST NCRP)
-- e-LGU -- UP Monorail (DOST MIRD)
-- Community e-Centers
-- National Information Infra
-- CIO Forum & gCIO Training
2- i-TalentDev.PH 5- Smarter Healthcare
-- Knowledge Workers with (PCHRD) & Nutrition (FNRI)
21st Century Skills -- Phil Health Research Registry
-- Industry-driven curriculum -- Public health surveillance &
-- Computer Gaming health intelligence systems
-- Learning Technologies -- Sulong Pinoy anti-malnutrition
-- Global Collaboration -- Nutritious brown rice
3- Smarter Industry 7- Smarter Cities 6- Smarter Disaster
-- Global Leadership in IT-BPO -- Digital Ecosystem Mitigation
-- $50 B ICT Industry -- Smarter Local Government Svcs -- Project Noah (DOST-PAGASA)
-- i-CreativePhil -- Smarter Buildings -- Earthquake & Tsunami Early
-- Smarter Agribusiness -- Smarter Environment Warning (DOST- PHIVOLCS)
-- Makinariya at Teknolohiya -- Smarter Energy & Utilities -- 3D LIDAR Mapping (DOST & UP
para sa Ekonomiya -- Smarter Public Safety Geodetic Engineering)

23. “Smarter Philippines” is the brainchild of Science
& Technology Secretary Mario G. Montejo
Sec. Montejo is an inventor, a trained engineer, and a successful
businessman who knows how to commercialize scientific
inventions. A member of the Top 100 Graduates of the University
of the Philippines College of Engineering, his vision is to create a
vibrant domestic knowledge economy in which Filipino technology
companies and Filipino technopreneurs deliver indigenous
technologies to solve the problems that beset ordinary Filipinos.
iGov, the central program under “Smarter Government,” is the
brainchild of the DOST Information & Communications
Technology Office’s Executive Director Louis Casambre. His focus
is all-out support for President Aquino’s promise of a transparent,
equitable and effective government service, through ICT.