a collaboration between Mozilla and P2PU: https://www.drumbeat.org/webcraft/sign-up

Some of the course offerings are weak though: http://p2pu.org/webcraft/gimp-xhtml-and-css

To sign up: http://p2pu.org/webcraft

1/13/2011 12:36:10 AM

i love this game! i wonder if i can get a degree in warlock

1/13/2011 11:27:59 AM

Is this honestly worth my time if I genuinely want to learn some new tech skills? Would potential future employers laugh in my face if I have a certification from this?

1/13/2011 3:15:28 PM

It's pretty simple stuff that you could learn on your own, although it may be easier if you are learning with a small and dedicated community; this is nothing like the Microsoft or Cisco certification courses, where you have to learn quite a bit of difficult material (and pay a lot of money) to pass some major test (which takes some more money).

Actually, sometimes the proposer of a course did so to assist his or her own learning of the subject while other people join in the fun; also there currently have not been established any credentials at all, although Mozilla Drumbeat is still taking recommendations for what it calls "badges"

Basically, you don't pay anything, you don't learn anything difficult, and you shouldn't get in for the sake of credentialism, just if you want to learn something along with a small group of people; there is usually a sign-up task for each course to ensure that you possess the pre-requisite knowledge, and classes start on the 26th.

[Edited on January 14, 2011 at 1:53 AM. Reason : Scroll down on the last P2PU link to find the course descriptions.

1/14/2011 1:52:44 AM

Quote :

"Is this honestly worth my time if I genuinely want to learn some new tech skills? Would potential future employers laugh in my face if I have a certification from this?"

No, yes.

1/14/2011 11:08:02 PM

don't worry about getting laffed at for now, there is no certification

1/15/2011 2:29:02 PM