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The JHU course is a semester-long equivalent, and is in the $3000 range. Cindy Harper, Systems Librarian Colgate University Libraries [log in to unmask] 315-228-7363 On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Joe Hourcle <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > On Mar 5, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Cindy Harper wrote: > > > Well, I just walked my 80-year-old mother through setting up her wireless > > router and wireless on her desktop and laptop via telephone NY-to-VA, and > > now I feel like I can think about another challenge for the coming > > season(s). Does anyone know of a good online course that's an > introduction > > to semantic web technology that they could recommend? My goals are simply > to > > understand more and be able to code a little, and afterward applying it > to > > linked data? I know of one course this summer at Johns Hopkins > Engineering > > for Professionals program > > http://ep.jhu.edu/course-homepages/viewpage.php?homepage_id=2993, but > it's > > rather pricey. Anyone know of cheaper options or creative ideas for > funding? > > > I don't know how introductory it'd be, but ASIS&T has been doing a lot of > 'webinars' this year, and there are ones coming up on the 9th and 13th on > linked data, and the first one sounds like it'll cover some semantic web > issues:: > > http://asis.org/Conferences/webinars/2011/linked-data.html > > (I can't compare prices to the JHU one, as I didn't see any pricing on the > JHU site; this round of ASIS&T webinars are $25 for members, $59 for > non-members; some in the past have been free for ASIS&T members) > > Also, looking at MIT's Open Courseware catalog, I see a few individual > lessons that might be applicable: > > http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm > > In the past, I've looked at some of the courses from W3schools (not > affiliated > with W3C, but has some tutorials on various things related to the web). > They > tend to be fairly introductory, but they have two that might be of > interest: > > http://www.w3schools.com/rdf/default.asp > http://www.w3schools.com/semweb/default.asp > > -Joe > > ----- > Joe Hourcle > Programmer/Analyst > Solar Data Analysis Center > Goddard Space Flight Center >