[Caml-list] ANN: registrations open for the OCaml MOOC!

[Caml-list] ANN: registrations open for the OCaml MOOC!

[Roberto Di Cosmo]

As many on this list know already, we do have a massive, open, online course
(MOOC) on OCaml, a great tool to bring functional programming and our preferred
programming language to a wide audience, and it run successfully last year.

The good news is that registrations are now open for the second session of the

   Introduction to Functional Programming in OCaml

This is the only MOOC entirely devoted to our beloved OCaml programming language.

The course, in english, will start on September 26th, from the basics, and will
go on for six weeks up to the module system.

All the information on the course, including a teaser video, is available at

  https://www.fun-mooc.fr/courses/parisdiderot/56002S02/session02/about

An interactive exercise environment allows to do the exercises in the
browser, with an online evaluation integrated in the learning system; as you
may expect, this is based on tryocaml and js_of_ocaml, and is a unique
distinguishing feature of this MOOC.

Last year, we had over 3700 registrant, and 1200 active learners, and most of
them asked us to run the course again: some could not complete the course in
time and want to finish it, others wanted to share the information with
collegues and friends, some were interested in using this MOOC as a complement,
or in place of existing functional programming courses, and some others were
planning to use it internally in their company.

As you know, when you take a MOOC, the more the enrolled people, the greatest
the learning experience, and the better the fun: do not hesitate to enroll just
to have the occasion to lend a helping hand to newcomers, as there will be a
special beta-tester status for advanced participants.

Use your social networks, mailing lists, professional and non professional
conferences to spread the world.

It would also be great if the admins could put up a big fat flashy announcement
on the ocaml.org site!

Let's try to reach 10.000 enrollments, at least :-)

--
Roberto Di Cosmo, Yann Regis-Gianas, Ralf Treinen, with Benjamin Canou and Gregoire Henry