[LAU] [OT] MIT Open Courseware informal study group?

Hi folks, The following has nothing to do with audio, or even with Linux per se, but I think of you as the right sort of people to be interested in something like this :-) Feel free to write me off-list and we can take the discussion elsewhere. I've been programming professionally for about 8 years. I'm self-taught. Lately I've been wishing I had a better grasp of computer science fundamentals, but I can't afford the time or money to attend a degree program. But hey, MIT has most of their academic materials online for free - including textbooks, class notes, and lecture videos! The problem with doing it alone in my spare time is that there are too many other things competing for my attention. I think it would help a lot to have an online discussion group - a group that commits to finish* a given course in a certain number of weeks, and can help each other stay motivated, and help each other with difficult concepts, etc. By "finish" I mean: watch every lecture, read the texts, and complete every assignment. Is anybody else interested in something like that? I'd propose to start at the beginning, with the introductory scheme course: http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/6-001… (btw, I got this idea from hearing about some people doing something similar with Knuth's "Art of Computer Programming" books. but of course now I can't find a relevant link.) -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com