From cc21da64cd89109457f64ade094a008685d59424 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Victoria Zhong Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2015 00:51:23 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixing typos As MOOC is a "Massive Open Online Course" MOOC course is redundant Elaborated on "real problem" Fixed a few small grammatical and wording errors --- README.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2f514e8..cdbb4a5 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ This is a **solid path** for those of you who want to complete a **Computer Science** course on your own time, **for free**, with courses from the **best universities** in the World. -In our curriculum, we gave preference to MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) type of courses because those courses were created with our style of learning in mind. +In our curriculum, we gave preference to MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) style courses because those courses were created with our style of learning in mind. ## Becoming an OSS student @@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ The first one is a motivational video that shows a guy that went through the "MI - [MIT Challenge](http://www.scotthyoung.com/blog/myprojects/mit-challenge-2/) -The second link is a MOOC course that will teach you learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. This is a **fundamental ability** to succeed in our journey. +The second link is a MOOC that will teach you learning techniques used by experts in art, music, literature, math, science, sports, and many other disciplines. These are **fundamental abilities** to succeed in our journey. - [Learning How to Learn](https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn) @@ -350,9 +350,9 @@ In order to show for everyone that you **successfully** finished a course, you s > "What does it mean?" -After finish a course, you should think about a **real problem** that you can solve using the acquired knowledge in the course. You don't need to create a big project, but you must create something to **validate** and **consolidate** your knowledge, and also to show to the world that you are capable to create something useful with the concepts that you learned. +After finish a course, you should think about a **real world problem** that you can solve using the acquired knowledge in the course. You don't need to create a big project, but you must create something to **validate** and **consolidate** your knowledge, and also to show to the world that you are capable to create something useful with the concepts that you learned. -The projects of all students will be listed in [this](projects.md) file. Submit your project's informations in that file after you conclude it. +The projects of all students will be listed in [this](projects.md) file. Submit your project's information in that file after you conclude it. **You can create this project alone or with other students!** @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ And you should also... This is a **crucial** part of your journey through all those courses. -You **need** to have in mind that what you are able to **create** with the concepts that you learned will be your certificate. **And this is what really matters**! +You **need** to have in mind that what you are able to **create** with the concepts that you learned will be your certificate **and this is what really matters**! In order to show that you **really** learned those things, you need to be **creative**!