Ohio State University is making its popular Apple Swift Coding and App Development certificate program available to the public. By expanding access to learners everywhere, participants gain cutting-edge skills for today’s modern economy.
Chris Booker for Ohio State NewsT:
Additionally, the university is working with local businesses to provide workforce development opportunities for their employees through Ohio’s TechCred program.
In just over a year since it launched, more than 3,000 students, faculty, staff and alumni have enrolled in the certificate program, completing self-paced modules on their schedule and building valuable skills. This new, public set of courses expands the opportunity to anyone interested in learning how to code and build apps that are ready for the App Store.
The four-course series is designed to make it easy for participants to learn to code and develop apps with Swift — Apple’s open-source programming language. They also walk away with a series of stackable certificates and real-world skills.
“This coding and app development certificate program allows anyone, regardless of their background or prior knowledge with coding, the opportunity to learn a tangible, applicable digital skill that will not only provide them immediate skills to utilize and explore, but also a foundation for future learning, innovation and creativity in the digital world,” said Cory Tressler, director of learning programs and Digital Flagship.
The self-paced curriculum enables participants to move through lessons on their schedule, speed through what comes easily and spend more time in areas they want to develop. Courses are fully online so lessons can be accessed and completed from anywhere. The courses are built around Apple’s coding curriculum and its development tool, Xcode, which is used by students and professional developers alike to create apps for Apple platforms. Xcode is available as a free download for the Mac.
Once participants have completed the courses, they can take their new skills and go on to complete Apple’s App Development with Swift certification as a complement to their Ohio State credential.
Ohio’s TechCred Program gives employers the chance to upskill current and future employees in today’s tech-infused economy. Employers may submit applications to be reimbursed up to $2,000 when current or prospective employees complete the Ohio State courses.
MacDailyNews Note: Course details for the general public are available on the university’s ScarletCanvas platform here.
Come on, sing along!!
“OS 10 and Big Sur coming
They’ve come into their own
By summer they’ll hear the calling
Fortan dead in Ohio”
Hey-hey, my-my,
FORTRAN sir will never die!
There’s no need to kill it,
No reason why,
Hey-Hey, my-my….
As a friend (who got his PhD in computer science at the age of 22) once told me, “A good programmer can program FORTRAN in any computer language.”
While many new programming languages have popped up over the years, including Swift, FORTRAN (now called Fortran in its newer variants), is still the language to use if you want to do any hard core number crunching.Some will try to dispute that, but it’s true to this day. There are huge numerical packages in Fortran (IMSL, NAG, SPSS, etc.) that are at the core of many, many user’s works.
All true. It was my second foreign language. It truly excels at calculation. Many generations of scientists, who are not pro-programmers learned and use it. Learning another language will need a big value proposition.
Point your eyeball
Lift a highball
No more lowball
Code in COBOL.
Yes, there are still jobs for codgers who can maintain code in Admiral Grace Hopper’s groundbreaking language:
https://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=cobol+developer&aceid=&mna=5&limit=5&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google_search&utm_campaign=180911273&utm_term=kwd-12363512621&gclid=EAIaIQobChMImfGZzYLi7gIVrPLACh1DZw8PEAAYASAAEgJNNPD_BwE
I kind of thought this was a public (IE Free) course. Too bad it’s not.
Found this at lease some may get it free.
Ohio State students, faculty/staff, and alumni should visit the Digital Flagship website for info about how they can access these certificates at no cost.
Questions? Email dfcoding@osu.edu