Computer and Linux Foundations
Learn how files, terminals, commands, permissions, and careful local changes fit together.
- Navigate a filesystem without damaging data
- Read command help before acting
- Create a small reproducible workspace
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Beginner-to-builder pathways
Available courses are complete enough to practice now. Future taxonomy is listed as a backlog, not as finished education.
Python Fundamentals for Useful Small Tools
Use Python to read local text, transform it, and print useful results.
- Read and write simple scripts
- Use pathlib safely
- Test one small function
Local AI, Evidence Search, and Introductory RAG
Learn how grounded answers differ from unsupported model guesses.
- Search a trusted resource set
- Read citations before trusting answers
- Recognize degraded AI states
Mathematics and Data Foundations
Build the math habits needed for statistics, open data, engineering and AI work.
- Explain quantities and units
- Read a simple distribution
- Create a small chart from tabular data
Web App Builder Foundations
Learn the minimum HTML, React, API and testing concepts needed to build useful web tools.
- Map a page into components
- Describe a typed API contract
- Run a local build and smoke test
Open Data Civic Lab
Learn how to identify, admit and explain public datasets without confusing access with reuse rights.
- Write a dataset card
- Separate portal health from license approval
- Create a small reproducible data question
Electronics and Robotics Foundations
Move from circuits and microcontrollers toward simulation-first robotics.
- Explain voltage, current and resistance
- Describe safe microcontroller experimentation
- Plan a simulation-first robot task
AI and Local Model Systems
Understand local inference, embeddings, retrieval and evaluation before trusting model output.
- Explain local versus hosted inference
- Describe embeddings and vector search
- Write one model evaluation case
Health and Nutrition Literacy
Learn how to read health and nutrition sources without turning education into diagnosis.
- Separate education from medical advice
- Read nutrition data with units
- Recognize when expert help is required
Future subject map
mathematics · statistics · programming · AI/ML · data · networking · cybersecurity · electronics · robotics · physics · quantum and neuromorphic computing · biology and neuroscience · research methods · health and nutrition literacy · entrepreneurship · open-source contribution