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From: UNIC Open Metaverse Initiative <metaverse@unic.ac.cy>
Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2022, 10:33 AM
Subject: Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse
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START DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2022
An open introductory course to NFTs and the Metaverse,
delivered on-chain and in the metaverse.

🎉 More than 10,000 course NFTs
minted in less than 72 hours! 🎉

The 12-week free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse will be taught by the University of Nicosia faculty and @punk6529 – a deeply influential thinker on NFTs and the metaverse and one of the largest NFT collectors in the world – along with an incredible array of guest panelists and lecturers.

The course will take place in specially designed virtual auditoriums inside OM – Punk6529’s Open Metaverse – and is 100% free for everyone to attend.

Upon course completion, successful participants will be able to mint an official "University of Nicosia Certificate of Completion" as an on-chain Ethereum NFT (0.25 ETH plus gas)

REGISTER NOW BY MINTING* THE COURSE NFT HERE

*Want to learn how to mint an NFT? Check out our free starter pre-course below

MEET THE COURSE INSTRUCTORS

PUNK 6529

Punk6529 is among the world’s foremost collectors, investors and thought leaders in the NFT space, well-known for his extensive tweetstorms on NFTs and decentralization. 6529 is a leading advocate of the “open metaverse” – namely that the architecture of the metaverse should be decentralized and interoperable and, specifically, that NFTs could serve in this role.

PROFESSOR G. GIAGLIS

Professor George M. Giaglis is the Executive Director of the Institute for the Future at the University of Nicosia. He teaches three MOOCs at UNIC: Introduction to Digital Currencies; Introduction to DeFi; Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse; and was instrumental in designing the curriculum of the world’s first academic programs in this space.

Learn more and see which world-renowned guest lecturers will be joining

ETHEREUM USER STARTER PRE-COURSE

START DATE: SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

One of the prerequisites for registering for the Free MOOC: Introduction to NFTs and the Metaverse, is the ability to mint an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain.

For those who have not done this before, UNIC is offering a 1-week free starter pre-course on the mechanics of being able to transact on-chain in Ethereum.

Register to the pre-course here

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