The beauty of online courses is that I can try out something well outside my comfort zone and sometimes it turns out surprisingly enjoyable. One such course is How to Make a Comic Book, available on Coursera. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Review
Elements of AI: A Review of the Course
I recently took a course titled Elements of AI (Artificial Intelligence), offered by the University of Helsinki. Continue reading
6 Photography and Film Making Courses
Memories of my grandfather are indelibly linked with cameras and photos. Continue reading
What is a Mind? A Review of the Course
Having completed several courses on the brain and learning, I thought a course about the mind would be interesting. The blurb from FutureLearn looked promising, too Continue reading
Stanford’s Short Course on Breastfeeding: a Review
If you or someone close to you is expecting a baby, spend a few hours with this free course! You won’t regret it. Continue reading
Understanding Dementia: a Review of the Course
My husband thought I was crazy taking the free course “Understanding Dementia”, produced independently by the Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre at the University of Tasmania. Continue reading
Extinctions Past and Present: a Review of the Course
Regular readers may already know that I have an interest in the natural world and how living things interact with each other ecologically, both now and in the past. Because of this, I was keen to join the Extinctions: Past and Present course offered through FutureLearn. The next run of this course will start on April 30, 2018. Continue reading
Do You Want to Become a Better Writer?
Do you want to become a better writer? Try an online course.
Just as there are many forms and styles of writing, there are also many courses on different aspects of language and writing: fiction for adults and children, writing for the internet, script making for films, academic writing plus more. Continue reading
The Ancient Greek Hero: A Review of the Course
This review was written by avid MOOC student and writer Karen Carlson. It first appeared here on Karen’s blog. Continue reading
Moons: a Review of the Course
Are you old enough to have seen the first Moon landing in 1969? I was crowded into my school library with more than a hundred excited schoolmates to watch the flickering images on the television. Continue reading