I am pleased with my record of taking over 100 MOOCs, but I am nowhere near some people’s tally. Garuba Ojo Fredericks (Fred) from Nigeria has completed over 400 MOOCs in a wide range of subjects. His Coursera and edX accomplishments pages are impressive!
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Do you have plans for some online learning in the new year? As well as ambition, you need a sound strategy to turn those dreams into reality.
Here are eight ways to finish that course and one approach for if it isn’t working out:
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How does a book about dance relate to online learning? On the surface, it doesn’t. But dig a bit deeper and you will see that the author of Frou Frou to Fruition has never stopped learning, even though she has not taken any online courses.
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This week’s post was supposed to feature me triumphantly showing off my comic book. Instead, I am here frowning with frustration because it’s still not finished. Continue reading
So you have enrolled in a course and now all you have to do is hop online and start watching the videos.
What happens, though, if the days slip by and you still haven’t started? How can you make your study into a habit? Continue reading
We all have dreams. Dreams of a happier life, more money, more time to do the things we want to do rather than the things we have to do. Dreams can be like clouds Continue reading
It is one of life’s ironies that the very week after writing a blog about the benefits of exercise, I would be spending long hours at the computer. Continue reading
Have you started an online course (or perhaps more than one) but a few weeks later it has come to a complete halt?
There could be a number of reasons for this and also several strategies to overcome the block. You need to look at your individual situation before deciding the best way forward. Continue reading
When I retired from paid work in 2012, I thought I would be doing plenty of gardening, some handcrafts and reading. I also had visions of my house sparkling and tidy.
Five years on, most of the garden is again a wilderness and craft time is limited to crochet in front of the television in the evenings. As for that clean and tidy house, the less said, the better. Instead, I have spent many retirement hours completing 90 MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and setting up my own blog. Continue reading
By Pat Bowden, published December 12, 2017.