Tag: Coursera
You know my passion for MOOCs, as I have written about some I have taken on this blog. I was so busy in the past several months that I didn’t even have time to look at the selection of different learning platforms. As it happened before, once I took a look at the selection last week, I already could have chosen several courses to take. Unfortunately my schedule is still thight, so I can only manage one at a time. Finally, I have chosen a MOOC from SOAS University of London with the above title. I have been researching the…
Happy Sunday, everybody! As of today, I am off to vacation, so this is a pre-scheduled post. I had an unexpectedly busy week with lots of work to do and so little time remaining for other important things. Among the latter: taking the final exam of the International Law in Action: A Guide to the International Courts and Tribunals in The Hague course I participated in recently on Coursera. I managed to finish the course Saturday night. Midnight, to be exact, after a tiresome day of touristing around (with a real tourist) in Budapest, and, uhm, also a glass of wine….
Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects by the University of California, San Diego on Coursera Continuing my MOOC series, I am taking the lazy approach and reblog from myself, since I have already written about this course last year. Actually, I would only do that, if Tumblr let me. I keep forgetting that you are not allowed to reblog from yourself… Anyway, I copy myself instead. This post is actually very current, since the next session is starting this week, so you are well in time to join! I sincerely recommend you do…
The Global Student’s Introduction to US Law by Levin College of Law, University of Florida on Coursera I am back with my MOOC series, I know I promised it would take only a few weeks, I just didn’t have the time to continue for a while. Anyway, the next one is The Global Student’s Introduction to US Law. I took this course last summer on Coursera. I took it during a really busy period at work, so at first I was a little worried about actually making it, but I really enjoyed the whole course, and that somewhat made it…
Happy weekend, everybody! I am just after the final exam of The Changing Global Order on Coursera (more about it later in my MOOC series), let’s just say the last few days felt like exam season all over again, but in the end I have earned a certificate. (Also, note to self: summer is NOT for learning!) Today was all about catching up on my reading that got quite neglected besides learning, meaning I had to read several hundred posts in a day. Here’s the few of them that made it to my weekly round-up. Why the “Snap Back” Provision…
The Law of the European Union: An Introduction by Europa Institute at Leiden Law School on Coursera This online course was the one out of all I took yet, that was closest to taking an actual university course, even without taking the signature track. I jumped at it with the expectation that it is going to be sort of a refreshing session for me, since I have studied European public law quite thoroughly during my law studies. I was wrong, because I really had to work to keep up. The course material consisted of video lectures again interrupted by check…
Introduction to International Criminal Law by Case Western Reserve University on Coursera Introduction to International Criminal Law was the second MOOC I have taken. At the time, since it was my first course on Coursera, I was really impressed by the technical side. On Coursera, video lectures are continuously interrupted by review quiestions, checking on how well you understand the material. It really engages you to focus and not loose attention while watching. During the course we have learned about the basic terminology of international criminal law through recent cases. There were excerpts from recent trials on international tribunals in…
Happy June, everybody! I have written about my passion for MOOCs and online learning before. Since then I dig deeper into the world of MOOCs, and later I would like to share my experiences here. Not so long ago I read somewhere that someone was describing learning as climbing high peaks or any other extreme sports: we do it, so we know we can do it. I found this description very well-said, as I myself consider learning a hobby at this point of my life. I am learning, because I have to make sure I am still able to! The…
Being a lawyer, constant learning is a basic feature of my job, and I also consider learning a hobby, so I never really stopped learning ever since I have hit school many-many years ago. I have written here about MOOCs already, and I am also planning to write about the courses I have taken yet, but right now I would like to recommend one particular course, that I am taking on Coursera, which is the best MOOC platform out there currently in my opinion. Up until recently I only took legal courses, that one way or another relate to my…
Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you are all enjoying a nice spring Sunday! Here in Hungary, we just skipped spring and from winter it turned into summer directly. I am not sure it is fortunate for the things of nature, but we are enjoying the hot weather for now. A few weeks ago, I posted about MOOCs and online learning, now I would like to recommend one of the courses I just signed up to. I wasn’t quite sure whether I can fit this in to my time schedule since there is one month left from the other course I…
