Comments on: How Do You Use Open Courses?

By: baxter wood

baxter wood — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 18:17:31 +0000

I listen for my own personal enjoyment. As a long haul truck driver I have time, lots of time.
After two years of listening, I needed some accountability. I started a blog writing about university courses. This made my listening much more vital. I now had purpose and the ultimate risk. The risk of sounding foolish.
Now after two more years of listening and 65 posts, it’s a part of who I am. My blog is “the re-education of baxter wood.” Now I am about to marry my college sweetheart and new found editor and she is teaching me some punctuation. However, all mistakes are mine.

By: Joy Raab-Faber

Joy Raab-Faber — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:42:31 +0000

I would also like to say that I enjoy exploring all the open source stuff from HTML to TED. I like watching this idea grow. I think that we should be careful not to insult people who don’t use computers or who enjoy subjects that some (Leishalynn) may find repugnant. It takes all kinds of people to make a world. Concentrate on what History, Science, Art et.al can teach us about how we can WORK to make the world a good place to live for everyone.

By: Joy Raab-Faber

Joy Raab-Faber — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:36:14 +0000

“Mark says . . . | April 14, 2009 / 8:01 pm”

I just finished a series of lectures by Michael Sandle who lectures for Harvard Law. The lectures were outstanding and there are quizzes and questions and comments posted by students during the course and by interested others.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:59:08 +0000

I listen to History courses as I commute to and from work. I studied history in my undergrad, and the open courses are a great way for me to continue with it. It is purely for entertainment.

I might have purchased courses online had I not found openculture.com first. Obviously the price is attractive, as is the ability to sample courses to find someone that you want to listen to for 24 hours.

By: Dyaxen

Dyaxen — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:17:09 +0000

I watch lectures on History, Mathematics, Anatomy, Physics, Computer Science, Literature, Foreign Language and pretty much anything else that appears interesting on a daily basis. I’ll be starting college next year to major in Quantum Physics, and I use any resources I can find to try and lighten a bit of the studying pressure now. As for the seemingly unrelated courses, every bit of knowledge makes you more well rounded, and can help you view an issue from a different perspective, or open the door to a whole new career you may not have considered before.

The only thing that could make open courses better is the aforementioned college credit. As a current freelancer/entrepreneur, I myself have begun to look into the possibilities of that bright future. The cheaper it is to educate yourself, the better off the world will be. I hope within a few years this will be a viable idea to pursue. A big thank you to Openculture (which I have just discovered today, I’ve been using AcademicEarth as my main source) and all of the other online providers of open coursesware. :)

By: yoyo

yoyo — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:05:54 +0000

I do like to use the open courses to enrich myself everyday.Reading and learning makes me feel full.I happend to find this websit,and i like the style quite a lot .

By: Mark Weitzman

Mark Weitzman — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:04:39 +0000

MIT physics for teaching, Stanfor SEE for Computer Science Yale OCW for game theory

By: Leishalynn

Leishalynn — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:15:45 +0000

I’ve been listening to open access university courses since they started. Before that, I perused open-access syllabi & studied required books for various university courses. I focus on literature, particularly poetry, but also enjoy philosophy and some history. Why? To learn, to grow, to be reminded that, while I’m surrounded by people who actually care who wins Dancing with the Stars, there are others, many others who are intellegent, erudite, and elegant in their speech who understand that poetry, philosophy, and history are rich and rewarding pursuits.

By: Ben Curtis

Ben Curtis — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:36:15 +0000

I like to listen to lectures/readings on the way to and from work, while walking, and while waiting. I consider my listening as personal enrichment, but reflecting on it, I realize it sometimes dovetails with professional reasons. I’m pretty eclectic, but tend to look first at topics related to music, literature, linguistics, psychology, physics, and culture.

By: Stephen Monaghan

Stephen Monaghan — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:50:22 +0000

Personal enrichment while driving. Biology,history and philosophy so far.