"Has anyone tried a Future Learn course ?" Topic
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 20thmaine  | 16 Nov 2015 5:44 p.m. PST |
A collaboration between UK universities and the BBC : futurelearn.com/courses Anyone tried one ? There are several military topics (Agincourt, WWI airpower, etc). |
| Black Cavalier | 17 Nov 2015 9:37 a.m. PST |
I tried one about Wellington & the Napoleonic Wars. While it certainly had interesting info, it seemed the course relied on the students participating in a lot of online discussions in the comment sections to provide more value to the course. I wasn't interested in trying to follow discussion threads or participate in them, so I ended up with the conclusion that I should have just read a book about Wellington. But I'm probably not the target audience for this type of course. & the course would have been more valuable if it had been covering a subject that wasn't so readily available. |
| 20thmaine | 17 Nov 2015 5:15 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the feedback – I was a bit concerned about the "online discussion" part of the courses I'd looked at. Maybe I'll try one though… |
| Red3584 | 18 Nov 2015 12:09 p.m. PST |
I took part in a couple a year or 2 back and largely ignored the online discussion part…it didn't really make much difference as far as I could tell and I still enjoyed the courses. |
| 20thmaine | 27 Nov 2015 2:14 p.m. PST |
Thanks – maybe I should just risk one – it's only a few hours a week for a couple of weeks after all! |
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