catman161 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I've just signed up to this free online course 'Moons' by The Open University on FutureLearn and I thought you might also like it: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/moons It states just 3 hours a week so thought it looked interesting and requires not as much time commitment as the previous course that some of you have enrolled on. I'll give it a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 If OU are like coursea than that 3 hours per week will be more like 30 Unfortunately it takes place over the 2 months leading up to my A Level exams so I think I'm going to give this one a miss Looks nice enough though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryndalf Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Signed up too Felix, there goes my lunch hours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 It can't be as abstract as our course! Do feed back on how it goes and how time consuming it is. If it's favourable i might sign up next time around if they run it again. The theories that i'm aware of on the origins of our moon are fascinating. Good luck. Jd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philjay Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Youd think that lass that handled moon rocks would have been made to wear gloves by the US equivalent of HSE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Doctor Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Registered for it as well Felix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Good stuff guys, more the merrier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I just signed up. I'm also doing another starting in April run by Edinburgh Uni Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cazz Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I've signed up to, let's hope I get further than the previous course lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Mike, you are just a nutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Personally, I blame you Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Tobias, stop gooning about and get that homework submitted! Time is running out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Mike, you are just a nutter. It's taken you this long to figure it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Tobias, stop gooning about and get that homework submitted! Time is running out! It was done after you sent me that last bit cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 It was done after you sent me that last bit cheers 100% I hope! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Starts 17th march! When does the maths course finish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 100% I hope! Never any less Starts 17th march! When does the maths course finish? Next month sometime! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perkil8r Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 17th feb the last homeworks and lectures go live, 24th the exam goes live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawson Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I've signed up to the moon course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tweedledee Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 That looks like a very interesting course. I would love to do that if I had more spare time. I've done several OU short courses and can thoroughly recommend them. The last one I did was "The Planets" which included some very interesting stuff about moons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tibbz2 Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) 3 hours a week shouldn't be too bad I guess... And hopefully OU mean it when they say no previous knowledge required Edited January 26, 2014 by Tibbz2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catman161 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 Well this has snowballed! Ha ha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 3 hours a week shouldn't be too bad I guess... And hopefully OU mean it when they say no previous knowledge required well normally they mean it but i would perhaps allow more time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyaardvark Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 (edited) Thanks for posting Felix. Looks very nice but suspect in reality I would struggle to find the time Edited January 26, 2014 by Johnnyaardvark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al.Grant Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 (edited) Hi, Futurelearn (part of the OU) are running a free online course on 'Moons' - I've just signed up ... it's free so nothing to lose and I might even learn something! https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/moons Starts = 17 March. Duration = 8 Weeks. Time = est 3hrs/week. Requirements = An interest in learning about the moons of our Solar System and the methods used to understand them. Prior knowledge of astronomy is not expected. They also run a number of other free courses, some quite interesting but mostly non-astronomy, although there is one on the discovery of the Higgs Boson. I was almost tempted to try the 'Kitchen Chemistry' course, but SWMBO looked a little worried at the thought of me meddling with chemistry in the kitchen! https://www.futurelearn.com/courses Al Edited January 27, 2014 by Perkil8r Merged with original thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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