Showing posts with label 365 FRAMES 2015. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 365 FRAMES 2015. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Finance and Film: New MOOCs



My latest MOOC additions...


University of Maryland on Coursera, 01/12/2014 - present

I have now started the third course in my entrepreneurship specialisation.

Funding for Entrepreneurs - syllabus





Finance is rarely ever an enjoyable subject, but it is an essential one and one that I am fully determined to master!


Wesleyan University, 02/02/2015 - present

This MOOC is more of a side curiosity and really is just exploring a subject I have always been fascinated by in the world of cinema - innovation.




Additionally, I get to watch a number of films as part of the course which is always a plus.


University of Copenhagen, 02/02/2015 - present

Another side curiosity which I am not bothering to study too minutely, I am just using the course materials in order to provide an overview of Scandinavian cinema.

Scandinavian Film and Television - Syllabus



However, I do wish that I did have the time to study it a little more closely, but I will more than likely sign up for an additional session of this MOOC later in the year.


National Film and Television School, 02/02/2015 - present

I am not really studying this MOOC as much as I am reviewing it to determine how it teaches the various facets of filmmaking in the online space.




However, it has been refreshing many of the pieces of knowledge and practice I gained from my BA (hons) in Creative Writing with Film and Screen Studies. Knowledge that is currently being put into practice in my 365 FRAMES 2015 project.


Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 17/02/2015 - present

This MOOC caught my eye some time back and is one that I have been eagerly awaiting to undertake; mainly because it picks up where my traditional education in documentary left off and considers a subject that is at the heart of the Ways 2 Interface research project and study log - the ways in which we interface with ourselves.




Additionally, this MOOC deals with a progressive area that I am currently exploring in my 365 FRAMES 2015 project; as well as various other creative projects I am developing.


Thursday, 15 January 2015

New Year and plenty of new MOOCs to study


As ever I am studying multiple things at the same time and I have signed up for plenty of MOOCs throughout 2015.

However, I have now started four new MOOCs:

University of Maryland on Coursera, 05/01/2015 - 15/02/2015




This is the second MOOC in my Entrepreneurship Specialisation and, as with the first, the workload is already starting to build up, but I am gaining a huge understanding from the MOOC's content and practice.


RMIT University on Open2Study, 05/01/2015 - 03/02/2015
#phot




As I have already studied photography previous, this MOOC is really just a refresher and is aimed specifically at providing me with assistance in Digital SLR filming for a number of projects that I have planned this year.


RMIT University on Open2Study, 05/01/2015 - 03/02/2015
#IntroPsy




For many years I have read an awful lot about psychology, new breakthroughs and the subjects implications on our ways of being. However, I have never had an introductory overview to the subject and as the Open2Study courses tend to be quite compact, I figured this was the best and quickest way for me to gain a consolidated overview of the field of psychology.


Wageningen University on edX, 08/01/2015 - 09/03/2015
#NUTR101x

I have been getting my health in shape for many years now and over the last three I have placed particular emphasis on my nutritional intake. I have tried various different forms of nourishment and eating patterns as a result. I am now ready to finally consolidate all of the research and studying I have been doing into one systemic lifestyle that I can do as a daily habit and adjust accordingly. 


I have intentionally left this transition to the beginning of 2015 and this MOOC marks my first step in bringing about this systematic consolidation at the beginning of a new year.

Furthermore it will undoubtedly crop up in my 365 FRAMES 2015 project, so there will be no quitting - I will achieve this transition!

"This is a - excuse me - a damn fine cup of green tea."



There is a lot planned for 2015 and all systems are go...