Back to my MOOC adventures!

I like learning new things but I don’t like being taught. It’s not that I think I know everything already, it’s just that I tend to either understand things intuitively or I need to work through them myself at a pace most teachers can’t maintain. I might spend weeks studying something that other students pick up in minutes or I might just ‘know’ before the explanation is complete. That’s why I like MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courseware).

MOOCs let me learn at my own pace and dabble in all sorts of subjects without paying or making a commitment to finish a degree. I’ve completed 5 of the 30ish courses I’ve started on Coursera since 2013. Maybe that sounds bad but even when I don’t finish an entire course, I still learn a thing or two along the way.

In any case, I’ve never finished a MOOC from edX and I’m ready to change that. I’ve signed up for “Drawing Nature, Science and Culture: Natural History Illustration 101”. This will be my second time attempting this course but I think making a public announcement through this post might help motivate me to get past the finish line. I’ll be posting my thoughts/notes/assignments on Fridays.

Here are some photos from pixabay.com of the types of things I’ll hopefully be better at drawing in a few weeks:

If you've got any courses you’d like to recommend, let me know in the comments! And if you’re bored and feel creative, you can check out The EmojiPoetry Challenge.

Steem on!