Well, it's definitely Nerdy and Fitness related

[Yuen]

I'm enjoying the course as well.

 

It is amazing what you can get for free on the internet...

 

Thanks for opening the world of Coursera to me

[UberTumbleweed]

Ack! Waldo, you're scaring me. I feel like you've got a way better grasp than I do. I can't believe it's so short, either. I was hoping for more questions to minimize the effect of flubs.

[Yuen]

Did anyone else get a very strange stoppage in the Week 3 Part 1 video at about 3:50, where the video stops, and asks you randomly 'What colour is the sky?'.

[UberTumbleweed]

Yes, I got that too.  How weird!  I wonder if he was playing with the in-lecture quiz feature and just forgot to take it out.

[Waldo]

How's everyone doing?

Just finished the 2nd quiz that counts (modules 3-4). Thought it was a lot easier than the first one.

I'm curious as to what the assignment is going to be like.

[fiOWNya]

I'm dissapointed I didn't see this course earlier! I've joined now, though... just gotta catch up.

[UberTumbleweed]

Last days! How's everyone been doing?

I'm doing my peer assessment gradings right now. I'm kicking myself for a few tidbits I left out of my own answers. But I feel almost like I'm studying instead of grading. I think I like this peer assessment business.

[Waldo]

I finished up everything on Sunday. Just waiting for my final grade now.

[bigm141414]

Yeah ,I failed at this. My regular school and work got in the way so I dropped out about week 4. I am trying to catchup on the videos now. 

[Yuen]

I'm finished as well. Thoroughly enjoyed the course I still can't believe that such quality lectures were available for free on the net... I'm getting old and out of touch with the times

[Yuen]

Now that you guys have opened the world of Coursera to me, I think I might be addicted

 

Is anyone else planning to take this upcoming Coursera course? It's nerdy, and anatomy is semi-fitness related. Starts Sep 23.

 

https://www.coursera.org/course/upperlimb

 

Going Out on a Limb: The Anatomy of the Upper Limb

 

Normal Anatomy of the Upper Limb (Weeks 1-6)

Week 1 - The Language of Anatomy

Overview

Anatomic Terminology and Limb Regions

Osteology and Skeletal Anatomy; Muscle Action

Origins and Insertions; Planes of Motion

 

Week 2 - Innervation and Blood Supply of the Upper Limb

The Nervous System: Overview

The Brachial Plexus: Motor Innervation

The Brachial Plexus: Sensory Innervation; Blood Supply to the Upper Limb

 

Week 3 - The Scapula

Elevation and Depression

Protraction, Retraction, Medial Rotation, and Lateral Rotation

 

Week 4 - The Glenohumeral Joint

Structure of the Joint; Flexion and Extension

Abduction, Adduction, and the Rotator Cuff

 

Week 5 - The Elbow and Wrist

Elbow: Flexion, Extension, Supination, and Pronation

Wrist: Structure of the Joint; Flexion and Extension

 

Week 6 - The Hand

Bony Structure, the Carpal Tunnel, and Extrinsic Muscles of the Hand

Intrinsic Muscles of the Hand

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Muscles of the Thumb

 

Pathology of the Upper Limb (Weeks 7-9)

Week 7 - Nerve Injuries

Nerve Injuries 1: Brachial Plexopathies

Nerve Injuries 2: The Arm and Forearm

Nerve Injuries 3: The Hand

 

Week 8 - Rheumatology

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Osteoarthritis

Septic Arthritis and Gout

 

Week 9 - Connective Tissue Disease and Embryology

Connective Tissue Diseases: Dupuytren's Contracture, De Quervain Tenosynovitis, and Trigger Finger

Embryology 1: Intrinsic Causes of Limb Malformation

Embryology 2: Extrinsic Causes of Limb Deformation

[Waldo]

 

Now that you guys have opened the world of Coursera to me, I think I might be addicted

Me too.

I'm just starting out on "Networks: Friends, Money, and Bytes"

https://www.coursera.org/#course/friendsmoneybytes

You pick up your iPhone while waiting in line at a coffee shop. You google a not-so-famous actor, get linked to a Wikipedia entry listing his recent movies and popular YouTube clips of several of them. You check out user reviews on Amazon and pick one, download that movie on BitTorrent or stream that in Netflix. But suddenly the WiFi logo on your phone is gone and you're on 3G. Video quality starts to degrade, but you don't know if it's the server getting crowded or the Internet is congested somewhere. In any case, it costs you $10 per Gigabyte, and you decide to stop watching the movie, and instead multitask between sending tweets and calling your friend on Skype, while songs stream from iCloud to your phone. You're happy with the call quality, but get a little irritated when you see there're no new followers on Twitter. You may wonder how they all kind of work, and why sometimes they don't. Take a look at the list of 20 questions below. Each question is selected not just for its relevance to our daily lives, but also for the core concepts in the field of networking illustrated by its answers. This course is about formulating and answering these 20 questions.

I'm also signed up for a class that starts in a couple weeks, "Video Games and Learning"

https://www.coursera.org/#course/videogameslearning

 

Videogames aren’t just fun, they can be powerful vehicles for learning as well. In this course, we discuss research on the kinds of thinking and learning that goes into videogames and gaming culture, benefits and drawbacks of digital gameplay, tensions between youth culture and traditional education, and new developments intended to bridge that growing divide.

This class seems like it might interest a few here.