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GOOD THING THEY’RE not going to need a lecture hall for this.
Trinity College Dublin’s first free online course has already attracted more than 10,000 students, with still one week to go before it begins.
The university said today that more than half of the applicants are from outside Ireland, with particularly strong demand in countries with high numbers of Irish emigrants such as the UK and the US.
The course is titled ‘Irish Lives in War and Revolution: Exploring Ireland’s History 1912-1923′. It is what’s known as a MOOC – a Massive Open Online Course – and is the first of its kind at TCD.
Anyone with internet access can do the six-week course, which will have content delivered by Trinity’s history lecturers.
Students will learn about the lives of the people living through one of the most turbulent times in Irish history, and the contradictory viewpoints about what life was like back then.
“Our aim with the course is to question that there is a single narrative or an easy explanation of the past,” said Professor Ciarán Brady from Trinity’s School of Histories and Humanities.
We want to challenge the silent assumption that there can be one authoritative voice claiming to have all the answers.
The course even has its own hashtag for social media discussions: #FLirishlives.
Students don’t get a qualification at the end, but can pay for a statement of participation.
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Organised in conjunction with FutureLearn. A global co-operation between some top universities. Some great courses to get people started on a course of study. Well worth checking out
This is brilliant, free educational courses on so many topics, presented by leading university lecturers, I think I’ll sign up for the psychology course from Liverpool University. Thanks Brendan, much appreciated.
I’ve signed up for that very course, meet you for lunch next month ;-)
Sweet, a college buddy; Franky & Freedom, I see us being a big hit with the girls :)
Thanks for the link.
A great project. For the nostalgic college experience, I’m going to miss a few lectures, then hound others for their notes.
Try EdX or Cousera. Massive selection and certificates of completion from some top institutions for free.
Coursera
Ayr a grant going with that?
These things are brilliant. You don’t have to want to work in something to want to study it, and really that’s not what education should ultimately be about anyway. Resources from universities like this is like we’re at the polar opposite to the hedge schools now, education is all around us.
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” Henry Ford
Danm, College…. I loved them days, your boi Tate couldnt go back in the states, parents couldnt drop that much cash on the danm thing, you know how it is. I didnt do college but I did their parties good times with all the ladies around showing what they got and getting jizzy with it. Danm things were getting STEAMY ALL DAY.
One time my boi Gerald rang me up and said man there be a jacuzzi back here and things getting bubbly. After work with my Uncle first thing drove down there quick as my man Usain go to the back of Geralds yard. I see the jacuuzi, Your boi Tate starts getting the Heeby jeebys, seeing all them Hot steamy bubbles and your boi starts thinking about all the naughty things about to go down with them fine women. Next thing I see Gerald in a towel by the tub. i say gerald where them ladies at? He threw the towel on the ground and says there aint none just you and me big boi!
I ran the f out a there and never called Gerald again. So maybe these kids lucky they got an Online College instead of them real ones cuz they wont get into them messed up sceniros. Anyway I take my hat off for everybody who done well in that Leving cert, god knows I couldnt do that stuff hurt your bois tate brain too much!
-As always, Your Big Boi Tate
It’s free
That still won’t stop cute wh@res looking for a grant!
Late shift on a Friday must suck ass Christine?
Ah, it could be worse. Appreciate the concern though.
Dont let them haters get you down Christine. Keep working hard and late to provide for the one you love dont give them haters an inch of joy from any suffering you do to provide. You remind me of my moma in a way. Working late and hard just to fix a hot plate for the kids. Women like you must be respected especially when you mamma sometimes have to walk the streets. Its hard but thats the game of life, it give Ups downs sometimes some spin arounds. But we cant chose we just fight what life is given us and come on top. work them hours baby that let the haters get you Christine.
Imma right a song about ladies like this they get a special place in your Bois Tate heart. if you ever around the Tallaght area (I just set up there) Holla at your boi Tate and Ill treat you right. got a big heart for the strong independent women and I know how to treat her right through my momas teachings. love ya the world loves ya, Keep doing what you doing Baby
Are Trinity not way late getting out of the blocks on this one? Some Universities have been doing this for quite some time at this point. Harvard have a great one on Classical history – particularly Roman history, for a good few years now.
Still, it’s to be very much welcomed and is a worthy initiative and interesting topic too.
F*ucking stupid. Micky mouse course, benefits nobody and cheapens a Trinity degree.
They is similar to coursera courses. They aren’t degrees, most of them are just a module or half of a module. What’s wrong with learning a little bit about a subject you are interested in, it’s like you will be competing with degree holders when you finish!
It’s not like
Dave. I have two of these degrees – one from Harvard, then Oxford. The analysis/evaluation of everything is the same as attending lectures.
Its just done better – with quarterly seminars to meet your mentors.
And a much better availability of information…..
Now I work for Slaughter & May, in London. They accepted my qualifications – just the same as my 2:1 from UCD.
Yeah I did an Open University one just for interest, was expensive….great to know that there’s some free ones out there.
@Joan, just for interest? What a despicable thing to do. Give the money to charity next time and use the internet/library to research your “interests”. Splashing out on an expensive course just for fun is reprehensible.
@David Andrews, I think I’m quite entitled to spend my own hard earned money any way I wish….TBH I don’t know why I have even bothered to answer your ridiculous post lol,
Can I have a career with that!?
So it’s not really free
So you don’t get a qualification at the end of the course but you do have to pay to say you participated, this isn’t free, people are hardly going to just do the course and not expect some form of proof that they did it.
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